NASICON-based H₂ sensor using CoCrMnO₄ insensitive reference electrode and buried au sensing electrode

Abstract

This work focuses on the H₂ sensing performance of the sensor with buried Au sensing electrode and spineltype oxide CoCrMnO₄ insensitive reference electrode within sodium super ionic conductor(NASICON) film. The sensor showed the highest response to H₂ gas on the insensitive material sintering at 800 °C. Compared with those of the traditional structure device, the sensitivity and selectivity of the sensor using buried sensing electrode were greatly improved, giving a response of −177 mV in 9×10⁻⁵ g/L H₂, which was about 3.5 times higher than that of sensors with traditional structure. Moreover, the ΔV value of the sensing device exhibited linear relationship to the logarithm of H₂ concentration and the sensitivity(slope) was −135 mV/decade. A sensing mechanism related to the mixed potential was proposed for the present sensor.

Keywords

H₂ sensor / Sodium super ionic conductor(NASICON) / Mixed potential / Buried electrode / Insensitive RE

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