Chemical sensors, Volume 5, Electrochemical and optical sensors comprehensive sensors technologies (Momentum Press, 2011)
Title from PDF title page (viewed June 20, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface to chemical sensors: comprehensive sensors technologies -- Preface to volume 5: Electrochemical and optical sensors -- About the editor -- Contributors
1. Electrochemical gas sensors: fundamentals, fabrication, and parameters / J.R. Stetter [and others] -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of electrochemistry for gas sensors -- Potential and potentiometry -- Current, charge, and amperometry -- Conductivity/resistance and conductometry -- Types of gaseous interactions in sensing -- Gas/electrolyte interactions -- Gas/electrode interactions -- Fundamentals of electrochemical gas sensors -- Amperometric gas sensors -- Potentiometric gas sensors -- Conductometric gas sensors -- Analytes -- Electrochemical gas sensor designs and materials -- Electrolytes -- Membranes -- Electrodes -- Analytical characteristics of electrochemical sensors -- Sensitivity (lower detection limit) -- Selectivity -- Precision and accuracy -- Stability -- Examples of electrochemical gas sensors -- Electrochemical H2 sensors with liquid electrolytes -- Characteristics of electrochemical H2 sensors fabricated using polymer electrolytes -- High-temperature H2 sensors -- MEMS and nanotechnology in electrochemical gas sensor fabrication -- Electrochemical sensor applications -- Parameters in gas sensor application -- Temperature -- Humidity -- Pressure -- Calibration -- Sensor failure mechanisms -- Sensor life -- Market for electrochemical gas sensors -- Outlook and future trends -- References
2. Stabilized zirconia-based gas sensors / S. Zhuiykov -- Introduction -- Fundamentals of sensor operation -- Nernstian behavior -- Non-Nernstian behavior -- Potentiometric non-Nernstian gas sensors -- Mixed-potential gas sensors -- Differential electrode equilibria gas sensors -- Amperometric gas sensors -- Impedance-based gas sensors -- Use of nanostructured oxides for sensing electrodes -- Zirconia sensors operating in real industrial applications -- Inaccuracy of the oxygen probe resulting from catalyzed SE/gas reactions -- Electrochemical gas sensor designs and materials -- Electrolytes -- Membranes -- Electrodes -- Sensor errors caused by improper operating conditions and probe deterioration -- Markets for zirconia-based sensors -- Summary and outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References