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High-Temperature Ceramic Electrochemical Sensors

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Chemical sensors are widely used for health and safety (e.g., medical diagnostics, air quality monitoring, and detection of toxic, flammable, and explosive gases), energy efficiency, and emission control in combustion processes and industrial process control for improved productivity. There is a continuing need for the development of sensitive, selective, and low-cost sensors for applications in automotive, aerospace, food processing, heat treating, metal processing and casting, glass, ceramic, pulp and paper, utility and power, and chemical and petrochemical processing industries. Over the last 15 years, our focus at the Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurements (CISM) has been on the development of a series of high-temperature gas sensors specifically for combustion processes [1–10]. The underlying theme in our sensor development has been the use of materials science and chemistry to promote high-temperature performance with selectivity. We have developed both the...

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  1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Prabir K. Dutta & Sheikh A. Akbar

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Dutta, P.K., Akbar, S.A. (2014). High-Temperature Ceramic Electrochemical Sensors. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_79

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