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4357805 
Journal Article 
An Optical Fiber H2O2-Sensing Probe Using a Titanium(IV) Oxyacetylacetonate Immobilized Nafion Coating on an Bent Optical Fiber Probe 
Hu, X; Tao, S 
2011 
1 
IEEE Sensors Journal
ISSN: 1530-437X
EISSN: 1558-1748 
11 
9 
2032-2036 
WOS:000293747100030 
An optical fiber sensor technique has been developed for monitoring trace H2O2 in aqueous solutions. A titanium(IV) oxyacetylacetonate doped Nafion coating on the surface of a bent optical fiber probe was used as a transducer. Trace H2O2 in an aqueous solution diffused into the polymer coating reacts with the sensing agent. The resulted product absorbs light with peak absorption wavelength at 360 nm, which is detected by using optical fiber evanescent wave absorption spectrometry. This sensor reversibly responses to trace H2O2 in water, and has a detection limit (3 sigma) of 7.4 * 10(-8) mole H2O2/L. This fiber-optic sensor is immune of interferences from electromagnetic field which makes it useful in proton exchange membrane fuel cell researches. 
Bent optical fiber probe; hydrogen peroxide sensor; optical fiber chemical sensor; oxyacetylacetonate; titanium(IV)