Nanostructured Pr-doped Ceria (PCO) thin films as sensing electrodes in solid-electrolyte type gas sensors with enhanced toluene sensitivity

Pr0.1Ce0.9O2 (PCO) films, with columnar structure containing voids, were fabricated by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and integrated into YSZ-based potentiometric gas sensor as a sensing electrodes (SEs). Sensors with PCO film thicknesses of 550, 1100 and 2200 nm, fabricated by controlling the number of PLD shots of 750, 1500 and 3000 respectively, were examined over the temperature range of 450–600 °C. The sensor output voltage, E, of all...