Reliability of Sensors Based on Nanowire Networks When the Electrical Current is Allowed to Move in All Directions

Abstract

Nanowire networks have great potential in many industrial applications, including batteries, electrical circuits, solar cells, and sensors. In this paper we focus on a specific hydrogen gas nanosensor whose sensing element is a network of palladium nanowires. The nanosensor is modeled using a square, equilateral triangle, and hexagonal lattice. We provide the reliability behavior of this nanosensor when the electrical current is allowed to move in all directions. Our findings reveal an improvement in reliability compared to the scenario where the electrical current could not move from right to left. We show this improvement both analytically and through simulation.

Keywords

• nanosensor
• nanowire
• reliability
• reliability growth
• percolation
• lattice