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Therefore, the research and development of a low-cost, environmentally friendly sensor that can achieve on-line monitoring of H2S gas has a notably important practical significance. This paper reports the design of an H2S gas sensor, with selection of an electrochemical probe with high accuracy and wide measurement range using the relatively mature technology of electrochemical sensors. Although the probe of the sensor is the main factor that affects the sensor accuracy, the probe must be combined with a specifically designed signal condition circuit that can overcome the lack of an electrode to satisfy the requirements for the interconnection and matching between the output signal and the test instrument. Because the output current of the electrochemical electrode is small and likely to be disturbed by noise, we designed signal-conditioning modules. Through the signal-conditioning circuit, the output signal of the current electrode can be converted into a voltage and amplified. In addition, we designed a power control module because a bias voltage is necessary for the electrode. Finally, after the calibration experiment, the accurate concentration of H2S gas can be measured. Based on the experimental analysis, the sensor shows good linearity and selectivity, comparatively high sensitivity, perfect stability and an extremely long operating life of up to two years.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16091398","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,31]],"date-time":"2016-08-31T13:11:45Z","timestamp":1472649105000},"page":"1398","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["An H2S Sensor Based on Electrochemistry for Chicken Coops"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Lihua","family":"Zeng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Internet of Things in Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"},{"name":"College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Acquisition Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"}]},{"given":"Mei","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Internet of Things in Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Acquisition Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"}]},{"given":"Huihui","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Internet of Things in Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Acquisition Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"}]},{"given":"Daoliang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Internet of Things in Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Acquisition Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4","DOI":"10.1016\/j.agee.2013.08.009","article-title":"Integrated crop-livestock systems: Strategies to achieve synergy between agricultural production and environmental quality","volume":"190","author":"Lemaire","year":"2014","journal-title":"Agric. 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