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Researchers in South Korea develop non-contact measurement method for oxygen concentration at high temperatures

Lawrence ButcherBy Lawrence ButcherAugust 4, 20223 Mins Read
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Researchers at Pusan National University in South Korea say they have developed a contactless method for accurately measuring oxygen concentration at high temperature conditions by using the phosphorescence of europium-doped yttrium oxide (Y2O3:Eu3+), which is sensitive to the oxygen concentration.

The researchers note that existing oxygen concentration measurement technologies rely on contact measurements using probes, which cannot withstand high-temperature environments. Moreover, despite the availability of optical temperature measurement technologies, the organometallic materials they utilize degrade at temperatures above 120°C.

To address this problem, a team of led by the university’s professor Kyung Chun Kim developed and tested a non-contact technique to measure oxygen concentration under high temperatures. In their study, which was published in Volume 364 of Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical at the start of August, the team described how a phosphorescent material’s glow, or “phosphorescence,” can be leveraged to measure oxygen concentration.

The material in question was yttrium oxide doped with europium (Y2O3:Eu3+) — a phosphor, i.e., a material that emits light in response to radiation — which has a highly temperature-resistant crystalline structure. Like other phosphors, Y2O3:Eu3+ absorbs light energy and re-emits it at a lower frequency. However, owing to its unique molecular arrangement with oxygen vacancies, its phosphorescence varies depending on the surrounding oxygen. This high sensitivity to oxygen makes Y2O3:Eu3+ a suitable non-contact luminescent probe.

To investigate this property further, the team set up a two-dimensional (2D) temperature and oxygen concentration adjustable furnace with a quartz window (a window that allows light to pass freely in both directions) and used it to shine an ultraviolent (UV) LED light toward a Y2O3:Eu3+ tablet. On measuring the resultant phosphorescence using a spectrometer, the team found that it was most sensitive to the oxygen concentration at a temperature beyond 450°C for a wavelength of 612nm. Beyond 450°C, the sensitivity of Y2O3:Eu3+ to oxygen concentration increased with increasing temperature but decreased with an increase in the oxygen concentration.

Importantly, they also observed two properties of  Y2O3:Eu3+ phosphorescence that could be used to measure oxygen concentration at 550°C: its intensity and lifetime, i.e., the time it takes for Y2O3:Eu3+ to stop emitting light. Although measurements using the latter were slightly more accurate, these findings demonstrated the overall applicability of using the phosphorescence of Y2O3:Eu3 at high temperatures.

Discussing the findings, Kim stated, “Our study is the first to develop a simple, non-contact, 2D method that can provide technical support for the performance improvement of many industrial products at high temperatures. This method can enhance basic mechanism research and industrial production applications, which would help us understand unknown thermophysical phenomena in daily life and engineering.”

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