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Title: Pd/V.sub.2O.sub.5 device for colorimetric H.sub.2 detection

Patent ·
OSTI ID:985164

A sensor structure for chemochromic optical detection of hydrogen gas over a wide response range, that exhibits stability during repeated coloring/bleaching cycles upon exposure and removal of hydrogen gas, comprising: a glass substrate (20); a vanadium oxide layer (21) coated on the glass substrate; and a palladium layer (22) coated on the vanadium oxide layer.

Research Organization:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99GO10337
Assignee:
Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)
Patent Number(s):
7,419,635
Application Number:
10/239,977
OSTI ID:
985164
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English