• Title/Summary/Keyword: Potentiometric gas sensor

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Potentiometric NOx sensors for automotive exhaust using YSZ(yittria stabilized zirconia) electrolyte (YSZ 전해질을 이용한 농담전지식 자동차용 NOx센서)

  • Park, Jin-Su;Park, Kwang-Chol;Park, C.O.
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.434-440
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    • 2007
  • Two kinds of new NOx sensing mechanism was proposed and examined. One of those was potentiomtric sensor based on the measurement of decomposed oxygen from NO using YSZ porous diffusion barrier and Pd catalytic electrode. The sensor based on decomposed oxygen measurement responded to the range of 300 - 1000 ppm NO in $N_{2}$ environment and the sensitivities were coincident with theoretical values at 700 and $800^{\circ}C$ but the decomposition rate depended on gas flow rate. The other sensor was equilibrium potentiometric type using $Gd_{2}O_{3}$-nitrates solid solution as sensing material. The sensor using $Gd_{2}O_{3}$-nitrates solid solution was suitable for NOxxsensing at $700^{\circ}C$ in 5 % oxygen and the sensitivity was 19.3 mV/decade. However, long term stability of the sensing material at high temperature was not sufficient.

Improvement of Sensing Performance on Nasicon Amperometric NO2 Sensors (나시콘 전류검출형 NO2 센서의 성능개선)

  • Kim, Gwi-Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.20 no.10
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    • pp.912-917
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    • 2007
  • Many electrochemical power devices such as solid state batteries and solid oxide fuel cell have been studied and developed for solving energy and environmental problems. An amperometric gas sensor usually generates sensing signal of electric current along the proportion of the concentration of target gas under the condition of limiting current. For narrow variations of gas concentration, the amperometric gas sensor can show higher precision than a potentiometric gas sensor does. In additional, cross sensitivities to interfering gases can possibly be mitigated by choosing applied voltage and electrode materials properly. In order to improve the sensitivity to $NO_2$, the device was attached with Au reference electrode to form the amperometric gas sensor device with three electrodes. With the fixed bias voltage being applied between the sensing and counter electrodes, the current between the sensing and reference electrodes was measured as a sensing signal. The response to $NO_2$ gas was obviously enhanced and suppressed with a positive bias, respectively, while the reverse current occurred with a negative bias. The way to enhance the sensitivity of $NO_2$ gas sensor was thus realized. It was shown that the response to $NO_2$ gas could be enhanced sensitivity by changing the bias voltage.

A Scientific Approach for Improving Sensitivity and Selectivity of Miniature, Solid-state, Potentiometric Carbon Monoxide Gas Sensors by Differential Electrode Equilibria Mechanism (전극평형전위차 가스 센싱 메커니즘을 적용한 일산화탄소 소형 전위차센서의 특성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jun-Young;Kim, Ji-Hyun;Park, Ka-Young;Wachsman, Eric D.
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.92-96
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    • 2010
  • Based on the differential electrode equilibria approach, potentiometric YSZ sensors with semiconducting oxide electrodes for CO detection are developed. To improve the selectivity, sensitivity and response-time of the sensor, our strategy includes (a) selection of an oxide with a semiconducting response to CO, (b) addition of other semiconducting materials, (c) addition of a catalyst (Pd), (d) utilization of combined p- and n-type electrodes in one sensor configuration, and (e) optimization of operating temperatures. Excellent sensing performance is obtained by a novel device structure incorporating $La_2CuO_4$ electrodes on one side and $TiO_2$-based electrodes on opposite substrate faces with Pt contacts. The resulting response produces additive effects for the individual $La_2CuO_4$ and $TiO_2$-based electrodes voltages, thereby realizing an even higher CO sensitivity. The device also is highly selective to CO versus NO with minor sensitivity for NO concentration, compared to a notably large CO sensitivity.

Potentiometric CO2 gas sensor based on the thin film electrolyte of Li+ ion conductor (박막 리튬이온전도체를 이용한 전위차 CO2 가스센서)

  • Noh, Whyo-Sub;Choi, Gwang-Pyo;Song, Ho-Geun;Park, Jin-Seong
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.258-264
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    • 2005
  • Li+-ion conducting ($Li_{3}PO_{4}$) thin films with thickness of $0.3{\mu}m$, $0.65{\mu}$, $1.2{\mu}$ were deposited on $Al_{2}O_{3}$ substrate at room temperature by thermal evaporation. They were sintered at $700^{\circ}C$ and $800^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours, respectively. Reference electrode and sensing electrode were printed on Au-electrode by silk printing method. The EMF and the ${\Delta}EMF$/dec were increased with increasing the electrolyte thickness and sintering temperature. The sample sintered at $800^{\circ}C$ was shown a good response and recovery characteristics more than those sintered at $700^{\circ}C$. The Nernst's slop of 75 mV per decade was obtained at operating temperature of $500^{\circ}C$.

Fabrication and Characteristics of Oxygen Gas Sensor using Fluoride Compaunds (불화물을 이용한 산소센서의 제조및 특성)

  • 이재현;홍영호;장동근;이병택;김태훈;이덕동
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1993.11a
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    • pp.69-71
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    • 1993
  • Fluoride compound potentiometric cell oxygen sensors were fabricated for the measurement of oxygen pressure in the low temperature range (300。K-500。K). The disk type sensors consist of a reference Air(0$_2$):Ag, a solid electrolyte SrF$_2$, and a sensing metel Ag electrode. And the buried reference electrode type sensor have a NiO/Ni reference electrode. The open circuit emf of the cell showed high sensivity to oxygen gas (60mv) at the measuring temperature 20$0^{\circ}C$. Also, The buried reference electrode type sensor showed 30mv from 1% to 10% oxygen pressure range.

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Simple Iysine sensing system using $CO_{2}$ electrode and enzyme immobilized to CNBr-activated sepharose 4B

  • Kim, Eun-Jung;Koh, Kwang-Nak;Choi, Myung-Sook
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.437-444
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    • 1997
  • A potentiometric L-lysine-selective sensor is described for the direct determination of lysine. The sensor system is based on a carbon dioxide gas sensing electrode and an L-lysine decarboxylase immobilized to CNBr-activated sepharose 4B. A highly selective L-lysine sensor has been prepared with immobilizing enzyme slurry put into reaction buffer solution. The optimum conditions for the measurement were evaluated by various experiments. This sensor exhibits a linear response to L-lysine concentrations from $10^{-4}M$ to $10^{-1}M$. Response time of this lysine sensor is shorter than 30secs and the immobilized enzyme slurry is stable over one year.

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Development of a Fluoride-Selective Electrode based on Scandium(III) Octaethylporphyrin in a Plasticized Polymeric Membrane

  • Kang, Young-Jea;Lutz, Christopher;Hong, Sung-A;Sung, Da-Yeon;Lee, Jae-Seon;Shin, Jae-Ho;Nam, Hak-Hyun;Cha, Geun-Sig;Meyerhoff, Mark E.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.1601-1608
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    • 2010
  • A scandium(III) porphyrin-based fluoride-selective potentiometric sensor and its application in the analysis of hydrofluoric acid is described. Scandium(III) octaethylporphyrin, an ionophore recently developed for the optical fluoride sensor, was employed as a host molecule for the selective binding with fluoride in the plasticized PVC membrane. Nernstian response for $F^-$ between $10^{-4.6}$ to $10^{-1}$ M was observed at a glycine-phosphate buffer (pH 3.0). The selectivity pattern was observed as $F^-$, salicylate $\gg$ $SCN^-$ > $Cl^-$, $Br^-$, $NO_3{^-}$, $ClO_4{^-}$, which is consistent with the binding constant data measured in the plasticized PVC membrane based on a sandwich membrane method. This highly selective and reversible fluoride-sensitive electrode was employed for the analysis of hydrofluoric acid (HF). A disposable differential-type HF sensor was fabricated on the screen-printed electrode and demonstrated its ability to detect the neutral HF in the acidic solution.

The Development of Arginine-Selective Membrane Electrode Using Tissue Slices of the Rose of Sharon (무궁화꽃을 이용한 L-Arginine Sensor 開發에 關한 硏究)

  • Kim Ui-Rak;Nam Ki-jae;Choi Sung-Moon
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.753-759
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    • 1992
  • It is shown that receptacle tissue of the rose of sharon can serve as an effective biocatalyst by the construction of a potentiometric membrane electrode with response and selectivity for arginine. Electrodes using this tissue in conjunction with $NH_3$ gas sensing probes yield good response to arginine in $10^{-1}M to 10^{-3}M$ range and retain activity for a least 1 weeks. The arginine-selective membrane electrode using tissue slices of the rose of sharon have good selectivity in presence of other amino acids. The optimum conditions are pH 8.0, $25^{\circ}C$ and $20 {\mu}m$ thickness of slices in 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution and $K_m$ values is $6.4 {\times} 10^{-6}(M)$.

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