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Sensing fugitive hydrogen emissions

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For the transition to a sustainable energy sector, massive hydrogen production and use is crucial. There is growing awareness of a connection between an indirect global warming potential and the production of hydrogen, so its fugitive emissions must be addressed. This Comment emphasizes the need for affordable hydrogen-sensing methods to benefit safety, energy efficiency and the climate.

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Fig. 1: Comprehensive diagram of an approach for monitoring fugitive H2 emissions.

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Financial support is provided by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. L.L. thanks the Jockey Club Hong Kong for support to the JC STEM lab of 3DIC. S.C. acknowledges support from BITS-Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus (GOA/ACG/2022-2023/Oct/01)) and SERB (SRG/2023/001146), Government of India.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Yichen Cai, Sudipta Chatterjee.

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  1. Chemistry Program, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering and KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Yichen Cai & Kuo-Wei Huang

  2. Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science − Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, India

    Sudipta Chatterjee

  3. Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, and Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Khaled N. Salama

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, P. R. China

    Lain-Jong Li

  5. Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, Singapore, Singapore

    Kuo-Wei Huang

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Cai, Y., Chatterjee, S., Salama, K.N. et al. Sensing fugitive hydrogen emissions. Nat Rev Electr Eng 1, 210–211 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-024-00039-4

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