Development of antifouling of electrochemical solid-state dissolved oxygen sensors based on nanostructured Cu0.4Ru3.4O7 + RuO2 sensing electrodes

Tailoring nanostructured sensing electrode materials to high antifouling resistance has been one of the main priorities of the development of water quality sensors in the 21st century. Nanostructured Cu0.4Ru3.4O7 + RuO2-SEs have been developed to address the bio-fouling problem. The change in Cu0.4Ru3.4O7 + RuO2 structural development being promoted by advances in nano- and micro-scale pattering. Nanostructured Cu0.4Ru3.4O7 + RuO2-SEs with different mol% of Cu2O were screen-printed on alumina sensor substrates and were consequently subjected to a 3-month field trial at the Water Treatment Plant. Their structural and electrochemical properties before and after the experiment were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical cyclic voltammerty (CV) techniques. The relationship between dissolved oxygen (DO) and the sensor's potential difference was found to be relatively linear, with the maximum sensitivity of -46mV per decade being achieved at 20mol% Cu2O at 7.27 pH. Moreover, a 3-month field trial in the sewerage environment has shown that Cu0.4Ru3.4O7 + RuO2-SEwith20mol%ofCu2O possessesmuchhigher defences against bio-fouling thanthe same SEwithonly 10mol%ofCu2O. The super-hydrophobicproperty ofthedevelopedCu0.4Ru3.4O7 + RuO2 complex oxide has been considered as one of the essential pre-requisites for high antifouling resistance. Multiple antifouling defence strategies from biomimetic to bio-inspired must be incorporated in further development of nanostructured oxide SE to solve problems of bio-fouling on the sensor's SE.

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