Table 7 Calculated TDM (Debye), band gap ΔEg (eV), adsorbtion energy EAds(eV), Gibbs free energy ΔGf (eV) and stability constant log K for PVA-ZnO and PVA-ZnO-G with 5 water molecules.

From: Advanced polymer-based humidity sensor for aerospace applications implementing ZnO-G: theoretical and experimental study

Structure

TDM (Debye)

∆Eg (eV)

EAds(eV)

ΔGf (eV)

log K

PVA-ZnO-5H2O

10.9494

1.1777

−0.6558

−0.6558

11.0895

PVA-ZnO-G-5H2O

21.0848

0.503

−0.7592

−0.7592

12.8380