Low-Humidity Sensing Properties of Multi-Layered Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | Sensitivity (%/%RH) | Reference |
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CVD SLG | 0.3–1.3 | [35] |
CVD BLG | 29 | [53] |
FLG 1 | 93 | [37] |
CVD MLG | 7–27 | [24] |
PECVD MLG 2 | 8–35 | [54] |
CVD MLG | 0.005 | (this work) |
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Ricciardella, F.; Vollebregt, S.; Polichetti, T.; Sarro, P.M.; Duesberg, G.S. Low-Humidity Sensing Properties of Multi-Layered Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Sensors 2020, 20, 3174. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20113174
Ricciardella F, Vollebregt S, Polichetti T, Sarro PM, Duesberg GS. Low-Humidity Sensing Properties of Multi-Layered Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Sensors. 2020; 20(11):3174. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20113174
Chicago/Turabian StyleRicciardella, Filiberto, Sten Vollebregt, Tiziana Polichetti, Pasqualina M. Sarro, and Georg S. Duesberg. 2020. "Low-Humidity Sensing Properties of Multi-Layered Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition" Sensors 20, no. 11: 3174. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20113174