PFI: BIC - Microfabricated Electrochemical Sensors for Combustion Application

PFI：BIC - 用于燃烧应用的微加工电化学传感器

基本信息

批准号：
1318136
负责人：
Michael Carpenter
金额：
$ 60万
依托单位：
SUNY at Albany
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2013-07-01 至 2015-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1318136&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
PFI BIC Microfabricated Electrochemical Sensors

项目摘要

This PFI:BIC project from the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering-University at Albany seeks to develop cost-effective oxygen sensors for combustion applications. Oxygen sensors are currently the most extensively used sensor in the combustion industry. These sensors are used for controlling fuel injection in gasoline-powered vehicles (cost of sensors ~ $100) and optimizing combustion in coal-fired power plants (cost of sensor ~ $5000). Currently, the dimensions of these sensor systems range from ten centimeters to meters in size and require access to ambient air, thus limiting their use in a wide range of industries. Miniaturization of existing sensor designs only will be advantageous if new designs no longer need access to ambient air. The recent discovery of an oxygen sensor by Argonne National Laboratory and The Ohio State University with unsurpassed oxygen-sensing capabilities and no need for access to outside air, provides a unique opportunity to further adapt miniaturization for designing innovative chemical gas sensors. The intellectual merit of this program is realized in filling the technology gap related to the development of microfabrication techniques for producing millimeter- sized oxygen gas sensors with the necessary technical and cost attributes required for widespread use within combustion applications. To meet this objective, manufacturing practices for macroscopic ceramic objects will be translated to the nanometer length scale, which will increase the innovation capacity of the research team. The broader impacts of this research will be realized in the commercial impact of microfabricated oxygen sensors. Use of these miniaturized sensors will increase the combustion efficiency of energy systems in industries that include transportation, energy generation, and manufacturing. An increase of just 1% in combustion efficiency will provide energy savings of 160 TBtu with a subsequent CO2 reduction of 93 million tons, saving billions of dollars in the long run with a major impact on a cleaner environment. For the small business collaborator, Makel Engineering, Inc.( MEI), these sensors can be used immediately in low volume/high cost industrial applications. In the long term, mass-produced sensor dies will allow for a reduction in production costs that will then open up low cost/high volume chemical sensor applications. For the small business collaborator, MicroAdventure Technologies LLC (MAT), the successful completion of the MEMS oxygen sensor project will allow MAT to participate in the subsequent development phases needed to bring this sensor technology to market. Longer term, MAT intends to participate in the supply chain for this sensor by providing custom-designed and tested die to application-focused companies. For the academic members of the research team, the translation of laboratory discoveries into research initiatives aimed at building the innovation capacity of small businesses will in turn provide new educational opportunities for both the academic investigators and students. The entrepreneurial spirit of this research program will provide a unique opportunity for training of graduate and undergraduate students and the groundwork for future success in both academic and business-related opportunities.Partners at the inception of the project are as follows: 1) Lead Institution: College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering-University at Albany-SUNY, 2) Primary Small Business Partners: MEI, Chico, CA, and MAT, Pittsford, NY, and 3) Other primary partner: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

奥尔巴尼大学纳米科学与工程学院的这个 PFI:BIC 项目旨在开发用于燃烧应用的经济高效的氧气传感器。氧传感器是目前燃烧行业中使用最广泛的传感器。这些传感器用于控制汽油动力车辆的燃油喷射（传感器成本约 100 美元）和优化燃煤发电厂的燃烧（传感器成本约 5000 美元）。目前，这些传感器系统的尺寸从十厘米到米不等，并且需要接触周围空气，从而限制了它们在广泛行业中的使用。只有当新设计不再需要接触周围空气时，现有传感器设计的小型化才会有利。阿贡国家实验室和俄亥俄州立大学最近发现了一种氧气传感器，该传感器具有无与伦比的氧气传感能力，并且无需接触外部空气，为进一步适应小型化以设计创新的化学气体传感器提供了独特的机会。该计划的智力优势在于填补了与生产毫米级氧气传感器的微加工技术开发相关的技术空白，该传感器具有在燃烧应用中广泛使用所需的必要技术和成本属性。为了实现这一目标，宏观陶瓷物体的制造实践将转化为纳米长度尺度，这将提高研究团队的创新能力。这项研究的更广泛影响将体现在微制造氧传感器的商业影响中。使用这些微型传感器将提高运输、能源生产和制造等行业能源系统的燃烧效率。燃烧效率仅提高 1%，即可节省 160 TBtu 的能源，随后减少 9300 万吨二氧化碳排放，从长远来看可节省数十亿美元，对清洁环境产生重大影响。对于小型企业合作者 Makel Engineering, Inc.(MEI) 来说，这些传感器可以立即用于小批量/高成本的工业应用。从长远来看，大规模生产的传感器芯片将有助于降低生产成本，从而开辟低成本/大批量化学传感器应用。对于小型企业合作者 MicroAdventure Technologies LLC (MAT) 来说，MEMS 氧传感器项目的成功完成将使 MAT 能够参与将该传感器技术推向市场所需的后续开发阶段。从长远来看，MAT 打算通过向专注于应用的公司提供定制设计和测试的芯片来参与该传感器的供应链。对于研究团队的学术成员来说，将实验室发现转化为旨在建设小型企业创新能力的研究计划，反过来将为学术研究人员和学生提供新的教育机会。该研究项目的创业精神将为研究生和本科生的培训提供独特的机会，并为未来在学术和商业相关机会方面取得成功奠定基础。项目启动时的合作伙伴如下： 1）牵头机构：纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校纳米科学与工程学院，2) 主要小型企业合作伙伴：加利福尼亚州奇科市 MEI 和纽约州皮茨福德 MAT，以及 3) 其他主要合作伙伴：美国纽约州立大学化学与生物化学系俄亥俄州立大学

项目成果

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Phonon Anharmonicity of PdO Studied by Raman Spectrometry

DOI：
10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07652
发表时间：
2015-09
期刊：
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
Zhouying Zhao;J. Elwood;M. Carpenter
通讯作者：
Zhouying Zhao;J. Elwood;M. Carpenter

Microfabricated electrochemical sensors for combustion applications

用于燃烧应用的微加工电化学传感器

DOI：
10.1117/12.2177335
发表时间：
2015
期刊：
SPIE Proceedings
影响因子：
0
作者：
Senesky, Debbie G.;Dekate, Sachin;Vulcano Rossi, Vitor A.;Mullen, Max R.;Karker, Nicholas A.;Zhao, Zhouying;Kowarz, Marek W.;Dutta, Prabir K.;Carpenter, Michael A.
通讯作者：
Carpenter, Michael A.

Building Selectivity for NO Sensing in a NOx Mixture with Sonochemically Prepared CuO Structures

利用声化学制备的 CuO 结构构建 NOx 混合物中 NO 传感的选择性