Hydrogen sensing with palladium nanoparticle superlattice thin films

Yating Nie; Yiyuan Guo; Wenjuan Zhao; Ying Yu; Shaoding Liu

doi:10.12086/oee.2025.250067

Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 6, 250067(2025)

Hydrogen sensing with palladium nanoparticle superlattice thin films

Yating Nie¹, Yiyuan Guo¹, Wenjuan Zhao^1、*, Ying Yu², and Shaoding Liu¹

¹Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China

²College of Physics and Photo Electricity Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030024, China

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Category: Article

Received: Mar. 6, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 30, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Wenjuan Zhao (赵文娟)

DOI:10.12086/oee.2025.250067

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