摘要:
A solid electrolyte for an oxygen concentration sensor is provided by mixing ZrO.sub.2 and about 6.5 to about 8% by mol of a stabilizer such as Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, grinding the mixture to give a BET specific surface area of about 9 to 20 m.sup.2 /g, adding to the ground mixture a forming aid, forming the mixture into a predetermined configuration and firing the formed mixture at about 1420.degree. to 1570.degree. C. The electrolyte has a surface-average grain size of about 5 microns or less and a structure of a cubic phase alone at the surface thereof and, furthermore, may contain about 5% or less of a monoclinic phase per the total of the cubic and monoclinic phases, in a finely ground state.
摘要翻译:通过将ZrO 2和约6.5至约8摩尔%的稳定剂如Y 2 O 3混合来提供氧浓度传感器的固体电解质,研磨该混合物以得到约9至20m 2 / g的BET比表面积, 研磨的混合物形成助剂,将混合物形成预定的构型并在约1420℃至1570℃下焙烧形成的混合物。电解质的表面平均粒度为约5微米或更小,立方相的结构 单独在其表面,并且此外,可以在细磨的状态下每立方和单斜相的总量含有约5%或更少的单斜晶相。
摘要:
A solid electrolyte for an oxygen concentration sensor is provided by mixing ZrO.sub.2 and about 7.5 to 8.5% by mol of a stabilizer such as Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, grinding the mixture to have a BET specific surface are of about 9 to 20 m.sup.2 /g, adding to the ground mixture a forming aid, forming the mixture into a predetermined configuration and firing the formed mixture at about 1420.degree. to 1520.degree. C. The electrolyte has a surface-average grain size of about 5 microns or less and a structure of a cubic phase alone at the surface thereof and even in a finely ground state.
摘要翻译:通过将ZrO 2和约7.5〜8.5摩尔%的稳定剂如Y 2 O 3混合来提供氧浓度传感器的固体电解质,研磨该混合物以使BET比表面积为约9至20m 2 / g, 研磨混合物形成助剂,将混合物形成预定构型,并在约1420℃至1520℃下焙烧所形成的混合物。电解质的表面平均粒度为约5微米或更小,单独立方相的结构 在其表面,甚至在细磨的状态。
摘要:
A solid electrolyte for an oxygen concentration sensor is provided by mixing ZrO.sub.2 and about 6.5 to 7% by mol of a stabilizer such as Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, grinding the mixture to give a BET specific surface area of about 9 to 20 m.sup.2 /g, adding to the ground mixture a forming aid, forming the mixture into a predetermined configuration and firing the formed mixture at about 1420.degree. to 1480.degree. C. The electrolyte has a surface-average grain size of about 5 microns or less and a structure of a cubic phase and a monoclinic and/or tetragonal phase at the surface thereof and, furthermore, may contain about 5% or less of a monoclinic phase per the total of the cubic and monoclinic phases, in a finely ground state.
摘要翻译:通过将ZrO 2和约6.5〜7摩尔%的稳定剂如Y 2 O 3混合来提供氧浓度传感器的固体电解质,研磨该混合物,得到约9〜20m 2 / g的BET比表面积, 研磨混合物形成助剂,将混合物形成预定的构型,并在约1420℃至1480℃下焙烧所形成的混合物。电解质的表面平均粒度为约5微米或更小,立方相的结构和 在其表面具有单斜晶系和/或四方晶相,此外,在精细研磨状态下,每单位相和单斜相总共可含有约5%以下的单斜晶相。
摘要:
An oxygen concentration sensor including a solid electrolyte member having two portions, one portion being exposed to a gas of interest and the other portion being exposed to the atmosphere, an inner cover formed with a first space communicating portion arranged to communicate with the other portion of the solid electrolyte member, and a water-proof cover enclosing the inner cover to define a ventilating passage between the inner cover and the water-proof cover and formed with a second space communicating portion maintaining the first space communicating portion of the inner cover in communication with the atmosphere through the ventilating passage. The second space communicating portion of the water-proof cover is axially spaced apart from the first space communicating portion of the inner cover by a predetermined distance. Also included is structure to prohibit the flow of water through said ventilating passage. The second space communicating portion is separated from this structure.
摘要:
An oxygen concentration sensing apparatus in which a block of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to each other. The first electrode is made of a catalytic metal and is exposed at a portion thereof on a surface of the solid electrolyte block, and an electrical insulating heat-resistive layer having a plurality of communication pores covers the exposed portion of the first electrode. The second electrode is porous and made of a catalytic metal. The solid electrolyte is wholly exposed to a stream of gases containing oxygen whose concentration is to be measured, and during measurement, a current source supplies continuously an electric current in a direction from the first electrode toward the second electrode. When the partial pressure of oxygen gas produced at the first electrode and existing in the vicinity thereof exceeds a predetermined value, the excess pressure portion of oxygen gas is discharged into the stream of gases through the communication pores of the heat-resistive layer thereby maintaining substantially constant the partial pressure of oxygen gas in the vicinity of the first electrode. An electromotive force representing the ratio between the partial pressure of oxygen around the first electrode and that in the stream of gases containing oxygen is measured to determine the concentration of oxygen contained in the gases.
摘要:
In an oxygen concentration sensing apparatus comprising a solid, oxygen ion conductive, electrolyte and intervening between two electrodes to generate across the two electrodes a potential difference due to a difference in oxygen concentrations at the boundaries between the two electrodes and the solid electrolyte, one of the two electrodes is made of a metal performing catalytic action, one end portion of the one electrode is embedded in the solid electrolyte to be fixed thereby, the other end portion of the one electrode projects outwardly of the solid electrolyte, a portion of the one electrode contacting with an outer surface of the solid electrolyte is hermetically sealed with a nonconductive layer of a heat-resistant material, and the other electrode is made of a porous metal performing catalytic action and is disposed on the outer surface of the solid electrolyte but preventing the other electrode from being in contact with the one electrode.Further, the oxygen concentration sensing apparatus may be provided with an electric circuit for making an electric current flow intermittently from the one electrode through the solid electrolyte to the other electrode thereby to maintain the oxygen concentration at the boundary between the one electrode and the solid electrolyte at a constant level.
摘要:
A measuring electrode and a reference plate are formed on the front and rear surfaces, respectively, of the electrolytic plate. The vent plate is provided with a vent channel. The heater base comprises a heating element. The electrolytic plate is made of a green sheet of zirconium oxide consisting of 5 to 7 molar % Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 0 to 5 parts by weight of aluminum oxide. The average particle diameter of the zirconium oxide powder is less than 2.0 .mu.m. The green sheet of zirconium oxide has a thickness of 50 to 300 .mu.m. The heater base is made of a green sheet of aluminum oxide consisting of aluminum oxide powder having an average particle diameter of less than 1.0 .mu.m and 0 to 10 parts by weight of zirconium oxide or yttria-stabilized zirconium oxide. The green sheet of aluminum oxide is at least 4 times the thickness of the green sheet of zirconium oxide. To complete the oxygen sensor, these four components are sintered together at 1300.degree. to 1600.degree. C. to be integrated.
摘要:
According to the present invention, an oxygen sensor element includes a solid electrolyte having a side surface at one side thereof, the side surface being contactable with a gas to be measured, a skeletal electrode provided on the side surface and having a plurality of pore portions, each of the pore portions passing through the skeletal electrode up to the solid electrolyte, and a reactive electrode made of a porous film and provided in each of the pore portions, a thickness of the porous film being smaller than that of said skeletal electrode. An area percentage (SH/SZ) which is a ratio of a total area (SH) of the reactive electrode to a total area (SZ) of the skeletal electrode and the reactive electrode is in a range from 10 to 50%, an average area (SA) of the pore portions is 100 .mu.m.sup.2 or less, a film thickness of the skeletal electrode is in a range from 1.5 to 4 .mu.m, and the film thickness of the reactive electrode is in a range from 0.6 to 1.5 .mu.m. The oxygen sensor element is superior in the heat resistance characteristics and the response characteristics.
摘要:
An oxygen concentration detector provides high durability by increasing the thermal stability of coating layers applied to an electrode face thereof. A catalyst layer is formed on an outer surface of an electrode at the analysis gas side of a partition wall made of an ion oxygen conductive ceramic for generating electromotive force according to the difference between the concentration of oxygen in the analysis gas and the concentration of oxygen in the reference gas. The catalyst layer is composed of heat resistant ceramic particles and a particulate metallic catalyst made of platinum, rhodium or the like, supported by the surface of the heat resistant ceramic particles. The catalyst layer is formed so that the catalyst is supported by the heat resistant support particles. The support particles are heat treated to grow to a particle size so that particle growth can be restrained when the support particles are exposed to the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The outside of the electrode of the partition wall is covered with support particles having such heat treated large cohered catalyst particles, and good responsivity of the sensor is thereby maintained.
摘要:
This invention aims at providing an oxygen concentration sensor having electrodes which are excellent in heat resistance and durability and maintain quick response. An electrode 26 on an exhaust side is formed on one of the side surfaces of a solid electrolyte 25, and an electrode 24 on an atmosphere side is formed on the other side surface. The electrode 26 on the exhaust side has a composite structure comprising a skeletal electrode 26a and a reaction electrode 26a. The skeletal electrode 26a has a film thickness of 5 to 20 .mu.m and a porosity of less than 10%, and is a heat-resistant thick film for primarily forming a skeletal region. In contrast, the reaction electrode 26b has a film thickness of 0.5 to 2 .mu.m and a porosity of 10 to 50%, and is a high response thin film for primarily forming a reaction region.