EFFECT OF FILM THICKNESS AND CURING TEMPERATURE ON THE SENSITIVITY OFZNO-SB THICK-FILM HYDROGEN SENSOR

Authors
DAYAN NJ KAREKAR RN AIYER RC SAINKAR SR
Citation
Nj. Dayan et al., EFFECT OF FILM THICKNESS AND CURING TEMPERATURE ON THE SENSITIVITY OFZNO-SB THICK-FILM HYDROGEN SENSOR, Journal of materials science. Materials in electronics, 8(5), 1997, pp. 277-279
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science
Journal title
Journal of materials science. Materials in electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09574522
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
277 - 279
Database
ISI
SICI code
0957-4522(1997)8:5<277:EOFTAC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
This paper reports the effect of film thickness and curing temperature on the sensitivity of the screen-printed thick-film ZnO (incorporated with 7 wt%Sb) H-2, CO and CH4 sensors. The sensitivity of the sensors increases up to 60 mu m and decreases for higher film thickness. Incr ease in the curing temperature of the films, decreases the sensitivity of the sensors because of the increase in the average grain size, as observed by scanning electron microscopy.