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Electrochromic Intelligent Visual Humidity Indication System
Received date: 2023-09-26
Revised date: 2023-12-12
Online published: 2024-04-25
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China(62205311)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(522755552)
China Aviation Development Group Industry-University-Research Cooperation Project(HFZL2020CXY019)
Central Government Guided Local Science and Technology Development Fund Project(YDZJSX2022C007)
State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments Tianjin University(pilab2206)
In recent years, humidity sensors have attracted widespread attention from researchers in fields such as food safety and soil monitoring. Traditional humidity sensors exhibit the advantages of good stability and high sensitivity. However, most humidity sensing systems convert humidity signals into recognizable waveforms through wired connections and large external devices, making it impossible to achieve real-time visual monitoring of changes in humidity information. Currently, direct conversion of humidity information into visible color signals by eyes provides an ideal solution to the aforementioned problems but still lacks intelligent monitor capacity. This study integrated humidity sensors and electrochromic devices (ECDs) to prepare an intelligent visual humidity monitoring system. By converting humidity signals into voltage signals to drive ECDs, stable and reversible color change in the system could be achieved. The ECDs were prepared using tungsten trioxide (WO3) as the negative electrode and zinc foil (Zn) as the positive electrode. Based on the output voltage of the humidity sensor, it achieves transitions between different working states, thereby generating color signals that can be observed by the naked eyes. Electrochemical performance and electrochromic performance of ECDs were tested and characterized by using a UV-visible spectrophotometer and an electrochemical workstation. Subsequently, the performance of the conditioning circuit was analyzed using an oscilloscope and a humidity generation platform. The results show that the intelligent electrochromic humidity indicator has good stability and rapid response performance, where the coloring time and fading time are only 7.5 s and 4.5 s, respectively. After 300 cycles, the optical modulation (ΔT) is basically maintained the same as the initial value, and the retention rate can reach more than 95%. Therefore, this visual humidity indication system which possesses novel design and simple structure has promising broad application in fields such as artificial intelligence and intelligent agriculture.
Mingshuo ZHEN , Xiaoran LIU , Xiangqian FAN , Wenping ZHANG , Dongdong YAN , Lei LIU , Chen LI . Electrochromic Intelligent Visual Humidity Indication System[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2024 , 39(4) : 432 -440 . DOI: 10.15541/jim20230440
图1 WO3的形貌表征及性能Fig. 1 Characterization and performance of WO3 (a) SEM image of WO3; (b) XRD pattern of WO3; (c) XPS spectrum of WO3 thin film in the binding energy range of 0-1200 eV; (d) CV curves at different scanning speeds; (e) Transmission spectra of WO3 in bleached and colored states (photos of WO3 in different states in the illustration); (f) 2000 cycles performance of WO3 |
图2 电致变色器件的电致变色性能Fig. 2 Electrochromic performance of ECDs (a) Changes in transmittance at different voltages of 300-900 nm wavelengths; (b) Changes in corresponding transmittance at different voltages; (c) Response time of ECDs; (d) Stability of electrochromic performance of ECDs; (e) Optical images of ECDs at different voltages |
图6 电致变色型智能可视化湿度指示系统的性能测试Fig. 6 Performance testing of an electrochromic intelligent visual humidity indicator system (a) Structure of testing platform; (b) Color change of ECDs at different humidity conditions; (c) Transmittance under different humidity environments; (d) Stability performance of transmittance at different humidity conditions Colorful figures are available on website |
图S1 (a)电致变色器件在不同扫速下的CV曲线和(b)不同电流密度下的充放电曲线Fig. S1 (a) CV curves of ECDs at different scanning speeds and (b) charge-discharge curves under different current densities |
图S2 在10% RH, 40% RH, 70% RH, 90% RH湿度下的输出电压Fig. S2 Output voltage at humidity of 10% RH, 40% RH, 70% RH, and 90% RH, respectively |
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