Disclosure of Invention
In view of the defects in the prior art, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of fabricating a dielectric layer for a pressure sensor, the method comprising: and respectively manufacturing and forming micro-nano structures on two surfaces of the ionic gel material layer, which are back to each other, so as to form a dielectric layer for the pressure sensor.
Preferably, the manufacturing and forming of the micro-nano structure on two surfaces of the ionic gel material layer, which are opposite to each other, comprises:
coating an ionic liquid prepolymer solution on a first surface with a micro-nano structure of a first micro-nano structure template;
pressing a second surface with a micro-nano structure of a second micro-nano structure template on the ionic liquid prepolymer solution to face the first surface;
carrying out curing treatment on the ionic liquid prepolymer solution to form ionic gel material layers with micro-nano structures on two surfaces which are opposite to each other;
and removing the first micro-nano structure template and the second micro-nano structure template.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dielectric layer for a pressure sensor manufactured by the above manufacturing method.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a pressure sensor, the method including:
manufacturing and forming a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer which face each other;
respectively manufacturing and forming micro-nano structures on two surfaces of the ionic gel material layer, which are back to back, so as to form a dielectric layer;
sandwiching the dielectric layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
Preferably, the manufacturing and forming of the micro-nano structure on two surfaces of the ionic gel material layer, which are opposite to each other, comprises:
coating an ionic liquid prepolymer solution on a first surface with a micro-nano structure of a first micro-nano structure template;
pressing a second surface with a micro-nano structure of a second micro-nano structure template on the ionic liquid prepolymer solution to face the first surface;
carrying out curing treatment on the ionic liquid prepolymer solution to form ionic gel material layers with micro-nano structures on two surfaces which are opposite to each other;
and removing the first micro-nano structure template and the second micro-nano structure template.
Preferably, the number of the dielectric layers is at least two, and at least two dielectric layers are laminated and sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
Preferably, the micro-nano structures on the surfaces of the two adjacent dielectric layers facing each other have a gap therebetween.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pressure sensor including:
a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer facing each other; and
a dielectric layer sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer;
the dielectric layer is made of an ionic gel material, and micro-nano structures are formed on the surface of the dielectric layer facing the first electrode layer and the surface of the dielectric layer facing the second electrode layer.
Preferably, the number of the dielectric layers is at least two, and at least two dielectric layers are laminated and sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
Preferably, the micro-nano structures on the surfaces of the two adjacent dielectric layers facing each other have a gap therebetween.
In the present invention, the counter ion of the dielectric layer made of the ionic gel material and the electron of the electrode layer are attracted to each other to form an ion-electron capacitance interface. In the invention, the dielectric layer and the two electrode layers form two ion-electron capacitors, so that the variable range of the capacitors is improved, and the detection range of the pressure sensor is improved.
In addition, the size of the ion-electron capacitance is changed with the change of the size of the contact area between the electrode layer and the dielectric layer. In the embodiment, the micro-nano structure and the electrode layer are in contact with each other, so that the contact area between the dielectric layer and the electrode layer can be changed under the condition of small pressure change, and the capacitance is changed, thereby improving the sensitivity of the pressure sensor.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Examples of these preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings and described in accordance with the drawings are exemplary only, and the invention is not limited to these embodiments.
It should be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention with unnecessary details, only the structures and/or processing steps closely related to the scheme according to the present invention are shown in the drawings, and other details not so relevant to the present invention are omitted.
Example 1
The embodiment provides a method for manufacturing a dielectric layer for a pressure sensor and a dielectric layer for a pressure sensor manufactured by the method.
The manufacturing method of the dielectric layer for the pressure sensor comprises the following steps:
and respectively manufacturing and forming micro-nano structures on two surfaces of the ionic gel material layer, which are back to back.
Optionally, in this embodiment, the micro-nano structure is a concave structure or a convex structure that is regularly or irregularly distributed.
When the pressure sensor is formed by using the dielectric layer of this embodiment (i.e., a conventional electrode layer/dielectric layer/electrode layer sandwich structure), an ion-electron capacitance interface is formed between the dielectric layer and the electrode layer, and electrons on the electrode layer and counter ions in the dielectric layer are attracted to each other, so that an ion-electron capacitance is formed, that is, when the pressure sensor is manufactured by using the dielectric layer of this embodiment, two capacitors can be formed between the dielectric layer and the two electrode layers.
The calculation formula of the total capacitance of the pressure sensor using the dielectric layer of the present embodiment is as follows:
where C is the total capacitance of the pressure sensor employing the dielectric layer of the present embodiment, C1A capacitor formed between an electrode layer and the dielectric layer, C2Is the capacitance formed between the other electrode layer and the dielectric layer, and ε is the dielectric constant, A1Is the contact area between an electrode layer and the dielectric layer, A2Is the contact area between the other electrode layer and the dielectric layer, and d is the distance between the two electrode layers.
According to the above formula, the total capacitance of the pressure sensor using the dielectric layer of the present embodiment is closely related to the contact area between the electrode and the dielectric layer. As can be seen from the above-mentioned relation, there can theoretically be a very small contact area between the dielectric layer and the electrode layer without the application of external pressure. For example: the micro-nano structure conical structure or the curved surface protruding structure of the dielectric layer forms point contact with the electrode layer. This means that a pressure sensor employing the dielectric layer of the present embodiment can have a very small minimum total capacitance value. Moreover, according to the above formula, it can be further understood that the distance between the two electrode layers is reduced to improve the maximum total capacitance of the pressure sensor using the dielectric layer of the present embodiment, that is, the thickness of the dielectric layer of the present embodiment is appropriately reduced to enable the pressure sensor to have a larger maximum total capacitance.
Therefore, the total capacitance of the pressure sensor adopting the dielectric layer of the embodiment has a wide variation range, so that the pressure sensor can have a wide detection range.
In addition, in the pressure sensor adopting the dielectric layer of the embodiment, the capacitance of the pressure sensor is changed along with the change of the contact area between the electrode layer and the dielectric layer, and the micro-nano structure of the dielectric layer of the embodiment enables the contact area between the dielectric layer and the electrode layer to be changed under the smaller pressure change, so that the capacitance is changed, and the sensitivity of the pressure sensor adopting the dielectric layer of the embodiment is improved.
Example 2
This example provides a preferred method for forming micro-nano structures on two surfaces of a layer of ionic gel material facing away from each other as described in example 1.
As shown in fig. 1a to 1d, the method includes:
coating an ionic liquid prepolymer solution 2 on a first surface with a micro-nano structure of a first micro-nano structure template 1;
pressing a second surface with a micro-nano structure of a second micro-nano structure template 3 on the ionic liquid prepolymer solution 2 to face the first surface;
carrying out curing treatment on the ionic liquid prepolymer solution 2 to form ionic gel material layers 21 with micro-nano structures on two surfaces which are opposite to each other;
and removing the first micro-nano structure template 1 and the second micro-nano structure template 3.
It should be noted that this embodiment is only a preferred method for forming micro-nano structures on two surfaces of the ionic gel material layer opposite to each other. If necessary, the micro-nano structure can be formed on the ionic gel material layer by adopting the existing process. For example: and carrying out photoetching treatment or laser etching treatment on the ionic gel material layer to form the micro-nano structure.
In this embodiment, the ionic liquid prepolymer solution may be obtained by dissolving predetermined amounts of the crosslinking agent and initiator in a preselected ionic liquid. Wherein the mass fraction of the cross-linking agent in the ionic liquid prepolymer solution is controlled to be between 5 and 10 percent.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the first and second electrodes, the ionic liquid adopts one of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole trifluoromethanesulfonate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole trifluoroacetate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole bistrifluoromethylsulfonyl imide salt, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole perchlorate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole dinitrile amine salt, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole thiocyanate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole saccharinate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole p-methylbenzenesulfonate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole acetate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole nonafluorobutanesulfonate, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole tricyanomethane salt and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole hexafluoroantimonate.
Preferably, in this embodiment, the crosslinking agent is N, N' -methylenebisacrylamide or polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene.
Preferably, in this embodiment, the initiator is at least one of ammonium persulfate, (2, 4, 6- (trimethylbenzoyl) diphenylphosphine oxide, ethyl 2, 4, 6-trimethylbenzoylphenylphosphonate, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1- [4- (2-hydroxyethoxy) phenyl ] -1-propanone, 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone and 2-methyl-2- (4-morpholinyl) -1- [4- (methylthio) phenyl ] -1-propanone.
Example 3
The present embodiment provides a method for manufacturing a pressure sensor, as shown in fig. 2, the method includes:
step S1, manufacturing and forming a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer which face each other;
step S2, respectively manufacturing and forming micro-nano structures on two surfaces of the ionic gel material layer, which are opposite to each other, so as to form a dielectric layer;
step S3, interposing the dielectric layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
In this embodiment, step S1 specifically includes the following steps:
step S11, performing hydrophilic treatment on the flexible substrate by adopting oxygen plasma, so as to increase the wettability of ethanol on the surface of the flexible substrate;
s12, spin-coating silver nanowire ethanol dispersion liquid with the concentration of 1-51 mg/ml on the flexible substrate, wherein the spin-coating rotating speed is 1000-2000 rpm/min;
and step S13, carrying out vacuum drying on the silver nanowire ethanol dispersion liquid, and then annealing for 1-5 min by adopting pulsed xenon lamp illumination to form the first electrode layer.
Repeating the steps S11 to S13 to form the second electrode layer.
In this embodiment, preferably, the step S2 can directly adopt the manufacturing method of embodiment 2.
In addition, in order to increase the detection range of the pressure sensor, in this embodiment, the number of the dielectric layers may be at least two, at least two of the dielectric layers are stacked and sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and a gap is formed between the micro-nano structures on the surfaces of the two adjacent dielectric layers facing each other. The purpose of this is to distribute the pressure that the outside was exerted evenly in each dielectric layer to this atress uniformity that improves the dielectric layer, and then improves the detection range of pressure sensor.
Example 4
The present embodiment provides a pressure sensor, as shown in fig. 3, including:
a first electrode layer 4 and a second electrode layer 5 facing each other; and
a dielectric layer 6 interposed between the first electrode layer 4 and the second electrode layer 5;
the dielectric layer 6 is made of an ionic gel material, and micro-nano structures are formed on the surface of the dielectric layer facing the first electrode layer 4 and the surface of the dielectric layer facing the second electrode layer 5. The micro-nano structure can be a concave structure or a convex structure which is regularly or irregularly distributed. Preferably, the micro-nano structure can be a conical structure or a curved surface protruding structure.
Preferably, the pressure sensor provided by the present embodiment can be manufactured by combining embodiment 1 and embodiment 2.
In addition, in order to increase the detection range of the pressure sensor, in this embodiment, the number of the dielectric layers may be at least two, at least two of the dielectric layers are stacked and sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and a gap is formed between the micro-nano structures on the surfaces of the two adjacent dielectric layers facing each other. The purpose of this is to distribute the pressure that the outside was exerted evenly in each dielectric layer to this atress uniformity that improves the dielectric layer, and then improves the detection range of pressure sensor.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.