Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2V4, Canada.
Fourien Inc., 4407, 68 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, T6B 2N2, Canada.
Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 7;12(1):236. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03840-5.
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) has been used in various applications, such as metal corrosion monitoring. However, many conventional corrosion monitoring setups are bulky and inconvenient for in-situ testing. The purpose of this work is to reduce the size of the whole corrosion monitoring system. We utilized EIS to design a field deployable impedance-based corrosion sensor (FDICS), capable of performing in-situ EIS analysis. Experiments verified the sensor's accuracy, and the results showed that the sensor performed similarly to a bench-top EIS machine when we tested on circuit models. Furthermore, we used the proposed FDICS to monitor a metal corrosion experiment and performed EIS. The result showed that the proposed FDICS is able to obtain the sample's impedance spectroscopy, which could help researchers test its corrosion severity on a metallic sample in-situ. Compared to other bulky conventional setups, our device eliminates the design complexity while still showing insights into the corrosion reaction.
电化学阻抗谱(EIS)已在各种应用中得到应用,例如金属腐蚀监测。然而,许多传统的腐蚀监测设备体积庞大,不便于现场测试。本工作的目的是减小整个腐蚀监测系统的尺寸。我们利用 EIS 设计了一种可现场部署的基于阻抗的腐蚀传感器(FDICS),能够进行现场 EIS 分析。实验验证了传感器的准确性,结果表明,当我们在电路模型上进行测试时,该传感器的性能与台式 EIS 机相似。此外,我们使用所提出的 FDICS 来监测金属腐蚀实验并进行 EIS 分析。结果表明,所提出的 FDICS 能够获得样品的阻抗谱,这有助于研究人员在现场测试金属样品的腐蚀严重程度。与其他庞大的传统设备相比,我们的设备在消除设计复杂性的同时,仍然能够深入了解腐蚀反应。