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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Josephine B. Chang, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Talia S. Gershon, White Plains, NY (US);
Supratik Guha, Chicago, IL (US);
Hendrik F. Hamann, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jiaxing Liu, Westfield, NJ (US);
Theodore G. van Kessel, Millbrook, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Low power combustible gas sensors using a thermocouple design are provided. In one aspect, a combustible gas sensor includes: at least one first electrode; at least one second electrode formed from a dissimilar material from the first electrode; and a catalytic material at an active reaction junction between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the active reaction junction between the first electrode and the second electrode forms a thermocouple. A sensing device is including, e.g., multiple sensors, and a method for sensing combustible gas using the present sensors are also provided.