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Enhancement of Methanol Gas Sensitivity of Cu Intermediate ITO Film Gas Sensors KCI 등재 SCOPUS
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- URLhttps://db.koreascholar.com/Article/Detail/297089
pp.267-270
Sn doped In2O3 (ITO) and ITO/Cu/ITO (ICI) multilayer films were prepared on glass substrates with a reactive radiofrequency (RF) magnetron sputter without intentional substrate heating, and then the influence of the Cu interlayer on themethanol gas sensitivity of the ICI films were considered. Although both ITO and ICI film sensors had the same thicknessof 100nm, the ICI sensors had a sandwich structure of ITO 50nm/Cu 5nm/ITO 45nm. The ICI films showed a ten timeshigher carrier density than that of the pure ITO films. However, the Cu interlayer may also have caused the decrement of carriermobility because the interfaces between the ITO and Cu interlayer acted as a barrier to carrier movement. Although the ICIfilms had two times a lower mobility than that of the pure ITO films, the ICI films had a higher conductivity of 3.6·10-4Ωcmdue to a higher carrier density. The changes in the sensitivity of the film sensors caused by methanol gas ranging from 50 to500ppm were measured at room temperature. The ICI sensors showed a higher gas sensitivity than that of the ITO single layersensors. Finally, it can be concluded that the ICI film sensors have the potential to be used as improved methanol gas sensors.
