Journal
JOURNAL OF NATURAL GAS CHEMISTRY
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 123-127Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-9953(10)60165-X
Keywords
MOS structure; gas sensor; palladium; cracks; sensitivity
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The present paper focused on the detection of methanol and propanol using Pd-gate metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) sensor. Surface morphology and composition of the gate film were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The response of the sensor for propanol and methanol was measured as shift in capacitance-voltage (C-V) and conductance-voltage (G-V) curves of the MOS structure. The sensitivity of the sensor towards methanol was found to be greater than that towards propanol. It was 58.2% for methanol and 32% for propanol (at 0.6 V, 1 MHz) in terms of capacitance measurements, while in terms of conductance results the sensitivity was found to be 57.2% for methanol and 38.9% for propanol at 1 kHz. The discontinuities or cracks present in the microstructure of the gale material are believed to be mainly responsible for the high sensitivity of the sensor, going with the decomposition of gas molecules and subsequent hydrogen permeation through Pd.
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