Development of redox glasses and subsequent processing by means of pulsed laser deposition for realizing silicon-based thin-film sensors.

Abstract: In this work, two different redox-sensitive glass materials have been fabricated for the development of a production friendly redox electrode. The specific glass targets have been prepared by glass pouring process. The transducer structure is fabricated via conventional silicon-based semiconductor technology. The glass bulk material was deposited for the first time by means of pulsed laser deposition process into the thin-film state on the sensor structures. The fabricated sensors have been physically and electrochemically characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, determination of expansion coefficient, impedance and potentiometric measurements. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]