2018年第65回応用物理学会春季学術講演会

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2018年3月17日(土) 13:30 〜 15:30 P8 (ベルサール高田馬場)

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[17p-P8-14] A gas-sensitive SPIM for detection ethanol using SnO2 as sensing element

〇(D)Mengyun Wang1,2、Hoang Anh Truong1,3、Carl Frederik Werner1,2、Koichiro Miyamoto1,2、Tatsuo Yoshinobu1,2 (1.Tohoku Univ.、2.Electronic Eng.、3.Biomedical Eng.)

キーワード:scanning photo-induced impedance microscopy sensor, tin dioxide, gas sensor

Scanning photo-induced impedance microscopy (SPIM) is a method to detect a local impedance change on the sensor surface [1]. In this study, tin dioxide (SnO2) film is deposited on sensor surface by vacuum evaporation [2] as a sensing material to detect ethanol [3]. The impedance change of the SnO2 film in response to ethanol is read out in the form of an ac photocurrent signal, generated by a focused laser beam modulated at 3.5 kHz. A schematic of the fabricated structure is shown in Fig. 1a.
The response of the fabricated sensor to ethanol vapor was investigated. Fig. 1b shows the photocurrent-bias voltage characteristics, which were measured before, during and after exposing the sensor to ethanol vapor. As can be seen, the photocurrent at low bias voltages increased in response to the ethanol vapor, which suggests lowering of the impedance of the SnO2 layer. In addition, a spatially resolved measurement of the gas concentration on the sensor is possible (see Fig. 1c) due to the light-addressability. This gas-sensitive SPIM is expected to have potential applications such as breath analysis, food security, process control and air quality monitoring.