IMPROVED HYDROGEN DETECTION OF ISLAND TYPE PALLADIUM FILM — NANOPOROUS SILICON DIODE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

Autor: A.I. Manilov, R. V. Skryshevsky, Valeriy A. Skryshevsky, V. Polischuk, I. V. Gavrilchenko
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Sensor Electronics and Microsystem Technologies. 5:28-38
ISSN: 2415-3508
1815-7459
DOI: 10.18524/1815-7459.2008.2.114425
Popis: An island type palladium film — silicon diode hydrogen sensor has been developed applying thin (15-75 nm) nanoporous silicon as an intermediate sensitive layer. Using a thermal Pd deposition into porous silicon allows to vary the size and morphology of the metal islands in the porous silicon matrix. The gas sensor behaviour under hydrogen exposure in mixture of 200 ppm- 10% H2 and dry synthetic (20%O2 +80 %N2 ) air was investigated by measuring the I-V characteristics. The diode current and sensor hydrogen sensitivity is shown to depend on the type of silicon substrate and the thickness of porous silicon. The current change versus hydrogen concentrations shows the linear law both for large and small hydrogen concentrations. At room temperature the sensor sensitivity is approximately 1 μA/100ppm, the response and recovery times lies in 1-8 min range.
Databáze: OpenAIRE