Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3560: Development of a High Stability Pd-Ni Alloy Thin-Film Coated SAW Device for Sensing Hydrogen

Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3560: Development of a High Stability Pd-Ni Alloy Thin-Film Coated SAW Device for Sensing Hydrogen
Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19163560
Authors:
Wen Wang
Xueli Liu
Shengchao Mei
Mengwei Liu
Chao Lu
Minghui Lu

A Pd-Ni alloy thin-film coated surface acoustic wave (SAW) device is proposed for sensing hydrogen. The Pd-Ni thin-film was sputtered onto the SAW propagation path of a SAW device with a delay line pattern to build the chip-sized hydrogen sensor. The prepared sensor chip was characterized by employing a differential oscillation loop. The effect of the Pd-Ni film thickness on sensing performance was also evaluated, and optimal parameters were determined, allowing for fast response and high sensitivity. Excellent working stability (detection error of 3.7% in half a year), high sensitivity (21.3 kHz/%), and fast response (less than 10 s) were achieved from the 40 nm Pd-Ni alloy thin-film coated sensing device.

Source: Sensors - August 14, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Wen Wang Xueli Liu Shengchao Mei Mengwei Liu Chao Lu Minghui Lu Tags: Article Source Type: research