• 文献标题:   Graphene-Based Quantum Capacitance Wireless Vapor Sensors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DEEN DA, OLSON EJ, EBRISH MA, KOESTER SJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, sensor, wireles, quantum capacitance, varactor
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1530-437X EI 1558-1748
  • 通讯作者地址:   Seagate
  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.1109/JSEN.2013.2295302
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

A wireless vapor sensor based on the quantum capacitance effect in graphene is demonstrated. The sensor consists of a metal-oxide-graphene variable capacitor (varactor) coupled to an inductor, creating a resonant oscillator circuit. The resonant frequency is found to shift in proportion to water vapor concentration for relative humidity (RH) values ranging from 1% to 97% with a linear frequency shift of 5.7 kHz/% RH +/- 0.3 kHz/% RH. The capacitance values extracted from the wireless measurements agree with those determined from capacitance-voltage measurements, providing strong evidence that the sensing arises from the variable quantum capacitance in graphene. These results represent a new sensor transduction mechanism and pave the way for graphene quantum capacitance sensors to be studied for a wide range of chemical and biological sensing applications.