An HVAC system is provided having an air supply system, a refrigerant circuit configured to condition air in the air supply system, and an electrochemical sensor configured to detect a refrigerant leak from the refrigerant circuit.

A system for detecting an analyte gas including a system housing having an inlet system, an electrochemical gas sensor within the housing and in fluid connection with the inlet system, the electrochemical sensor including a working electrode responsive to the analyte gas, and a control system in electrical connection with the working electrode. The control system is operative to bias the working electrode at a first potential at which the electrochemical gas sensor is responsive to the analyte gas and operative to bias the working electrode at a second potential, different from the first potential, at which the electrochemical gas sensor is sensitive to a driving force created in the vicinity of the inlet system to test at least one transport path of the system.

An electrochemical hydrogen cyanide sensor (1) comprises a housing (10) comprising an opening (2) allowing gas to enter the sensor (1); an electrolyte disposed within the housing (10); a plurality of electrodes in contact with the electrolyte within the housing (10), wherein the plurality of electrodes comprise a working electrode (5) and a counter electrode (7), and wherein the electrodes comprise a metal catalytic material; and a filter (3) operable to cover the opening (2) of the housing (10), and prevent hydrogen sulfide from reaching the electrodes, wherein the filter (3) comprises silver sulfate layered onto a polytetrafluoroethylene support material.

A sulfur oxide detection system includes an element part which includes a sensor cell and a diffusion regulating layer. The sensor cell includes a solid electrolyte layer, a first electrode arranged, and a second electrode. The sulfur oxide detection system also includes a voltage application circuit configured to apply a voltage to the sensor cell so that a potential of the second electrode becomes higher than a potential of the first electrode, and a current detection circuit configured to detect a current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sulfur oxide detection system further includes a controller coupled with the voltage application circuit and the current detection circuit, and configured to estimate a sulfur oxide concentration in a gas to which the first electrode is exposed by way of the diffusion layer.

A sensing electrode, and an electrochemical system and method utilizing same for detecting peroxide-containing compounds in a sample, are provided. The sensing electrode is a carbon electrode having ions of a metal that promotes decomposition of a peroxide absorbed to its surface, optionally along with a solid electrolyte membrane.

An electrode (100) for an electrochemical gas sensor (1), wherein the electrode has a gas-permeable membrane (4). A graphene layer (3) is applied as an electrode material to the gas-permeable membrane (4). Such an electrode (1) is prepared, for example, by applying a dispersion of graphene or graphene oxide in a volatile liquid to the gas-permeable membrane and evaporating the volatile liquid.

A gas sensor includes a sensor element. The sensor element includes; a solid electrolyte body that has oxygen ion conductivity and includes a first main surface exposed to a gas to be measured and a second main surface exposed to a reference gas; a sensor electrode that is provided on the first main surface and detects a specific gas component in the gas to be measured; and a reference electrode that is provided on the second main surface. The sensor electrode is made of a PtRh alloy that contains 30 mass % to 70 mass % Pt and 70 mass % to 30 mass % Rh, when an overall noble metal component is 100 mass %. A variation amount of the Rh content of the PtRh alloy from an outermost surface to a depth of 350 nm in a thickness direction of the sensor electrode is within a range of up to 10 mass %.

An animal-based chemical detectors that can be customized to detect a wide variety of chemicals under real-world conditions. Methods and systems for brain/machine interface devices using electrodes to read odor-signatures from the patterns of activated glomeruli, for example in the rodent olfactory bulb.

An electrochemical sensor device that is efficiently and economically produced at the chip level for a variety of applications is disclosed. In some aspects, the device is made on or using a wafer technology whereby a sensor chamber is created by said wafer and a gas port allows for a working electrode of the sensor to detect certain gases. Large scale production is possible using wafer technology where individual sensors are produced from one or more common wafers. Integrated circuits are made in or on the wafers in an integrated way so that the wafers provide the substrate for the integrated circuitry and interconnects as well as providing the definition of the chambers in which the gas sensors are disposed.

An electrochemical gas sensor device with small physical footprint is disclosed. The electrodes within the element are arranged about the electrolyte such that the electrical impedance of the sensor is minimized. This results in a fast stabilization after detecting gasses and enables rapid changes in bias voltage to target different gasses. Gasketing elements, or alternative designs, are included to eliminate the diffusion of gasses between the electrodes within the cell.