Hydrogen Sensors Made on InP or GaN with Electrophoretically Deposited Pd or Pt Nanoparticles

• Authors: K. Zdansky , O. Cernohorsky , R. Yatskiv
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

High quality Schottky diodes were prepared by printing colloidal graphite on the polished wafers of n-type InP or n-type GaN. The wafers were earlier sparsely covered with palladium or platinum nanoparticles by electrophoresis from prepared colloid solutions in isooctane. Deposited contacts and nanoparticles were observed by scanning electron mictroscopy. Current voltage characteristics of the Schottky diodes showed high rectification ratios and the barrier heights close to the value of vacuum-level-alignment of the Schottky-Mott limit. The sensitivity to hydrogen of the diodes was measured in the flow of hydrogen/nitrogen mixtures of various hydrogen concentrations in the range from 1 ppm to 1000 ppm. The estimated detection limits of the diodes were in the sub-ppm range. The diodes represent orders-of-magnitude improvement over the best hydrogen sensors reported previously.

Keywords

EN

82.45.Qr; 81.16.Hc; 73.61.Ey; 73.40.Kp; 73.40.Ei

Discipline

• 82.45.Qr: Electrodeposition and electrodissolution(see also 81.15.Pq Electrodeposition, electroplating in materials science)
• 81.16.Hc: Catalytic methods
• 73.61.Ey: III-V semiconductors
• 73.40.Ei: Rectification
• 73.40.Kp: III-V semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts,p-njunctions, and heterojunctions

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 572-575

Dates

published

2012-09

Contributors

author

K. Zdansky

• Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

author

O. Cernohorsky

• Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
• Faculty of Nuclear Sciences, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

author

R. Yatskiv

• Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.122.572