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Sensing behavior of mixed potential NO2 sensors equipped with LaMO3 (M = Fe or Cr) sensing electrodes

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In this paper, yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrochemical sensors equipped with a perovskite-type oxide (either LaFeO3 or LaCrO3) sensing electrode (SE) were fabricated and examined in terms of their NO2 sensing properties at high temperatures. A linear correlation was obtained for these devices between the electromotive force (EMF), and the logarithm of the NO2 concentration from 30 to 500 ppm in the temperature range 500–600 °C. The LaFeO3 device proved more sensitive for all temperatures. The variation of the EMF as a function of the O2 concentration at a given NO2 concentration revealed that LaFeO3 has a better catalytic activity to O2 than LaCrO3, leading to larger EMFs.

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  1. Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 200235, People’s Republic of China

    Xia Sun & Cheng Zhang

  2. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People’s Republic of China

    Tao Feng & Danyu Jiang

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Sun, X., Zhang, C., Feng, T. et al. Sensing behavior of mixed potential NO2 sensors equipped with LaMO3 (M = Fe or Cr) sensing electrodes. Ionics 21, 1725–1730 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-014-1338-2

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