Palladium/cadmium-sulfide Schottky diodes for hydrogen detection
- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 28 (11), 687-688
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88623
Abstract
The barrier height of a Pd‐CdS Schottky diode is reported to decrease markedly when exposed to hydrogen. This effect is believed to be due to the decrease in Pd work function. It makes a good simple hydrogen detector (even at 298 °K) over the range 500–5000 ppm H2.Keywords
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