Electrochemical sensor for determining analyte in the presence of interferent and method of using the sensor
First Claim
1. An electrochemical cell for sensing an analyte in the presence of an interferent that undergoes an electrochemical reaction to give a second component of current, the apparatus comprising:
- a working electrode adapted to react with the analyte to give a first component of current;
a first reference electrode that does not undergo a shift in its potential upon exposure to the interferent;
a second reference electrode adapted to undergo a shift in its potential upon exposure to the interferent;
a potentiostatic circuit connecting the working electrode and the first reference electrode; and
a potentiometric circuit connecting the second reference electrode and the first reference electrode, said potentiometric circuit being adapted to provide a measure of the potential difference between the first and second reference electrodes.
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Abstract
Electrochemical sensor for determining analyte in the presence of interferent, particularly carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen. An electrochemical cell is designed so that current flow resulting from reference electrode potential shift caused by interferent cancels out the current flow caused by interferent at the working electrode. Another electrochemical cell corrects for interferent concentration using the potential difference between a reference electrode in contact with interferent and a referent electrode not affected by inteferent.
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1. An electrochemical cell for sensing an analyte in the presence of an interferent that undergoes an electrochemical reaction to give a second component of current, the apparatus comprising:
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a working electrode adapted to react with the analyte to give a first component of current;
a first reference electrode that does not undergo a shift in its potential upon exposure to the interferent;
a second reference electrode adapted to undergo a shift in its potential upon exposure to the interferent;
a potentiostatic circuit connecting the working electrode and the first reference electrode; and
a potentiometric circuit connecting the second reference electrode and the first reference electrode, said potentiometric circuit being adapted to provide a measure of the potential difference between the first and second reference electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
measuring the potential difference between the first and second reference electrodes, thereby determining the second component of current; and
using the second component of current to determine the concentration of the analyte.
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10. The method of claim 9, wherein the concentration of the analyte determined from the second component of current has reduced or no dependency on the concentration of the interferent.
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11. The method of claim 9, wherein the concentration of the analyte is determined by measuring the total current at the working electrode, and scaling and subtracting the inverse logarithm of the potential difference between the first and second reference electrodes from the total current measured at the working electrode.
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12. The method of claim 9, wherein the analyte is carbon monoxide, and wherein the interferent is hydrogen.
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