Need for Speed: Integrating the Worlds Fastest Hydrogen Sensor onto a Miniaturized Platform
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Applied physics (MPAPP), MSc
Publicerad
2020
Författare
Lönn, Björn
Modellbyggare
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The hydrogen revolution may finally be around the corner, with fuel cell driven
vehicles and hydrogen gas turbines to mention just a few examples of applications.
With such a transformation comes a need of fast and sensitive hydrogen detection
systems. Nanoplasmonic hydrogen sensors have been a studied topic at Chalmers
University for over a decade, and offer the fastest hydrogen sensing equipment to
date. In order to become commercially attractive, the technology needs to be altered
and integrated onto a platform consisting of cheap electronic components.
This thesis demonstrates a first such attempt for a miniaturized nanoplasmonic hydrogen
sensor, by combining the sensing technology developed at Chalmers, with
Insplorion’s low-cost NPS-platform. The optimized device developed here meets the
requirements of detection range and accuracy, stated by the U.S. Department of
Energy, but exhibits a response time considerably slower than what is required.
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hydrogen economy , hydrogen sensors , nanoplasmonic hydrogen sensing , sensor optimization , miniaturization , nanoplasmonic sensing (NPS)