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Humidity Sensor Based on Orange Dye and Graphene Solid Electrolyte Cells

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The fabrication and characterization of thin film humidity sensors based on orange dye (OD) and OD–graphene solid electrolytes cells were done in this paper. The 200 nm thick silver (Ag) and copper (Cu) electrodes were deposited on glass substrate by thermal evaporation. There was gap of 20 µm between the electrodes, where the 8 to 12 µm thick film of solid electrolyte was deposited. The pure OD and the OD–graphene composites with 40 and 60% (by weight) graphene were used as solid electrolytes. The dependences of the open-circuit voltage of the cells on humidity were measured in the humidity interval from 34 to 90% relative humidity (RH). It was found that with increase in humidity the open-circuit voltage of the cells increased. In the OD–graphene composite cells on increasing the concentration of graphene the open-circuit voltage increased accordingly.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This project was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant no. G-307-130-39. The authors, therefore, acknowledge with thanks DSR for technical and financial support.

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  1. Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Tariq Saeed Chani & Abdullah M. Asiri

  2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Tariq Saeed Chani & Abdullah M. Asiri

  3. GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, District Swabi, KPK, 23640, Topi, Pakistan

    Khasan S. Karimov, Umair Asghar, S. Zameer Abbass, Rashid Ali & Nabila Nawaz

  4. Center for Innovative Development of Science and New Technologies of Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, 734025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

    Khasan S. Karimov & Khakim M. Akhmedov

  5. Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 211816, Nanjing, China

    Hong Meng

  6. School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, 518055, Shenzhen, China

    Hong Meng

  7. Department of Physics, International Islamic University, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Imran Murtaza

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Muhammad Tariq Saeed Chani, Karimov, K.S., Meng, H. et al. Humidity Sensor Based on Orange Dye and Graphene Solid Electrolyte Cells. Russ J Electrochem 55, 1391–1396 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193519120036

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