TU Delft Optical Hydrogen Sensing & Thin Film Energy Materials

In our latest publication, we show how free-standing palladium nanoparticles with a size of about 5 nm embedded in a fluorinated polymer matrix can be synthesized using magnetron codeposition and a subsequent annealing step. Indeed,… Read more

Over the past years, we have worked towards realizing metal-hydride hydrogen sensors to temperatures as low as -60 C. This is relevant for applications in artic environments, near liquid hydrogen storage facilities and in hydrogen-powered… Read more

Lars Bannenberg (RST) receives the Waterman Prize of 2025 for ‘his groundbreaking work in sustainable technologies that improve both the environment and strengthen the economy. In recent years, he has made undeniable progress in hydrogen… Read more

We congratulate Daan Verhoeff on winning the first prize for his thesis on optical hydrogen sensors, which he wrote during his studies at Delft University of Technology. This thesis, titled ‘Towards a Practical Hydrogen Sensor;… Read more

Our new publication ‘Metal hydride hydrogen sensing materials from 28 °C to 270 °C’ was recently published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy! Check it out here! Read more

At the SXNS17 in Grenoble, Lars presented the complety renewed and upgraded neutron reflectometer at the TU Delft Reactor Institute. Compared to before, it can measure up to 30x faster owing to the installation of… Read more

On the Metal-Hydrogen system conference in Saint-Malo, France, MH 2024, Lars presented the latest updates on the development of metal hydride hydrogen sensing materials. In particular, he illustrated with the help of the example tantalum… Read more

Today the work on an algorithm to surpress drift in optical hydrogen sensors was published in IEEE Sensors. Using the fact that a change in hydrogen concentration occurs in the vicinity of the sensor causes… Read more