Method for manufacturing a humidity alarm device based on laser-induced graphene
A method for manufacturing a humidity alarm device based on laser-induced graphene is performed as follows. Carbon-based films are coated with a hydroxide ion-containing solution and processed by a laser device to generate hydrophilic graphene layers. The hydrophilic graphene layers are peeled off from the carbon-based films, wetted, and respectively wrapped around shaping rods varying in diameter. The wrapped rods are heated and shaped by a drying oven to obtain curled graphene switches. Each curled graphene switch is connected in series with an alarm lamp to form an alarm component. The alarm components are connected in parallel, and then connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a power supply to form the humidity alarm device.
1. A method for manufacturing a humidity alarm device based on laser-induced graphene, comprising:
(S 1 ) coating surfaces of a first carbon-based film, a second carbon-based film and a third carbon-based film respectively with a hydroxide ion-containing solution;
(S 2 ) processing, by a laser device, the first carbon-based film, the second carbon-based film and the third carbon-based film to respectively generate a first hydrophilic graphene layer, a second hydrophilic graphene layer, and a third hydrophilic graphene layer;
(S 3 ) peeling off the first hydrophilic graphene layer, the second hydrophilic graphene layer, and the third hydrophilic graphene layer respectively from the first carbon-based film, the second carbon-based film and the third carbon-based film followed by wetting to obtain a first wetted hydrophilic graphene layer, a second wetted hydrophilic graphene layer and a third wetted hydrophilic graphene layer;
wherein the step (S 3 ) comprises:
laser-marking, by the laser device, the first hydrophilic graphene layer, the second hydrophilic graphene layer and the third hydrophilic graphene layer in situ multiple times;
peeling off the first hydrophilic graphene layer from the first carbon-based film, the second hydrophilic graphene layer from the second carbon-based film and the third hydrophilic graphene layer from the third carbon-based film; and
wetting the first hydrophilic graphene layer, the second hydrophilic graphene layer and the third hydrophilic graphene layer by spraying to obtain the first wetted hydrophilic graphene layer, the second wetted hydrophilic graphene layer and the third wetted hydrophilic graphene layer, respectively;
(S 4 ) wrapping the first wetted hydrophilic graphene layer around a first shaping rod, the second wetted hydrophilic graphene layer around a second shaping rod and the third wetted hydrophilic graphene layer around a third shaping rod, wherein the first shaping rod, the second shaping rod and the third shaping rod vary in diameter;
(S 5 ) transferring the first shaping rod wrapped with the first wetted hydrophilic graphene layer, the second shaping rod wrapped with the second wetted hydrophilic graphene layer and the third shaping rod wrapped with the third wetted hydrophilic graphene layer to a drying oven for heating and shaping to obtain a first curled graphene switch, a second curled graphene switch, and a third curled graphene switch, respectively; and
(S 6 ) connecting the first curled graphene switch in series with a first alarm lamp via a first wire to form a first alarm component; connecting the second curled graphene switch in series with a second alarm lamp via a second wire to form a second alarm component; connecting the third curled graphene switch in series with a third alarm lamp via a third wire to form a third alarm component; and connecting the first alarm component, the second alarm component and the third alarm component in parallel followed by connection to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a power supply through a fourth wire to form the humidity alarm device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first carbon-based film, the second carbon-based film and the third carbon-based film are each independently a polyimide film or a polyetherimide film.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hydroxide ion-containing solution is a sodium hydroxide solution or a potassium hydroxide solution.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first shaping rod, the second shaping rod and the third shaping rod are each a cylinder with a smooth surface; diameters of the first shaping rod, the second shaping rod and the third shaping rod are independently 1-50 mm; and the first shaping rod, the second shaping rod and the third shaping rod are each independently made of a plastic material or a metal material.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the laser device is a picosecond ultraviolet laser with a laser wavelength of 340-360 nm and a laser power of 1-5 W.