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Rev Sci Instrum. 2016 Feb;87(2):026104. doi: 10.1063/1.4941749.

Note: Durability analysis of optical fiber hydrogen sensor based on Pd-Y alloy film.

The Review of scientific instruments

Peng-cheng Huang, You-ping Chen, Gang Zhang, Han Song, Yi Liu

Affiliations

  1. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  2. School of Mechatronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.

PMID: 26931903 DOI: 10.1063/1.4941749

Abstract

The Pd-Y alloy sensing film has an excellent property for hydrogen detection, but just for one month, the sensing film's property decreases seriously. To study the failure of the sensing film, the XPS spectra analysis was used to explore the chemical content of the Pd-Y alloy film, and analysis results demonstrate that the yttrium was oxidized. The paper presented that such an oxidized process was the potential reason of the failure of the sensing film. By understanding the reason of the failure of the sensing film better, we could improve the manufacturing process to enhance the property of hydrogen sensor.

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