Tin oxide gated metal-insulator-semiconductor switch diode for room-temperature high speed gas sensing applications

Abstract
This letter shows the turn on–off current-voltage curves of a tin oxide gated metal-insulator-semiconductor switch diode at room temperature in air, ethanol gas, and hydrogen gas ambient, respectively. Also, the gate turn-off capability and turn-off response time of the device under these gas ambients are investigated. The experimental results show that the device has higher sensitivity and higher speed features in sensing these flammable gases than that of other reported devices at room temperature. The causes which lead to the high sensitivity and high speed features of the sensor were studied in detail and are described.