Catalysts as Sensors—A Promising Novel Approach in Automotive Exhaust Gas Aftertreatment.docVIP

Sensors 2010, 10, 6773-6787; doi:10.3390/s100706773 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Review Catalysts as Sensors—A Promising Novel Approach in Automotive Exhaust Gas Aftertreatment Ralf Moos University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth Engine Research Center, Bayreuth, Germany; E-Mail: Functional.Materials@Uni-Bayreuth.de; Tel.: +49-921-55-7401 Received: 4 June 2001; in revised form: 7 July 2010 / Accepted: 9 July 2010 / Published: 13 July 2010 Abstract: Sensors that detect directly and in situ the status of automotive exhaust gas catalysts by monitoring the electric