Functionalized graphene/silicon chemi-diode H2sensor with tunable sensitivity

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Uddin, Md Ahsan ^a   Singh, Amol Kumar ^a   Sudarshan, Tangali S ^a   Koley, Goutam ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene Si heterojunction; H2 detection; Pd Ptfunctionalization; Schottky diode sensor; tunable sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CHEMIRESISTOR SENSORS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MOLECULAR ADSORPTION; PT-FUNCTIONALIZED; SCHOTTKY BARRIER HEIGHTS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; TUNABLE SENSITIVITY;

GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

SENSORS;

EID: 84896821068     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/12/125501     Document Type: Article

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