Table 3 Comparison of sensing performance of recently reported humidity senors

From: Flexible screen-printed SiC-based humidity sensors

Material

Fabrication

Device Type

Testing Range (%RH)

Response (R/R0)

Adsorption/ desportion time

Ref

Printed resistive humidity sensors

CNF/CB/TX-100

screen printing

resistive

30–90

120%

10s / 6s

1

daily carbon ink

paint brush

resistive

0–95

178.7%

56s / 14s

39

Graphene

CVD

resistive

10–90

1.2%

0.6 / 0.4

77

MWCNT/polyimide

in-situ polymerization

resistive

20–90

12.8%

5s / 600s

78

RGO/PDDA

layered self-assembly

resistive

11–97

37.4%

108s / 94s

79

PEG / gold nano particles

inkjet printing

resistive

1.8–95

104

1.2s / 3s

80

PHEMA

gravure printing

resistive

30–80

172%

-

81

MWCNT w/ integrated printed heater

screen printing

resistive

10–90

55%

4.6 min / 30.9 min

82

Graphene/methyl red

inkjet printing

resistive

5–95

96.36

0.251s / 0.35s

83

polyDADMAC

direct write printing

resistive

10–90

> 99%

7s / 213s

84

Reported SiC humidity sensors

SiC 2D nanosheets

spin coating

resistive

11–95

-

3s / 3s

19

SiC on p – Si wafer

PECVD

capacitive

10–90

200%

3 min / 4 min

85

SiC nanopaper

SiC nanowire compression

resistive

30–65

90%

41s / 124s

23

SiC nanowires on nanoporous Si pillar array

CVD + etching

capacitive

11–95

960%

105s / 85s

25

SiC nano particle ink

screen printing

resistive

10–90

45.2%

18s / 46s

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