Shandong Science ›› 2022, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 54-59.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2022.02.007

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Properties comparative analysis of polyimide/polyvinyl alcohol-based humidity-sensitive materials

FENG Jin-lai()   

  1. Laser Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250103,China
  • Received:2021-03-22 Published:2022-04-20 Online:2022-04-07

Abstract:

Humidity is a significant environmental parameter in storage, civil explosives business, and other fields. The performance of humidity-sensitive materials directly determines the quality of sensors. Polyimide and polyvinyl alcohol, the most commonly used humidity-sensing materials in optical fiber humidity sensors, were selected as the research objects. The humidity sensors were fabricated by coating two different humidity-sensitive materials on the surface of the fiber Bragg grating and their sensitivity, response time, and long-term stability were tested and compared. Results show that the linearity of the humidity sensor coated with polyimide is 99.98%, the sensitivity is 5.4 pm/%, the response time is 9.7 min, and the maximum wavelength shift is 5.6 pm. The humidity sensor coated with polyvinyl alcohol has a higher sensitivity in the range of relative humidity 60%~90%, which makes polyvinyl alcohol-based humidity sensors more suitable for humidity measurement in high-humidity environments.

Key words: fiber Bragg grating, humidity-sensitive material, polyimide, polyvinyl alcohol

CLC Number: 

  • TP212

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