High performance sol-gel synthesized Ce0.9Sr0.1(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O4 sensing membrane for a solid-state pH sensor

Sankar Prasad Bag, Prabir Garu, Jim Long Her, Bih Show Lou, Tung Ming Pan*

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Abstract

In this paper, we developed a high-performance solid-state pH sensor using a Ce0.9Sr0.1(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O4 (CSZT) membrane through a very simple sol-gel spin-coating process. The structural properties of the CSZT membrane are correlated with its sensing characteristics. The CSZT based EIS sensor exhibited a high pH sensitivity of 92.48 mV pH-1, which is beyond the Nernst limit (59.4 mV pH-1), and good reliability in terms of a low hysteresis voltage of 1 mV and a small drift rate of 0.15 mV h-1. This behaviour is attributed to the incorporation of Sr in the CSZT sensing membrane, which promotes change in the Ce oxidation state from Ce4+ to Ce3+.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21210-21213
Number of pages4
JournalRSC Advances
Volume8
Issue number38
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

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