Functionalized graphene/silicon chemi-diode H₂ sensor with tunable sensitivity

Nanotechnology. 2014 Mar 28;25(12):125501. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/12/125501. Epub 2014 Feb 25.

Abstract

A reverse bias tunable Pd- and Pt-functionalized graphene/Si heterostructure Schottky diode H2 sensor has been demonstrated. Compared to the graphene chemiresistor sensor, the chemi-diode sensor offers more than one order of magnitude higher sensitivity as the molecular adsorption induced Schottky barrier height change causes the heterojunction current to vary exponentially in reverse bias. The reverse bias operation also enables low power consumption, as well as modulation of the atomically thin graphene's Fermi level, leading to tunable sensitivity and detection of H₂ down to the sub-ppm range.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.