A Wearable Self-Powered Multi-Parameter Respiration Sensor

Respiratory disease can be early warned by many respiratory parameters such as intensity, rhythm, temperature, and breath molecules like acetone. It requires a complex process to measure these respiratory parameters simultaneously in clinical practice. Therefore, it is a hot topic to design portable devices especially wearable electronics to monitor respiratory conditions continually in daily life. Here, a flexible self-powered multi-parameter respiration sensor based on poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) thin film and flexible interdigital electrodes that is bonding with sodium-doped zinc oxide nanoflowers is demonstrated , which can detect airflow, temperature, and acetone during breathing. The respiration sensor may provide some reference ways for the fabrication of miniaturized respiratory disease monitoring devices.