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In contrast to all previous investigations, planar pulsed polarization sensors were built using an electrolyte thick film and platinum interdigital electrodes on alumina substrates. Two different sensor layouts were investigated, the first with buried Pt electrodes under the electrolyte and the second one with conventional overlying Pt electrodes. Electrolyte thick films were either formed by aerosol deposition or by screen-printing, therefore exhibiting a dense or porous microstructure, respectively. For screen-printed electrolytes, the influence of the electrolyte resistance on the NOx sensing ability was investigated as well. Sensors with buried electrodes showed little to no response even at higher NOx concentrations, in good agreement with the intended sensor mechanism. Electrolyte films with overlying electrodes, however, allowed the quantitative detection of NOx. In particular, aerosol deposited electrolytes exhibited high sensitivities with a sensor output signal \u0394U of 50 mV and 75 mV for 3 ppm of NO and NO2, respectively. For screen-printed electrolytes, a clear trend indicated a decrease in sensitivity with increased electrolyte resistance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17081715","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,26]],"date-time":"2017-07-26T11:45:01Z","timestamp":1501069501000},"page":"1715","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Pulsed Polarization-Based NOx Sensors of YSZ Films Produced by the Aerosol Deposition Method and by Screen-Printing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1601-2968","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J\u00f6rg","family":"Exner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Functional Materials, University of Bayreuth, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gaby","family":"Albrecht","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Functional Materials, University of Bayreuth, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniela","family":"Sch\u00f6nauer-Kamin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Functional Materials, University of Bayreuth, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7063-9828","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jaroslaw","family":"Kita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Functional Materials, University of Bayreuth, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7622-0120","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ralf","family":"Moos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Functional Materials, University of Bayreuth, Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"366","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02377996","article-title":"Electrochemical solid electrolyte gas sensors\u2014Hydrocarbon and NOx analysis in exhaust gases","volume":"10","author":"Guth","year":"2004","journal-title":"Ionics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"901","DOI":"10.1007\/s11581-014-1140-1","article-title":"A review of mixed-potential type zirconia-based gas sensors","volume":"20","author":"Miura","year":"2014","journal-title":"Ionics"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1016\/j.trac.2013.11.004","article-title":"Analytical techniques for measuring nitrous oxide","volume":"54","author":"Rapson","year":"2014","journal-title":"TrAC Trends Anal. 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