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Screen-printed and spray coated graphene-based RFID transponders

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Ermolov, V 
Karagiannidis, PG 
Hodge, SA 
Lombardi, L 

Abstract

We report Ultra-High-Frequency (UHF, 800MHz-1GHz) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transponders consisting of printed dipole antennas combined with RFID microchips. These are fabricated on Kapton via screen printing and on paper via spray coating, using inks obtained via microfluidization of graphite. We introduce a hybrid antenna structure, where an Al loop (small compared to the overall size of the antenna) is connected to a microchip with the double function of matching the impedances of antenna and microchip and avoiding bonding between exfoliated graphite and chip. The transponders have reading distance~11m at UHF RFID frequencies, larger than previously reported for graphene-based RFID and comparable with commercial transponders based on metallic antennas.

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Keywords

graphene, RFID, liquid phase exfoliation, antennas

Journal Title

2D Materials

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Journal ISSN

2053-1583
2053-1583

Volume Title

7

Publisher

IOP Publishing
Sponsorship
Royal Society (TG102524)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K01711X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K017144/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M507799/1)
European Commission (264694)
European Commission (604391)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L016087/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) ERC (206409)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (696656)
EPSRC (via University of Manchester) (R119256)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Societal Challenges (732344)
Royal Society of Chemistry (unknown)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (785219)
European Research Council (319277)
European Commission (314578)