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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 39, Issue 27, Pages 15134-15141Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.07.075
Keywords
Thin film; Indium doping; Carrier reversal; Gas sensor; Selectivity
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- IBSA-DST [INT/ IBSA/04/2011/27.04.2011]
- AICTE
- BIET, Bhadrak, Orissa, India
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Selectivity has been the central issue in the research area of semiconducting metal oxide gas sensors and still remains a challenge for the researchers. In the present work, we report a promising hydrogen (reducing gas) sensing characteristics of nanocrystalline indium doped zinc oxide thin film sensing elements. At sensor operating temperature in the range (200-300) degrees C, 'n' to 'p' type carrier reversal is detected in the measured resistance transients. Furthermore, for a given operating temperature the type of carriers remain unaltered for each concentrations of gas. Thus, temperature plays a crucial role for this transition irrespective of the gas concentration. However, such carrier reversal is not observed in NO2 (oxidizing gas) environment even with the variation of operating temperature and gas concentration. This is attributed to the gas sensing mechanism related to the surface conductivity and the underlying variations of the carrier type. It is argued that, it can pave the way for selective detection of hydrogen at lower operating temperatures. Copyright (C) 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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