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NANOSCALE
卷 4, 期 16, 页码 5059-5064出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2nr30639e
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- European Coordination Action NanoICT
- European Commission through the Marie Curie Program [PIOF-GA-2008-220682]
Hydrogen sensing is essential to ensure safety in near-future zero-emission fuel cell powered vehicles. Here, we present a novel hydrogen sensor based on the resonant frequency change of a nanoelectromechanical clamped-clamped beam. The beam is coated with a Pd layer, which expands in the presence of H-2, therefore generating a stress build-up that causes the frequency of the device to drop. The devices are able to detect H-2 concentrations below 0.5% within 1 s of the onset of the exposure using only a few hundreds of pW of power, matching the industry requirements for H-2 safety sensors. In addition, we investigate the strongly detrimental effect that relative humidity (RH) has on the Pd responsivity to H-2, showing that the response is almost nullified at about 70% RH. As a remedy for this intrinsic limitation, we applied a mild heating current through the beam, generating a few mu W of power, whereby the responsivity of the sensors is fully restored and the chemo-mechanical process is accelerated, significantly decreasing response times. The sensors are fabricated using standard processes, facilitating their eventual mass-production.
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