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Room-temperature polymer-coated supersonic cluster beam deposited ZnO film for O2gas and dissolved O2sensing

  • Man Hon Wong
  • , Ngai Hang Ng
  • , Meng Zhao
  • , Ka Seng Lau
  • , Hau Chung Man
  • , Jeffery T. Cheung
  • , Chung Wo Ong

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Abstract

Room-temperature dynamic light-enhanced galvanometric response of supersonic cluster beam deposited (SCBD) zinc oxide (ZnO) films to oxygen (O2) was investigated. The photocurrent was recorded when above-bandgap light is turned on, being maintained and turned off. Measurements were done in dry gaseous environment, and repeated in dry and wet gaseous environment after adding a water-proof superhydrophobic polymer coating on top. A dissolved oxygen sensor prototype made of a polymer-coated ZnO film was fabricated to detect oxygen content in water. A model involving photo generation and recombination of electron-hole pairs, trapping and release of conduction electrons associated with sorption-desorption processes of oxygen was proposed. A practical method for determining the O2concentration in the media based on fitting parameters to the dynamic photocurrent was tested.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1068-1075
Number of pages8
JournalSensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
Volume251
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2017

Keywords

  • Dissolved oxygen detection
  • O sensor 2
  • Porous ZnO films
  • UV-assisted photocurrent

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Instrumentation
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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