Self-Powered Wearable Breath-Monitoring Sensor Enabled by Electromagnetic Harvesting Based on Nano-Structured Electrochemically Active Aluminum

Self-powered sensors are gaining a lot of attention in recent years due to their possible application in the Internet of Things, medical implants and wireless and wearable devices. Human breath detection has applications in diagnostics, medical therapy and metabolism monitoring. One possible approac...

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Published in:Chemosensors 2023-01, Vol.11 (1), p.51
Main Authors: Bošković, Marko V., Frantlović, Miloš, Milinković, Evgenija, Poljak, Predrag D., Radović, Dana Vasiljević, Stevanović, Jelena N., Sarajlić, Milija
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Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum
aluminum–air battery
Antennas
breath detection
Electrodes
electromagnetic harvesting
Electromagnetic radiation
Energy
Human body
Humidity
interdigitated capacitor
Internet of Things
Monitoring
Power management
Power sources
Respiration
Schottky diodes
self-powered sensor
Sensors
Silicon wafers
Surgical implants
Wearable technology
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Summary:Self-powered sensors are gaining a lot of attention in recent years due to their possible application in the Internet of Things, medical implants and wireless and wearable devices. Human breath detection has applications in diagnostics, medical therapy and metabolism monitoring. One possible approach for breath monitoring is detecting the humidity in exhaled air. Here, we present an extremely sensitive, self-powered sensor for breath humidity monitoring. As a power source, the sensor uses electromagnetic energy harvested from the environment. Even electromagnetic energy harvested from the human body is enough for the operation of this sensor. The signal obtained using the human body as a source was up to 100 mV with an estimated power of 1 nW. The relatively low amount of energy that could be harvested in this way was producing a signal that was modulated by an interdigitated capacitor made out of electrochemically activated aluminum. The signal obtained in this way was rectified by a set of Schottky diodes and measured by a voltmeter. The sensor was capable of following a variety of different respiration patterns during normal breathing, exercise and rest, at the same time powered only by electromagnetic energy harvested from the human body. Everything happened in the normal environment used for everyday work and life, without any additional sources, and at a safe level of electromagnetic radiation.
ISSN:2227-9040
2227-9040
DOI:10.3390/chemosensors11010051