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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Kabushiki Kaisha Riken, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a NO.sub.x sensor consisting at least of a pair of the first and the second electrodes formed in touch with an oxygen conductive solid electrolyte; wherein at least the first elelctrode is composed of oxides of an element selected from 7a Group or 8 Group, especially from Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni or a substance containing said oxides or of hybrid oxides (including the one of oxygen deficiency expressed by ABO.sub.3, AB.sub.2 O.sub.4, A.sub.2 BO.sub.4 and ACBO.sub.4 including 7a Group and 8 Group. A NO.sub.x sensor acording to the present invention has a good sensitivity without being affected by the concentration of CO.sub.2 and detects NO.sub.x concentration in an exhaust gas at a temperature above 600.degree. C.