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A compact and inexpensive carbon dioxide gas sensor was successfully realized by the combination of a divalent magnesium ionic conductor of Mg0.7(Zr0.85Nb0.15)4P6O24 and a divalent oxide anion conducting ZrO2 −Y2O3 solid electrolyte with the water-insoluble Li- and Ba-codoped Nd2O2CO3 solid solution as the auxiliary electrode. The sensor response was continuous and reproducible, and the present sensor also demonstrated a theoretical Nernst response in the atmosphere where water vapor, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, etc., coexist. The exposure of the present sensor to water dew and variation in oxygen concentration does not interfere with the sensor response, which will be a great advantage in applying the in situ practical CO2 detection in combustion exhaust gas atmospheres.

Our Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensor has the broad dynamic range (0-300K ppm) to measure a wide variety of CO2 concentrations, from the germination of peas (10K ppm) to the human breath (50K ppm) to automotive exhaust (80K ppm), and more. Plus, it's easy. Instantly calibrate our Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensor with just one button d– no software commands required.

In this Letter, we report a carbon dioxide gas sensor having 547 pieces of thin-film modified capillaries, which are derived from a microstructured polymer optical fiber preform. Compared with the conventional absorption-based sensor, the monolithic polymer capillary waveguide arrays have better sensitivity, because the huge sensing surfaces, composed of 547 pieces of dye-indicator-doped porous ethyl cellulose layers, interact directly with the gas molecules. As far as we know, a gas sensor based on multichannel capillary waveguide arrays has not been reported before.

The CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) Gas Sensor Module is designed to allow a microcontroller to determine when a preset Carbon Dioxide gas level has been reached or exceeded. Interfacing with the sensor module is done through a 4-pin SIP header and requires two I/O pins from the host microcontroller. The sensor module is mainly intended to provide a means of comparing carbon dioxide sources and being able to set an alarm limit when the source becomes excessive.