Transfer Printing Technology for Fabricating Chemical Sensors Based on Tin Dioxide Nanowires

Abstract

Multi-nanowire based chemical gas sensors were produced employing a fast and simple transfer printing technology. SnO2 nanowires (NWs) were grown by a specific two-step technology including spray pyrolysis deposition and a thermal annealing process in presence of a Cu-catalyst. Subsequently the SnO2 NWs were print transferred by a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp on Si-substrates with gold inter-digital electrode structures (IDES) creating a multi-NW chemical sensing device. The print-transfer technology enables a fast, easy and cheap fabrication of NW-based sensor devices with a good reproducibility. High sensitivity to H2S has been achieved, the performance results are presented in this work.

Keywords

• SnO₂
• nanowires
• transfer printing
• PDMS