A surface passivated fluorinated polymer nanocomposite for carbon monoxide resistant plasmonic hydrogen sensing
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2024

Plasmonic hydrogen sensors are promising safety monitoring devices for the emerging hydrogen economy provided a fast response time and poisoning resistance can be achieved. Nanocomposites composed of palladium nanoparticles embedded in a polymer matrix facilitate rapid hydrogen diffusion if a fluorinated polymer is used, while a denser polymer such as atactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) facilitates a high degree of gas selectivity. However, nanocomposites that combine a fast response with poisoning resistance have not yet been realized. Here, these two properties are achieved simultaneously by modifying the surface of a fluorinated polymer nanocomposite with a thin PMMA coating, which functions as a molecular sieve that effectively blocks carbon monoxide. The resulting surface passivated nanocomposite shows a high degree of poisoning resistance without compromising a fast sensing response of 2-3 seconds upon exposure to 100 mbar of hydrogen. The sensor signal and response are preserved over 55 cycles of synthetic air containing 5% hydrogen and 500 ppm of carbon monoxide, indicating that nanocomposites are a viable approach for the realization of robust hydrogen sensors.

Författare

Ida Östergren

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Iwan Darmadi

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional

Sarah Lerch

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Robson Rosa Da Silva

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Mariavittoria Craighero

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Sri Harish Kumar Paleti

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Kasper Moth-Poulsen

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)

Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats

Christoph Langhammer

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

Christian Müller

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

20507488 (ISSN) 20507496 (eISSN)

Vol. In Press

Plastic Plasmonics

Stiftelsen för Strategisk forskning (SSF) (RMA15-0052), 2016-05-01 -- 2022-06-30.

Hybrid and Organic Thermoelectric Systems (HORATES)

Europeiska kommissionen (EU) (EC/H2020/955837), 2021-03-01 -- 2025-02-28.

Ämneskategorier

Polymerkemi

Annan kemiteknik

DOI

10.1039/d4ta00055b

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2024-03-15