EVALUATION OF GAS-MIXTURES WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS SENSORS BASED ON SILICON-CARBIDE

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作者
ARBAB, A
SPETZ, A
LUNDSTROM, I
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[1] Laboratory of Applied Physics, University of Linköping
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10.1016/0925-4005(93)01085-I
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O65 [分析化学];
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070302 ; 081704 ;
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Field-effect devices with a catalytic metal gate are operated as gas sensors over a large temperature range by the use of 6H-silicon carbide (bandgap 2.9 eV) instead of silicon (1.1 eV) as the semiconducting material. We have produced metal-silicon dioxide-silicon carbide (MOSiC) capacitors with platinum as the gate metal that can be operated above 800-degrees-C. The sensitivity of the Pt-MOSiC devices to hydrogen and hydrocarbons was tested in various oxygen atmospheres. The response to mixtures of hydrogen and saturated hydrocarbons indicated the existence of two different sensing mechanisms.
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