摘要:
An electrochemical device including a sensing element of laminar structure for determining the concentration of a component of a gas, comprising a first electrochemical cell including a first solid electrolyte body, and a first and a second porous electrode disposed on the first solid electrolyte body, a second electrochemical cell including a second solid electrolyte body, and a third and a fourth porous electrode disposed on the second solid electrolyte body, and a ceramic layer having a high electric resistance and sandwiched between the first and second electrochemical cells. In another aspect of the invention, the first solid electrolyte body is porous. In this case, the first and third electrodes are exposed to substantially the same atmosphere. In either case, the first and second, or third and fourth electrodes are disposed in alignment on opposite surfaces of the first or second solid electrolyte body. In the former case, the first and second cells serve as a pumping and sensing cell, respectively. In the latter case, the first and second cells serve as a sensing and a pumping cell, respectively.
摘要:
An electrochemical element to be used for, for example, an oxygen detector or controller, comprises an electrochemical cell having a solid electrolyte 1 and at least a pair of porous electrodes 2, 3 in contact therewith and a heater contacting the electrolyte 1 directly or via a high resistance layer 6 and being insulated from said electrodes 2, 3. To prevent or minimize leakage current from the heater to the cell, an electron conductor embedded in a solid electrolyte is provided between the electrochemical cell and the heater.
摘要:
An oxygen concentration detector comprises an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte body (1) and electrodes (4, 5, 14) provided thereon to form an oxygen concentration cell for detecting oxygen partial pressure in a gas such as exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The oxygen concentration detector according to the invention further comprises an AC power source supplying to the electrodes (4,14) an AC current having a frequency at which a polarization of alternating current component is caused mainly due to a polarization of the solid electrolyte body to heat it, and a DC power source (11) supplying a direct current to the electrodes (4, 5) so as to control oxygen concentration on the side of at least one electrode of the oxygen concentration cell to detect its electromotive force.
摘要:
An oxygen concentration regulator for regulating the oxygen concentration in gases comprises an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte body (1), at least two separate electrodes (2, 3) contacting the solid electrolyte body so as to form an electrolysis cell, said cell having a complex impedance characteristic which when graphed exhibit a curve similar to that shown in Figure 3 hereof, AC power supplying means (6) for applying an AC electric voltage across said electrolysis cell, said AC frequency corresponding to point B of said graphed complex impedance characteristic curve, and means (4) for affirmatively applying a DC current across said electrodes, said DC current regulating the oxygen concentration in gases. The present invention is to provide an oxygen concentration regulator which can easily and efficiently control an oxygen partial pressure on at least one electrode side with a less power consumption and a simple structure.
摘要:
In a detector (11) for measuring the oxygen concentration of a gaseous mixture such as automobile gas by using the principle of an oxygen concentration cell made of an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte body (1) with electrodes (2,3) mounted on opposite surfaces thereof, the detector and the method according to the invention use AC voltage electrode means provided on the solid electrolyte body- to apply an AC voltage thereto for heating the detector. AC power supplying means to heat the solid electrolye body by passing electric current there-through may comprise an AC power source (7) and the electrodes forming the oxygen concentration cell, or may alternatively comprise an AC power source and at least one AC electrode (4) separate from the electrodes forming the oxygen concentration cell.
摘要:
An electrochemical element includes a planar solid electrolyte body (2), and at least a pair of electrodes (4, 6) including a first electrode (4) and a second electrode (6) which are disposed on the planar solid electrolyte body (2). The element has a thin flat space (16,16) which has a predetermined diffusion resistance to a measurement gas and which communicates with an external space in which the measurement gas exists. The first electrode (4) is disposed so that it is substantially exposed to the measurement gas in the thin fiat space (16, 16). The element includes bridging members (3) interposed between two opposed flat surfaces (26, 28) which partially define the thin flat space (16,16). The bridging members (30) substantially determine the thickness of the thin flat space. The bridging members (30) may be formed by firing a mixture consisting of a filler material which disappears upon firing thereof, and ceramic grains. The mixture is applied in the form of a layer so as to occupy at least a portion of the thin flat space to be formed, and after firing, the ceramic grains form the bridging members (30).