Ultrahigh sensitive piezotronic strain sensors based on a ZnSnO3 nanowire/microwire

Jyh Ming Wu, Cheng Ying Chen, Yan Zhang, Kuan Hsueh Chen, Ya Yang, Youfan Hu, Hau He, Zhong Lin Wang*

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Abstract

We demonstrated a flexible strain sensor based on ZnSnO3 nanowires/microwires for the first time. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy indicates that the ZnSnO3 belongs to a rhombohedral structure with an R3c space group and is grown along the [001] axis. On the basis of our experimental observation and theoretical calculation, the characteristic I-V curves of ZnSnO3 revealed that our strain sensors had ultrahigh sensitivity, which is attributed to the piezopotential-modulated change in Schottky barrier height (SBH), that is, the piezotronic effect. The on/off ratio of our device is ∼ 587, and a gauge factor of 3740 has been demonstrated, which is 19 times higher than that of Si and three times higher than those of carbon nanotubes and ZnO nanowires.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4369-4374
Number of pages6
JournalACS Nano
Volume6
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 22 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Flexible
  • Gauge factor
  • Nanowires/microwires
  • Strain sensor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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