Development of flexible multi-phase barium titanate piezoelectric sensor for physiological health and action behavior monitoring_Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Authors：

ZENG Qinghao ¹ , HAN Shulang ² ,  LIANG Ying ¹ ,  TIAN Xiaobao ¹

1. College of Architecture & Environmental Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China;
2. College of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

LIANG Ying, Email: liangying@scu.edu.cn; TIAN Xiaobao, Email: xbtian@scu.edu.cn

Keywords：

Wearable device; Flexible piezoceramic; Piezoelectric sensor

DOI：

10.7507/1001-5515.202404016

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Self-powered wearable piezoelectric sensing devices demand flexibility and high voltage electrical properties to meet personalized health and safety management needs. Aiming at the characteristics of piezoceramics with high piezoelectricity and low flexibility, this study designs a high-performance piezoelectric sensor based on multi-phase barium titanate (BTO) flexible piezoceramic film, namely multi-phase BTO sensor. The substrate-less self-supported multi-phase BTO films had excellent flexibility and could be bent 180° at a thickness of 33 μm, and exhibited good bending fatigue resistance in 1 × 10⁴ bending cycles at a thickness of 5 μm. The prepared multi-phase BTO sensor could maintain good piezoelectric stability after 1.2 × 10⁴ piezoelectric cycle tests. Based on the flexibility, high piezoelectricity, wearability, portability and battery-free self-powered characteristics of this sensor, the developed smart mask could monitor the respiratory signals of different frequencies and amplitudes in real time. In addition, by mounting the sensor on the hand or shoulder, different gestures and arm movements could also be detected. In summary, the multi-phase BTO sensor developed in this paper is expected to develop convenient and efficient wearable sensing devices for physiological health and behavioral activity monitoring applications.

Citation： ZENG Qinghao, HAN Shulang, LIANG Ying, TIAN Xiaobao. Development of flexible multi-phase barium titanate piezoelectric sensor for physiological health and action behavior monitoring. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2024, 41(3): 421-429, 438. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.202404016 Copy

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2. Guo Y, Liu X, Peng S, et al. A review of wearable and unobtrusive sensing technologies for chronic disease management. Comput Biol Med, 2021, 129: 104163..
3. Wang S, Jiang Y, Tai H, et al. An integrated flexible self-powered wearable respiration sensor. Nano Energy, 2019, 63: 103829..
4. Ates H C, Nguyen P Q, Gonzalez-macia L, et al. End-to-end design of wearable sensors. Nat Rev Mater, 2022, 7(11): 887-907..
5. Wang H, Li S, Lu H, et al. Carbon‐based flexible devices for comprehensive health monitoring. Small Methods, 2023, 7(2): 2201340..
6. Devi D H, Duraisamy K, Armghan A, et al. 5G technology in healthcare and wearable devices: A review. Sensors, 2023, 23(5): 2519..
7. Rana M, Mittal V. Wearable sensors for real-time kinematics analysis in sports: A review. IEEE Sens J, 2021, 21(2): 1187-1207..
8. Deng W, Yang T, Jin L, et al. Cowpea-structured PVDF/ZnO nanofibers based flexible self-powered piezoelectric bending motion sensor towards remote control of gestures. Nano Energy, 2019, 55: 516-525..
9. Wu Y, Ma Y, Zheng H, et al. Piezoelectric materials for flexible and wearable electronics: A review. Mater Des, 2021, 211: 110164..
10. Huang X, Zhang X. Recent advance in stretchable self‐powered piezoelectric sensors: trends, challenges, and solutions. Adv Mater Technol, 2023, 8(24): 2301226..
11. Zhou X, Parida K, Halevi O, et al. All 3D printed stretchable piezoelectric nanogenerator for self-powered sensor application. Sensors, 2020, 20(23): 6748..
12. Sun P, Jiang S, Huang Y. Nanogenerator as self-powered sensing microsystems for safety monitoring. Nano Energy, 2021, 81: 105646..
13. Mokhtari F, Cheng Z, Wang C H, et al. Advances in wearable piezoelectric sensors for hazardous workplace environments. Glob Chall, 2023, 7(6): 2300019..
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20. Shawon S M A Z, Sun A X, Vega V S, et al. Piezo-tribo dual effect hybrid nanogenerators for health monitoring. Nano Energy, 2021, 82: 105691..
21. Li J, Qu W, Daniels J, et al. Lead zirconate titanate ceramics with aligned crystallite grains. Science, 2023, 380(6640): 87-93..
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30. Wang M, Hou X, Qian S, et al. An intelligent glove of synergistically enhanced ZnO/PAN-based piezoelectric sensors for diversified human–machine interaction applications. Electronics, 2023, 12(8): 1782..

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