Printable Organic Hydrogen Sensors for the Emerging Hydrogen Industries
Thomas Anthopoulos a
a Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2026 Conference (MATSUSFall26)
D3 Next-Generation Processing Strategies for Emerging Semiconductor Technologies
Palma, Spain, 2026 October 26th - 30th
Organizers: Martyn Mclachlan and Julianna Panidi
Invited Speaker, Thomas Anthopoulos, presentation 037
Publication date: 22nd July 2026

Hydrogen is an abundant and clean energy source that can help decarbonise difficult-to-electrify sectors of our economies. However, its safe deployment relies on the availability of reliable and cost-effective hydrogen detection technologies. Existing hydrogen detectors are expensive, bulky, and power-hungry, limiting their broader use in emerging applications. In this talk, I will discuss the development of a hydrogen sensor based on printable organic semiconductors that can operate across wide temperature and humidity ranges and offer numerous advantages over commercial technologies. I will describe the fundamental sensing mechanism exploited and the prospects for further developments through new materials design and device engineering. Our organic sensors exhibit high responsivity, ultra-low power consumption, and record-short response and recovery times. Compared with commercial technologies, our printed hydrogen sensors demonstrate superior performance in diverse real-world sensing scenarios, making them strong candidates for health and safety applications in the emerging hydrogen industry.

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