On the Electrooxidation and Amperometric Detection of NO Gas at the PtNafion？ Electrode 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2003, 3, 290–303 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ?2003 by MDPI /sensors On the Electrooxidation and Amperometric Detection of NO Gas at the Pt/Nafion? Electrode Kuo-Chuan Ho*, Wen-Tung Hung and Jin-Cherng Yang Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, R. O. C. Tel. (+886) 2-2366-0739, Fax (+886) 2-2362-3040, e-mail: kcho@.tw * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Received: 22 May 2003 / Accepted: 03 June 2003 / Published: 22 August 2003 Abstract: The electrochemical oxidation of nitric oxide (NO) gas at the Pt/Nafion? electrode has been studied at a concentration of 500 ppm. The electrooxidation of NO taking place over a wide potential range can be described by a transcendental equation, from which the half-wave potential of the reaction can be determined. For NO oxidation with appreciable overpotentials but negligible mass-transfer effects, the Tafel kinetics applies. The obtained charge transfer coefficient (α) and the exchange current density (io) are 0.77 and 14 μA/cm2, respectively. An amperometric NO gas sensor based on the Pt/Nafion? electrode has been fabricated and tested over the NO concentration range from 0 to 500 ppm. The Pt/Nafion? electrode was used as an anode at a fixed potential, preferably 1.15 V (vs. Ag/AgCl/sat. KCl), which assures current limitation by diffusion only. The sensitivity of the electrochemical sensor was found to be 1.86 μA/ppm/cm2. The potential interference by other gases, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and carbon monoxide (CO), was also studied in the range 0-500 ppm. Both sensitivity for NO and selectivity of NO over NO2/CO show significant enhancement upon using a cyclic voltammetric (CV) activation, or cleaning procedure. Keywords: Amperometric sensor, Interference gas, Nitric oxide (NO), Pt/Nafion ? electrode, Sensitivity.  Sensors 2003, 3 291 Introductio