Title
High Sensitive pH Sensor Based on AlInN/GaN Heterostructure Transistor.
Abstract
The AlInN/GaN high-electron-mobility-transistor (HEMT) indicates better performances compared with the traditional AlGaN/GaN HEMTs. The present work investigated the pH sensor functionality of an analogous HEMT AlInN/GaN device with an open gate. It was shown that the Al0.83In0.17N/GaN device demonstrates excellent pH sense functionality in aqueous solutions, exhibiting higher sensitivity (-30.83 mu A/pH for AlInN/GaN and -4.6 mu A/pH for AlGaN/GaN) and a faster response time, lower degradation and good stability with respect to the AlGaN/GaN device, which is attributed to higher two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) density and a thinner barrier layer in Al0.83In0.17N/GaN owning to lattice matching. On the other hand, the open gate geometry was found to affect the pH sensitivity obviously. Properly increasing the width and shortening the length of the open gate area could enhance the sensitivity. However, when the open gate width is too larger or too small, the pH sensitivity would be suppressed conversely. Designing an optimal ratio of the width to the length is important for achieving high sensitivity. This work suggests that the AlInN/GaN-based 2DEG carrier modulated devices would be good candidates for high-performance pH sensors and other related applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18051314
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
AlInN/GaN,AlGaN,HEMT,pH sensor,open gate geometry
Analytical chemistry,Response time,Degradation (geology),Barrier layer,Fermi gas,Engineering,Transistor,High-electron-mobility transistor,Optoelectronics,Heterojunction,Aqueous solution
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
18
5.0
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yan Dong1789.26
Dong-Hyeok Son200.68
Quan Dai300.34
Jun-Hyeok Lee400.34
Chul-ho Won54213.41
Jeong-Gil Kim600.34
Dunjun Chen700.68
Junghee Lee822627.26
Hai Lu901.01
Rong Zhang109422.74
Youdou Zheng1100.68