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Synergistic piezoelectricity enhanced BaTiO3/polyacrylonitrile elastomer-based highly sensitive pressure sensor for intelligent sensing and posture recognition applications

Junbin Yu§( )Shuai Xian§Zhenpeng ZhangXiaojuan HouJian HeJiliang MuWenping GengXiaojun QiaoLe ZhangXiujian Chou( )
Science and Technology on Electronic Test and Measurement Laboratory, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China

§ Junbin Yu and Shuai Xian contributed equally to this work.

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An all-in-one highly sensitive pressure sensor is reported by using the synergistic piezoelectricity of BaTiO3 (BTO) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN). With the help of home-made circuit system and intelligent algorithm, the developed sensor realizes the intelligent sensing and recognition for various motion

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Designing stretchable and skin-conformal self-powered sensors for intelligent sensing and posture recognition is challenging. Here, based on a multi-force mixing and vulcanization process, as well as synergistically piezoelectricity of BaTiO3 and polyacrylonitrile, an all-in-one, stretchable, and self-powered elastomer-based piezo-pressure sensor (ASPS) with high sensitivity is reported. The ASPS presents excellent sensitivity (0.93 V/104 Pa of voltage and 4.92 nA/104 Pa of current at a pressure of 10–200 kPa) and high durability (over 10,000 cycles). Moreover, the ASPS exhibits a wide measurement range, good linearity, rapid response time, and stable frequency response. All components were fabricated using silicone, affording satisfactory skin-conformality for sensing postures. Through cooperation with a homemade circuit and artificial intelligence algorithm, an information processing strategy was proposed to realize intelligent sensing and recognition. The home-made circuit achieves the acquisition and wireless transmission of ASPS signals (transmission distance up to 50 m), and the algorithm realizes the classification and identification of ASPS signals (accuracy up to 99.5%). This study proposes not only a novel fabrication method for developing self-powered sensors, but also a new information processing strategy for intelligent sensing and recognition, which offers significant application potential in human–machine interaction, physiological analysis, and medical research.

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Yu J, Xian S, Zhang Z, et al. Synergistic piezoelectricity enhanced BaTiO3/polyacrylonitrile elastomer-based highly sensitive pressure sensor for intelligent sensing and posture recognition applications. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 5490-5502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5084-x
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Received: 12 August 2022
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Published: 09 November 2022
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