A Brief Overview on Automotive Exhaust Gas Sensors Based on Electroceramics.

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Moos, Ralf:
A Brief Overview on Automotive Exhaust Gas Sensors Based on Electroceramics.
In: International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. Vol. 2 (2005) Issue 5 . - pp. 401-413.
ISSN 1744-7402
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7402.2005.02041.x

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Nowadays, ceramic exhaust gas sensors are installed in quantities of millions in automotive exhaust gas systems. Almost any automobile being powered by a gasoline combustion engine is equipped with at least one zirconia exhaust gas oxygen sensor (λ probe) for detection of the air-to-fuel ratio λ. The first part of this short overview focuses on potentiometric as well as on amperometric zirconia exhaust gas oxygen sensors. It is remarkable that in the past years a leap in manufacturing technology has occurred from classical ceramic technology to tape and thick-film technology. The advent of novel combustion concepts like lean-burn operating gasoline direct injection required novel exhaust gas aftertreatment concepts. It pushed the development of the NOx sensor, which is manufactured in the same technology. It is also shown how development of exhaust gas sensors has always to be considered in interaction with exhaust gas aftertreatment systems. This elucidates why novel sensors have gained in importance just recently when stricter emission regulations were announced, meaning that the time is ripe for novel exhaust gas aftertreatment concepts. Appropriate sensors—ammonia sensors, hydrocarbon sensors, and particulate matter sensors—are still in the R&D stage. Several possible sensor principles are discussed. The materials that are used for sensors in the automotive exhaust are electroceramics. Besides ion-conducting zirconia and zirconia cermets, electrically insulating alumina is used for substrate purposes. Novel functional materials in the R&D state are strontium–iron titanate for temperature-independent resistive oxygen sensing and zeolites for selective detection of specific gases like hydrocarbons or ammonia.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Functional Materials > Chair Functional Materials - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Moos Research Institutions > Research Units > BERC - Bayreuth Engine Research Center Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Functional Materials Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Units Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Advanced Materials Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center for Material Science and Engineering - BayMAT Profile Fields Profile Fields > Advanced Fields Research Institutions > Research Centres
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2015 09:41
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2016 07:11
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/6004