SBIR Phase I: Microstructurally Stabilized Pd-based Hydrogen Sensors

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将开发耐用且对氢气表现出稳定响应的钯传感器。这些传感器将使用微结构稳定的Pd薄膜来制造。这种新型复合膜所要求的形态稳定性应该可以通过避免在基于Pd的系统中经常观察到的膜分层问题来提高耐久性和漂移稳定性。这将导致安全、可靠和廉价的氢传感器的商业开发，从而有助于促进氢作为燃料的商业接受。该项目的商业应用是在氢气传感器市场。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop Pd-based sensors that are durable and exhibit stable response to hydrogen gas. These sensors will be fabricated using microstructurally stabilized Pd films. The morphological stability mandated by the novel composite film should result in enhanced durability and drift stability by circumventing the issue of film delamination often observed in Pd-based systems. This should result in the commercial development of safe, reliable and inexpensive hydrogen sensors, and thus help promote commercial acceptance of hydrogen as a fuel. The commercial application of this project is in the hydrogen sensor market.