Research about WO3/Pd Film Preparation for Reflection Type Optical Fiber Hydrogen Sensor

Hydrogen sensitive film is the most important problem of the optical fiber hydrogen sensor, which directly affects the quality of the sensor sensitivity. In this paper, the process of sol-gel WO3/Pd coating was studied for the reflection type optical fiber hydrogen sensor. First, the materials for WO3/Pd sol, the devices and the detail steps of the sol preparation were introduced. Then the coating process of WO3/Pd sol was introduced, and the surface morphology of the film was analyzed. At last, experiments indicate the WO3/Pd film has good hydrogen sensitivity and show still good surface morphology after the temperature shock.