Gas sensing applications of novel semiconductor materials

E. Comini1, G. Faglia1, G. Sberveglieri1, K. Galatsis2, W. Wlodarski2
1Dipartimento di di Chimica per l'Ingegneria e per i Materiali, I.N.F.M, Brescia, Italy
2School of Electrical and computer Systems Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Tóm tắt

Recent trends in research on gas sensors based on semiconducting thin films are presented. The films, all deposited by RF reactive sputtering from metallic targets, are investigated by the volt-amperometric technique for electrical and gas-sensing properties. The layers were able to sense CO and NO/sub 2/. No surface poisoning effect was recorded, and resistance recovery was complete. Concentrations as low as 0.5 ppm NO/sub 2/ and 15 ppm of CO were detected with a high relative change in the resistance and a fast dynamic. A detection limit lower than 100 ppb of NO/sub 2/ is expected.

Từ khóa

#Semiconductor materials #Gas detectors #Sputtering #Surface resistance #Semiconductivity #Semiconductor thin films #Thin film sensors #Semiconductor films #Radio frequency #Electric resistance

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