Light-Assisted and Gate-Tunable Oxygen Gas Sensor based on Rhenium Disulfide (ReS2) Field-Effect Transistors

Gas sensors based on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have attracted much attention from a new perspective involving light-assisted or gate-voltage operation. However, their combined roles as regards the gas sensing performance and mechanism have not yet been understood due to the lack of co...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-09
Main Authors: Zulkefli, Amir, Mukherjee, Bablu, Hayakawa, Ryoma, Iwasaki, Takuya, Nakaharai, Shu, Wakayama, Yutaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electric potential
Field effect transistors
Gas sensors
Illumination
Light
Oxygen probes
Rhenium
Semiconductor devices
Sensors
Transistors
Transition metal compounds
Voltage
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Summary:Gas sensors based on transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have attracted much attention from a new perspective involving light-assisted or gate-voltage operation. However, their combined roles as regards the gas sensing performance and mechanism have not yet been understood due to the lack of controlled studies. This study systematically investigates the oxygen sensor performance and mechanism of few-layer-thick rhenium disulfide (ReS2) field-effect transistors (FETs) under light illumination and gate biasing. As a result, a combination of light illumination and positive gate voltage enhanced the device responsivity over 100% at a 1% oxygen concentration, that is, the approach achieved a practical sensitivity of 0.01% ppm-1, which outperform over most of the reports available in the literature. Furthermore, the fabricated devices exhibited long-term stability and stable operation even under humid conditions, indicating the ability of the sensor device to operate in a real-time application. These results contribute to the development of versatile tunable oxygen sensors based on TMDC FETs.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2009.08732