Oxygen sensors voltage curve

Figure 1. Schematic drawing and voltage curve for crucible-type oxygen sensor...

Figure 6. Experimental voltage curves for thick film oxygen sensor (A/F vs V curve)...

Analysis of the steady-state voltage characteristics of the thick film oxygen sensor and conventional crucible-type oxygen sensor indicates agreement between the theoretical curves and the experimental curves. 

Figure 13.10. Calibration curves for optical sensor and Clark-type oxygen electrode. The phase response of optical sensor and the voltage response of the Clark-type electrode is plotted against percent oxygen in the gas mixture (oxygen and nitrogen) sparged. While the Clark-type electrode shows a linear calibration the optical sensor shows a Siem-Volmer lype relationship (see Section 13.10.2).

The complete current-voltage characteristics of the sensor can be derived from the similar consideration that was used for derivation of the i-E curve for liquid electrolytes. Because the potentials at each electrode are reversible, their difference can be expressed by the Nernst equation for the concentration of oxygen at the anode Co(0) and at the cathode Co (A). The current flowing through the layer generates a voltage drop iRb, where Rb is the bulk resistance of the ZrC>2 layer. 

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