A gas sensor element (10, 10a, 10b) with: a
solid electrolyte element (11) extending in an axial direction and containing ZrO2 with
oxygen ion conductivity; an external
electrode (100) which is provided on one of the surfaces of the element made of
solid electrolyte (11) and comes into contact with a gas to be measured; and an internal
electrode (200) which is provided on an opposite surface of the
solid electrolyte element (11) and comes into contact with a reference gas, wherein the inner
electrode (200) has an inner sensing electrode region (220, 220a, 220b) arranged on a front end face in the axial direction and sensing a specific gas contained in the gas to be measured, and an inner connection region (210) arranged behind the inner sensing electrode region (220, 220a, 220b), connected to the inner sensing electrode region (220, 220a, 220b), and in contact with a connection port (70) for external output, wherein the inner electrode (200) has an
electrically conductive oxide layer (OCL1, OCL1b, OCL2, OCL2b) the main component of which is a
perovskite phase composed according to a composition formula with La a M b Ni c O x is represented (where M is an element in the form of Co and / or Fe, a + b + c = 1, 1.25 ≤ x ≤ 1.75), has a
perovskite-like
crystal structure; the coefficients a, b and c satisfy 0.459 ≤ a ≤ 0.535, 0.200 ≤ b ≤ 0.475 and 0.025 ≤ c ≤ 0.350; the
internal connection area (210) has a
lanthanum zirconate layer (LZL) between the
electrically conductive oxide layer (OCL1, OCL1b, OCL2, OCL2b) and the solid electrolyte element (11); and the internal detection electrode region (220, 220a, 220b) is designed such that (i) no
lanthanum zirconate layer (LZL) is formed between the
electrically conductive oxide layer (OCL1, OCL1b, OCL2, OCL2b) and the solid electrolyte element (11), or (ii) a
lanthanum zirconate layer (ZLZ) formed between the electrically
conductive oxide layer (OCL1, OCL1b, OCL2, OCL2b) and the solid electrolyte element (11) is thinner than the
lanthanum zirconate layer (LZL) of the
internal connection region (210).