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Zirconia-based planar NO2 sensor using ultrathin NiO or laminated NiO–Au sensing electrode

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The nanostructured thin NiO films with the thicknesses of 30–180 nm were examined as a sensing electrode (SE) for the planar mixed-potential-type yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ)-based NO2 sensor. The sensing characteristics were examined in the temperature range of 600–800 °C under the wet condition (5 vol.% water vapor). Among the NiO-SEs tested, the 60 nm-thick NiO-SE sintered at 1,000 °C was found to give the highest NO2 sensitivity in the NO2 concentration range of 50–400 ppm accompanying with fast response/recovery at the operating temperatures of 600–700 °C. The high NO2 sensitivity was attributed to the high catalytic activity for both electrochemical reactions of O2 and NO2 at the interface of NiO-SE/YSZ. The ultrathin gold layer with the thickness of about 60 nm was additionally formed on the 60 nm-thick NiO-SE to fabricate the laminated-type (60 nm NiO/60 nm Au)-SE. It was demonstrated that the use of this laminated (NiO–Au)-SE improved both the sensitivity and the selectivity to NO2.

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This work was partially supported through “The Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area, Nanoionics (439)”, by MEXT. The authors kindly acknowledge Centre of Advanced Instrumental Analysis of the Kyushu University and Dr. Y. Miura for helpful support in XPS analysis.

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  1. Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan

    Vladimir V. Plashnitsa, Perumal Elumalai, Toshikazu Kawaguchi & Norio Miura

  2. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan

    Taro Ueda

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Plashnitsa, V.V., Ueda, T., Elumalai, P. et al. Zirconia-based planar NO2 sensor using ultrathin NiO or laminated NiO–Au sensing electrode. Ionics 14, 15–25 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-007-0158-z

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