Abstract
A sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas sensor based on a novel structural sensing electrode was fabricated. The sensor consists of yttria-stabilized zirconia as the oxygen ion conductor, silver sulfate-based salts as the auxiliary phase, a silver/platinum mixed paste as the sensing electrode/catalyst, and a platinum paste as the reference electrode. Ball milling was employed to decrease the particle size of the silver sulfate-barium sulfate (Ag2SO4-BaSO4) auxiliary phase. After the Ag2SO4-BaSO4 mixture ball-milling for 20 h, the as-obtained sensor showed the highest sensitivity to SO2 gas. Furthermore, in order to optimize the sensing electrode, particles of metallic silver were mixed with silver sulfate-based salts, and the as-designed sensing electrode displayed an improved sensitivity to SO2 gas at a low temperature (400 °C).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1719-1723 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Ionics |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 26 Jun 2015 |
Keywords
- AgSO-BaSO
- Metallic silver
- Particle size
- SO sensor
- YSZ