Operation of chemically sensitive field-effect sensors as a function of the insulator-electrolyte interface
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Vol. 30 (10) , 1263-1270
- https://doi.org/10.1109/t-ed.1983.21284
Abstract
All chemical sensors based upon the field-effect principle share a common quality. Their measurable properties can be described in terms of a flat-band voltage. The various terms in the expression of the flat-band voltage are described and discussed, and in particular the voltage drop at the insulator-electrolyte interface. It is shown that this voltage drop depends on thepHof the electrolyte and is determined by two parameters, thepHat the point of zero charge, and a sensitivity parameter which is introduced in this paper. These parameters are obtained from the site-dissociation model of the insulator-electrolyte interface, combined with the Gouy-Chapmann-Stern theory of the electrical double layer at this interface. The theoretical description is used to interpret experimental results obtained from insulators with widely different properties, namely SiO2and Al2O3.Keywords
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