Flexible Sensors Based on Conductive Polymer Composites

Dan Zhao; Weiwei Jia; Xiaona Feng; Huali Yang; Yali Xie; Jie Shang; Pengjun Wang; Yufeng Guo; Run-Wei Li

doi:10.3390/s24144664

Flexible Sensors Based on Conductive Polymer Composites

Sensors (Basel). 2024 Jul 18;24(14):4664. doi: 10.3390/s24144664.

Authors

Dan Zhao^{1

2

3}, Weiwei Jia^{2

3}, Xiaona Feng^{2

3}, Huali Yang^{2

3}, Yali Xie^{2

3}, Jie Shang^{2

3}, Pengjun Wang^{1

4}, Yufeng Guo¹, Run-Wei Li^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ College of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
² CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China.
³ College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
⁴ College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.

Abstract

Elastic polymer-based conductive composites (EPCCs) are of great potential in the field of flexible sensors due to the advantages of designable functionality and thermal and chemical stability. As one of the popular choices for sensor electrodes and sensitive materials, considerable progress in EPCCs used in sensors has been made in recent years. In this review, we introduce the types and the conductive mechanisms of EPCCs. Furthermore, the recent advances in the application of EPCCs to sensors are also summarized. This review will provide guidance for the design and optimization of EPCCs and offer more possibilities for the development and application of flexible sensors.

Keywords: conductive mechanism; conductive polymer composites; flexible electronics; flexible sensors.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U22A20248, 52127803, 51931011, 51971233, 62174165, 52201236, M-0152, U20A6001, U1909215 and 52105286), the External Cooperation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (174433KYSB20200013), K.C. Wong Education Foundation (GJTD-2020-11), Chinese Academy of Sciences Youth Innovation Promotion Association (Y2022080), “Pioneer” and “Leading Goose” R&D Program of Zhejiang (2022C01032), Zhejiang Provincial Key R&D Program (2021C01183), “High-level talent special support plan” technology innovation leading talent project of Zhejiang Province (2022R52004), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LD22E010002), Zhejiang Provincial Basic Public Welfare Research Project (LGG20F010006), Ningbo Scientific and Technological Innovation 2025 Major Project (2020Z022), the China Postdoctoral Foundation (2022M723251).