Two new sol-gel glass systems with immobilized ferrocene are developed using two different types of sol-gel precursors. System (1) is developed using ferrocene carboxaldehyde and a mixture of two silanes (3-aminopropyltriethoxy silane and 2-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)-ethyltrimethoxy silane). System (2) is developed using ferrocene monocarboxylic acid and a mixture of 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and trimethoxysilane. The surfaces of the sol-gel glasses are analyzed based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The electrochemistry of ferrocene in system 1 and system 2 is characterized based on cyclic voltammetry. System 1 shows capacitive CV at slow scan rate whereas system 2 shows good reversible electrochemistry of ferrocene. The potentiometric response of the ferrocene immobilized sol-gel glass (system 1) is studied in 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer pH 7.0. A reproducible potential difference of system 1 to the order of À30 mV is recorded for 2 months with respect to a double junction SCE reference electrode. An ion sensing membrane is assembled over the ferrocene immobilized sol-gel glass using plasticized PVC matrix membrane containing dibenzo-18-crown-6. A typical potentiometric response of the ion sensor is reported. The response of the ion-sensor shows better response time, high reproducibility and relatively better slope for potassium analysis as compared to earlier reported solid-state K ion-sensor based on dibenzo-18-crown-6 neutral carrier. The reproducibility, detection limit and relative response of the ion sensor to Na and NH 4 ions are reported.