Effect of humidity on hydrogen sensitivity of Pt-gated AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor based sensors

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Lo, C. F. [1 ]
Chang, C. Y. [1 ]
Chu, B. H. [1 ]
Pearton, S. J. [2 ]
Dabiran, A. [3 ]
Chow, P. P. [3 ]
Ren, F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Florida, Dept Chem Engn, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[2] Univ Florida, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[3] SVT Associates, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 USA
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GAN; OXIDATION; PD/GAN;
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10.1063/1.3454279
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The effects of relative humidity on sensing characteristics of Pt-gated AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor diode based hydrogen sensors were investigated. The absorbed water and oxygen molecules blocked available Pt surface adsorption sites for H-2 absorption and reduced the hydrogen sensing sensitivity compared to low humidity conditions. The hydrogen sensing sensitivity decreased proportional to the relative humidity. However, the presence of humidity improved the sensor recovery characteristics after exposure to the hydrogen ambient. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3454279]
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