title: Novel fabrication of an SnO(2) nanowire gas sensor with high sensitivity.
abstract: We fabricated a nanowire-based gas sensor using a simple method of growing SnO(2) nanowires bridging the gap between two pre-patterned Au catalysts, in which the electrical contacts to the nanowires are self-assembled during the synthesis of the nanowires. The gas sensing capability of this network-structured gas sensor was demonstrated using a diluted NO(2). The sensitivity, as a function of temperature, was highest at 200 °C and was determined to be 18 and 180 when the NO(2) concentration was 0.5 and 5 ppm, respectively. Our sensor showed higher sensitivity compared to different types of sensors including SnO(2) powder-based thin films, SnO(2) coating on carbon nanotubes or single/multiple SnO(2) nanobelts. The enhanced sensitivity was attributed to the additional modulation of the sensor resistance due to the potential barrier at nanowire/nanowire junctions as well as the surface depletion region of each nanowire.
authors.affiliation: Nano-materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 130-650, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: In-Sung
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jae-Gwan
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyoung Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jae-Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jong-Heun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee