Improvement of toluene selectivity via the application of an ethanol oxidizing catalytic cell upstream of a YSZ-based sensor for air monitoring applications

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4706-4714

  Sato, Tomoaki ^a   Breedon, Michael ^a,b   Miura, Norio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Indoor air monitoring; Mixed potential; ppb levels; Toluene; YSZ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860174235     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120404706     Document Type: Article

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