Sensing performance of Pd nanogap supported on an elastomeric substrate in a wide temperature range of –40 to 70 °C

Seyoung Park; Soo Min Lee; Jin Kyo Jeong; Donggu Kim; Hyunsoo Kim; Hyun Sook Lee; Wooyoung Lee

doi:10.1016/j.snb.2021.130716

Sensing performance of Pd nanogap supported on an elastomeric substrate in a wide temperature range of –40 to 70 °C

Seyoung Park, Soo Min Lee, Jin Kyo Jeong, Donggu Kim, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyun Sook Lee, Wooyoung Lee

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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We examined the effect of environmental temperature (–40 to 70 °C) on the hydrogen sensing performance of a Pd nanogap sensor supported on an elastomeric polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. Sensing tests were conducted using various sensors with different gap widths, prepared with different tensile strains. All sensors operated in an “On-Off” mode with a rapid response time of ~1 s at the operating temperatures. The sensing performance was significantly influenced by the high thermal contraction/expansion properties of the PDMS substrate, depending on the environmental temperature. At subzero temperatures (0, –20, and −40 °C), the sensing performance was improved owing to the gap narrowing. At high temperatures (above 40 °C), it decreased owing to the gap broadening. The detection limit was 300 ppm at subzero temperatures but >1% at high temperatures. The results reveal that the Pd nanogap sensor on PDMS is more suitable for detecting H₂ at subzero temperatures. In addition, the sensor showed excellent reproducibility for hundreds of sensing cycles at 25 °C and −40 °C. Furthermore, the sensor was stable to high humidity (above 70 RH%) at 25 °C. Our study demonstrated that the Pd nanogap sensor on a PDMS substrate is a possible candidate for use as an on-board safety H₂ sensor in hydrogen-electric vehicles.

Original language	English
Article number	130716
Journal	Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Volume	348
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.130716
Publication status	Published - 2021 Dec 1

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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program ( 2017M3A9F1052297 ) of National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), the Technology Innovation Program ( 20013621 , Center for Super Critical Material Industrial Technology ) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy ( MOTIE , South Korea), and the Priority Research Centers Program ( 2019R1A6A1A11055660 ) of NRF. H.-S. Lee thanks the Basic Research in Science and Engineering Program ( 2021R1A2C1013690 ) of NRF. Here, NRF is funded by Ministry of Science and ICT in South Korea

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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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Sensing performance of Pd nanogap supported on an elastomeric substrate in a wide temperature range of –40 to 70 °C

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