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Vol. 10 No. 4 (2018)

A Self-Powered Breath Analyzer Based on PANI/PVDF Piezo-Gas-Sensing Arrays for Potential Diagnostics Application

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-018-0228-y
Yongming Fu
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Haoxuan He
College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, People’s Republic of China
Tianming Zhao
College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, People’s Republic of China
Yitong Dai
College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, People’s Republic of China
Wuxiao Han
College of Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, People’s Republic of China
Jie Ma
College of Physics and Electronics Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, People’s Republic of China
Lili Xing
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Yan Zhang
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China
Xinyu Xue
School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xinyu Xue

xuexinyu@mail.neu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 10 No. 4 (2018), Article Number: 76

Abstract

The increasing morbidity of internal diseases poses serious threats to human health and quality of life. Exhaled breath analysis is a noninvasive and convenient diagnostic method to improve the cure rate of patients. In this study, a self-powered breath analyzer based on polyaniline/polyvinylidene fluoride (PANI/PVDF) piezo-gas-sensing arrays has been developed for potential detection of several internal diseases. The device works by converting exhaled breath energy into piezoelectric gas-sensing signals without any external power sources. The five sensing units in the device have different sensitivities to various gas markers with concentrations ranging from 0 to 600 ppm. The working principle can be attributed to the coupling of the in-pipe gas-flow-induced piezoelectric effect of PVDF and gas-sensing properties of PANI electrodes. In addition, the device demonstrates its use as an ethanol analyzer to roughly mimic fatty liver diagnosis. This new approach can be applied to fabricating new exhaled breath analyzers and promoting the development of self-powered systems.


Highlights:


1 A self-powered breath analyzer based on polyaniline/polyvinylidene fluoride (PANI/PVDF) piezo-gas-sensing arrays was developed for a potential diagnostics application.
2 The device works by converting energy from exhaled breath into electrical sensing signals without any external power sources.
3 The working principle can be attributed to the coupling of in-pipe gas-flow-induced piezoelectric effect of PVDF bellows and gas-sensing effect of PANI electrodes.

Keywords

Polyaniline Polyvinylidene fluoride Piezoelectric Sensor array Diagnostics Breath analyzer
Fu, Yongming, Haoxuan He, Tianming Zhao, Yitong Dai, Wuxiao Han, Jie Ma, Lili Xing, Yan Zhang, and Xinyu Xue. 2018. “A Self-Powered Breath Analyzer Based on PANI/PVDF Piezo-Gas-Sensing Arrays for Potential Diagnostics Application”. Nano-Micro Letters 10 (4):76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-018-0228-y.
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