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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• Introduction– Before the extinction level event in Japanese
vacuum-technology-based manufacturing industries in 200X, the detection of trace amounts (e.g., 10-9, 10-12, 10-15, …) of oxygen had been gaining increasing attention.
– As the key device for in-situ monitoring trace levels of oxygen, one kind of sensor had been focused.
– Our R&D project was subsidized by the government and the company.
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• What’s new?– Measuring procedure:• To desorb oxygen from an n-type semiconductor surface by
ultraviolet(UV) light irradiation.• To adsorb oxygen onto the semiconductor surface after turning the UV-light off.• To measure electrical resistance of the n-type
semiconductor surface.Time Chart
UV
Mea
e.g., 1 sec
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• What’s new?– Measuring procedure:
Time Chart
UV
Interaction between oxygen and n-type semiconductor
Ec
Ev
NOMO(O2-)
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• What’s new?– To use ultrathin film with the thickness being – comparable with polaron diameter: ( Large Low conc. O2 )
6 TiO6 units at PO2=10-20
5 TiO6 units at PO2=10-9
( Small High conc. O2 )
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• What’s new?– To use ultrathin film with the thickness being
comparable with polaron diameter:
Polaron diameter
Larger polaron diameter:Higher conductance(Lower resistance)
Smaller polaron diameter:Lower conductance(Higher resistance)
Film thickness
TiO6 unit cell
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• What’s new?– Hypothetical image:
Although SrTiO3 is
paraelectric, near the surface of STOadsorbed oxygen can (?)induce the ferroelectric-likeIonic displacement.
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Sr
Sr
O
O
Sr
Sr
O
Sr
Sr
O
O
O e
Ti
O
Ti
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• What’s new?– Only paraelectric perovskites can show oxygen-
concentration-sensitive electrical resistance.
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
• Performance:
1.0E+08
1.0E+10
1.0E+12
1.0E+14
1.E-15 1.E-10 1.E-05 1.E+00
Res
ista
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(Ω
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Oxygen concentration ( PO2 / (PO2 + PHe) )
108
10010-15
1014
1012
1010
10-10 10-5
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Oxygen sensor (2006-2012)
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