Method and device for the detection and measurement of electrochemically active compounds

摘要

An electrochemical sensing device comprising a sensing electrode, a counter electrode, an electrolyte in contact with said sensing electrode and counter electrode, said sensing electrode comprising a porous hydrophobic substrate having vapor-deposited thereon a porous film of a catalyst to provicde a diffusion electrode, means for exposing said sensing electrode to the gas to be detected, means electrically coupled to said sensing electrode for maintaining said sensing electrode at a potential of about 0.4 volt to about 1.5 volt with respect to the potential of the reversible hydrogen couple in the electrolyte of said cell, and means for measuring current flowing between said sensing electrode and said counter electrode which measured current is a measure of the concentration of the noxious gas being detected.