Stretchable and High-performance Sensor films Based on Nanocomposite of Polypyrrole/SWCNT/Silver Nanowire

Abstract

We report the fabrication of stretchable sensor films (SSF) using a composite of functionalized polypyrrole- single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-silver nanowire hybrid networks embedded into a cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane elastomer. The SSF exhibited low resistivity of 30 Ω/sq and an outstanding mechanical elasticity of up to 25% (no visible change in the sheet resistance after 100 cycle at stretching-release test of 25%). These SSFs were responsive to 1 ppm ammonia gas even at a low temperature of 40 °C with 20% relative humidity and also maintained reproducibility and reversibility when repeatedly exposed to ammonia gas more than 100 times. In addition, it was confirmed that the sensor film was hardly affected even at a relative humidity range of 20% to 80%.

Keywords

• silver nanowire
• single-walled carbon nanotubes
• polypyrrole
• stretchable
• transparent
• gas sensor