Browsing by Author "Lee, Wen-Ya"

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Seeing pressure in color based on integration o highly sensitive pressure sensor and emission tunable light emitting diode
(2019-11-25)
Shen, Tien-Lin
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Chen, Chien-Tung
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Liao, Yu-Kuang
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Su, Teng-Yu
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Liu, Che-Yu
We demonstrate a highly sensitive, low-cost, environmental-friendly pressure sensor derived from a wool-based pressure sensor with wide pressure sensing range using wool bricks embedded with a Ag nano-wires. The easy fabrication and light weight allow portable and wearable device applications. Wth the integration of a light-emitting diode possessing multi-wavelength emission, we illustrate a hybrid multi-functional LED-integrated pressure sensor that is able to convert different applied pressures to light emission with different wavelengths. Due to the high sensitivity of the pressure sensor, the demonstration of acoustic signal detection has also been presented using sound of a metronome and a speaker playing a song. This multi-functional pressure sensor can be implemented to technologies such as smart lighting, health care, visible light communication (VLC), and other internet of things (IoT) applications. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
Self-Powered, Self-Healed, and Shape-Adaptive Ultraviolet Photodetectors
(2020-02-26)
Tsai, Meng-Shian
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Shen, Tien-Lin
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Wu, Hsing-Mei
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Liao, Yu-Ming
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Liao, Yu-Kuang
The emergence of self-healing devices in recent years has drawn a great amount of attention in both academics and industry. Self-healed devices can autonomically restore a rupture as unexpected destruction occurs, which can efficiently prolong the life span of the devices; hence, they have an enhanced durability and decreased replacement cost. As a result, integration of wearable devices with self-healed electronics has become an indispensable issue in smart wearable devices. In this study, we present the first self-powered, self-healed, and wearable ultraviolet (UV) photodetector based on the integration of agarose/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) double network (DN) hydrogels, which have the advantages of good mechanical strength, self-healing ability, and tolerability of multiple types of damage. With the integration of a DN hydrogel substrate, the photodetector enables 90% of the initial efficiency to be restored after five healing cycles, and each rapid healing time is suppressed to only 10 s. The proposed device has several merits, including having an all spray coating, self-sustainability, biocompatibility, good sensitivity, mechanical flexibility, and an outstanding healing ability, which are all essential to build smart electronic systems. The unprecedented self-healed photodetector expands the future scope of electronic skin design, and it also offers a new platform for the development of next-generation wearable electronics.
Ultrahigh-Performance Self-Powered Flexible Photodetector Driven from Photogating, Piezo-Phototronic, and Ferroelectric Effects
(1970-01-01)
Shen, Tien-Lin
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Chu, Yu-Wei
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Liao, Yu-Kuang
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Lee, Wen-Ya
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Kuo, Hao-Chung
Owing to the need for dynamic, real-time, and on-site data collection in internet of things applications, the realization of ultra-sensitive sensing networks with self-powered, flexible, and lightweight devices has become an important issue for the development of sensor systems. In this work, a novel, high-performance, self-powered photodetector is achieved through the combination of photogating, piezo-phototronic, and ferroelectric effect by incorporating a ferroelectric thin film of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) in a rationally designed device structure with suitable band alignment, which can modulate carrier transport behavior at the interface due to the internal electric field produced by light illumination, external strain, or voltage-poled dipole. This enables photocurrent and overall device performance to improve significantly. The unprecedented photodetector presented in this study has several merits, including mechanical flexibility and light weight that allow it to adapt to arbitrary surface topology; additionally, its self-powering capability and high reliability are urgently needed for the demanding functionality of devices for the development of next-generation optoelectronic devices, spanning from wearable communication to unattended harsh environments with a human-friendly interface.