Hydrogen sensors based on aligned carbon nanotubes in an anodic aluminum oxide template with palladium as a top electrode

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-17

  Ding, Dongyan ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a   Rajaputra, Suresh ^a   Singh, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Hydrogen sensor; Palladium; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM;

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE (AAO); NANOPOROUS FILM SENSORS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 34248598509     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.11.034     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Varghese O.K., Kichambre P.D., Gong D., Ong K.G., Dickey E.C., and Grimes C.A. Gas sensing characteristics of multi-wall carbon nanotubes. Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 81 (2001) 32-41
2. Collins P.G., Bradley K., Ishigami M., and Zettl A. Extreme oxygen sensitivity of electronic properties of carbon nanotubes. Science 287 (2000) 1801-1804
3. Kong J., Franklin N.R., Zhou C., Chapline M.G., Peng S., Cho K., and Dai H. Nanotube molecular wires as chemical sensors. Science 287 (2000) 622-625
4. Penza M., Cassano G., Aversa P., Cusano A., Cutolo A., Giordano M., and Nicolais L. Carbon nanotube acoustic and optical sensors fro volatile organic compound detection. Nanotechnology 16 (2005) 2536-2547
5. Andriotis A.N., Menon M., Srivastava D., and Froudakis G. Extreme hydrogen sensitivity of the transport properties of single-wall carbon-nanotube capsules. Phys. Rev. B 64 (2001) 193401-1-193401-4
6. Adu C.K.W., Sumanasekera G.U., Pradhan B.K., Romero H.E., and Eklund P.C. Carbon nanotubes: a thermoelectric nano-nose. Chem. Phys. Lett. 337 (2001) 31-35
7. Luongo K., Sine A., and Bhansali S. Development of a highly sensitive porous Si-based hydrogen sensor using Pd nano-structures. Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 111-112 (2005) 125-129
8. Favier F., Walter E.C., Zach M.P., Benter T., and Penner R.M. Hydrogen sensors and switches from electrodeposited palladium mesowire arrays. Science 293 (2001) 2227-2231
9. Xu T., Zach M.P., Xiao Z.L., Rosenmann D., Welp U., Kwok W.K., and Crabtree G.W. Self-assembled monolayer-enhanced hydrogen sensing with ultrathin palladium films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 (2005) 203104-1-203104-3
10. Kong J., Chapline M.G., and Dai H. Functionalized carbon nanotubes for molecular hydrogen sensors. Adv. Mater. 13 (2001) 1384-1386
11. Sippel-Oakley J., Wang H., Kang B.S., Wu Z., Ren F., Rinzler A.G., and Pearton S.J. Carbon nanotube films for room temperature hydrogen sensing. Nanotechnology 16 (2005) 2218-2221
12. Sayago I., Terrado E., Lafuente E., Horrillo M.C., Maser W.K., Benito A.M., Navarro R., Urriolabeitia E.P., Martinez M.T., and Gutierrez J. Hydrogen sensors based on carbon nanotubes thin films. Synth. Met. 148 (2005) 15-19
13. Kumar M.K., and Ramaprabhu S. Nanostructured Pt functionlized multiwalled carbon nanotube based hydrogen sensor. J. Phys. Chem. B 110 (2006) 11291-11298
14. Li J., Papadopoulos C., Xu J.M., and Moskovits M. Highly-ordered carbon nanotube arrays for electronics applications. Appl. Phys. Lett. 75 (1999) 367-369
15. Hu W.C., Gong D.W., Chen Z., Yuan L.M., Saito K., Kichambare P., and Grimes C.A. Growth of well-aligned carbon nanotube arrays on silicon substrate using porous alumina film as nano-template. Appl. Phys. Lett. 79 (2001) 3083-3085
16. Li J., Moskovits M., and Haslett T.L. Nanoscale electroless metal deposition in aligned carbon nanotubes. Chem. Mater. 10 (1998) 1963-1967
17. Shelimov K.B., Davydov D.N., and Moskovits M. Template-grown high-density nanocapacitor arrays. Appl. Phys. Lett. 77 (2000) 1722-1724
18. Ding D., Chen Z., and Lu C. Hydrogen sensing of nanoporous palladium films supported by anodic aluminum oxides. Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 120 (2006) 182-186
19. Dai H.J., Wong E.W., and Lieber C.M. Probing electrical transport in nanomaterials: conductivity of individual carbon nanotubes. Science 272 (1996) 523-526
20. Langer L., Bayot V., Grivei E., Issi J.-P., Heremans J.P., Olk C.H., Stockman L., Van Haesendonck C., and Bruynseraede Y. Quantum transportation in multiwalled carbon nanotube. Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 479-482