Identification of Humidity Sensing Mechanism in MgAl2O4 by Impedance Spectroscopy as Function of Relative Humidity

Abstract

MgAl2O4 is a humidity sensing material, which high melting point requires high sintering temperatures. In this work, manganese oxide was used as a sintering aid to obtain MgAl2O4 samples sintered at 1350°C with a microstructure suitable for humidity sensing. Impedance spectroscopy analyses were performed at several levels of relative humidity, indicating that this correlation is possible within the range of 10-80% of relative humidity.

Keywords

• MgAl2O4
• humidity sensors
• impedance spectroscopy