Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
We report the growth of β-Ga2O3 nanowires (NWs) on GaN substrate and the fabrication of β-Ga2O3 NW humidity sensors. It was found that average length and diameter were ~10 μm and 100 nm, respectively. It was also found that the current of the NWs increased as we increased the relative humidity because of the n-type nature of β-Ga2O3. Through measuring current-voltage characteristics of the fabricated device at 25 °C, it was found that the measured currents were 5.99×10-5, 6.42×10-5, 6.76×10-5, 7.33×10-5, and 7.93×10-5 A when measured with 35%, 50%, 65%, 85%, and 95%-relative humidity, respectively.
Keywords :
gallium compounds; humidity; humidity sensors; nanofabrication; nanosensors; nanowires; semiconductor growth; semiconductor materials; β-Ga2O3 nanowires-based humidity sensors; Al2O3; Ga2O3; GaN-Al2O3; GaN-sapphire substrate; current 0.0000599 A to 0.0000793 A; current-voltage characteristics; n-type nanowires; relative humidity; temperature 25 degC; Current measurement; Gallium nitride; Humidity; Nanowires; Resistance; Sensors; Temperature measurement; ${rm Ga}_{2}{rm O}_{3}$; moisture sensor; nanowires; relative humidity;