Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 506-509Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2022.3163798
Keywords
Dielectric constant; polymer; relative humidity sensor; zinc oxide (ZnO)
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 105-2923-E-022-001-MY3, 109-2813-C-992-019-E]
- National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan [109A13]
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In this research, a capacitance humidity sensor with a nitrogen-doped zinc oxide (N-doped ZnO) sensing film has been developed. The sensing film acts as a semiconductor with p-type hole carriers. The addition of a polymer buffer layer on the sensing film affects the carrier concentration and carrier mobility. The measurements demonstrate the capacitance effect and sensitivity of the sensor.
A capacitance humidity sensor with a nitrogen-doped zinc oxide (N-doped ZnO) sensing film has been completed in this research. The N-doped ZnO material serves as a semiconductor sensing film with the Hall type of hole carriers (p-type). The carrier concentration and carrier mobility of p-type N-doped ZnO sensing films of capacitance humidity sensors without a polymer buffer layers are, respectively, 7.18 x 10(15) cm(-3) and 3.69 x 10(2) cm(2) /V.s. Besides, the carrier concentration and carrier mobility of p-type N-doped ZnO sensing films of capacitance humidity sensors with a polymer buffer layer are, respectively, 1.06 x 10(18) cm(3) and 3.34 x 10(2) cm(2)/V.s. The electrical resistivity of sensing films without and with the buffer layer reaches 4 x 10(2) and 8 x 10(2) Omega-cm, respectively. In the measurements of the moisture adsorption and desorption processes, the dielectric constant of the capacitance humidity sensor without a buffer layer exhibits a capacitance effect of about 460 nF/m. The sensitivity of 45 pFm(-1)/%RH for the relative humidity measurement of N-doped ZnO sensing films at the upper electrode terminal of the capacitance humidity sensor with a polymer buffer layer is also obtained.
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