• DocumentCode
    381785
  • Title

    Optical and electrical gas sensing properties of InxOyNz films

  • Author

    Ando, Masanori ; Steffes, Harald ; Chabicovsk, Rupert ; Haruta, Masatake ; Stangl, Guenther

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Res. Inst., AIST, Ikeda, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    623
  • Abstract
    In this paper we describe the optical and electrical gas sensing properties of InxOyNz films promoted by an ultra-thin gold overlayer. We have fabricated InxOyNz films with a nanocrystalline porous structure by RF-sputtering in Ar/N2 followed by an annealing process. Gold particles with 20-30 nm diameter on top of the InxOyNz films have been formed by DC-sputtering followed by an annealing process. We have investigated the optical H2 and NO2 sensing properties (change of absorbance) and also the electrical sensing effect (change of electrical resistance) for these two gases. A combined optical/electrical sensor for H2/NO2 is proposed.
  • Keywords
    annealing; electric sensing devices; gas sensors; hydrogen; indium compounds; nanoporous materials; nitrogen compounds; optical sensors; semiconductor thin films; sensitivity; sputter deposition; sputtered coatings; visible spectra; 10 to 15 nm; Ar; Ar-N2; Au particles; Au-InON; DC-sputtering; H2; H2 sensing properties; InxOyNz films; N2; NO2; NO2 sensing properties; RF sputtering; absorbance change; annealing process; combined optical/electrical sensor; electrical gas sensing properties; electrical resistance change; nanocrystalline porous structure; optical gas sensing properties; ultra-thin Au overlayer; Absorption; Fluid flow measurement; Gold; Hydrogen; Optical films; Optical sensors; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2002. Proceedings of IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7454-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2002.1037173
  • Filename
    1037173