Charge Carrier Processes and Optical Properties in TiO2 and TiO2-Based Heterojunction Photocatalysts: A Review

S Lettieri, M Pavone, A Fioravanti, L Santamaria Amato… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photocatalysis based technologies have a key role in addressing important challenges of
the ecological transition, such as environment remediation and conversion of renewable …

Materials for chemical sensing: a comprehensive review on the recent advances and outlook using ionic liquids, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), and MOF-based …

V Gargiulo, M Alfè, L Giordano, S Lettieri - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ability to measure and monitor the concentration of specific chemical and/or gaseous
species (ie,“analytes”) is the main requirement in many fields, including industrial processes …

Sensitive Room Temperature Photoluminescence-Based Sensing of H2S with Novel CuO–ZnO Nanorods

X Liu, B Du, Y Sun, M Yu, Y Yin, W Tang… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Novel CuO nanoparticle-capped ZnO nanorods have been produced using a pulsed laser
deposition (PLD) method. These nanorods are shown to grow by a CuO–nanoparticle …

Mesoporous TiO2 from Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photoluminescence-Based Optical Sensing of Oxygen

M Alfè, V Gargiulo, M Amati, VA Maraloiu, P Maddalena… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Metal− organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of porous coordination networks
extraordinarily varied in physicochemical characteristics such as porosity, morphologies …

MEMS-compatible, gold nanoisland anchored 1D aligned ZnO heterojunction nanofibers: unveiling the NO 2 sensing mechanism with operando photoluminescence …

R Vishnuraj, J Dhakshinamoorthy, KG Nair… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Production and alignment of heterojunction metal oxide semiconductor nanomaterial-based
sensing elements for microsensor devices have always posed fabrication challenges since …

Multi-band photoluminescence in TiO2 nanoparticles-assembled films produced by femtosecond pulsed laser deposition

DK Pallotti, E Orabona, S Amoruso, C Aruta… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We present an analysis of the photoluminescence (PL) properties of nanostructured titania
(TiO 2) thin films produced by femtosecond pulsed laser deposition. Up to four PL bands are …

Novel Au Nanoparticle-Modified ZnO Nanorod Arrays for Enhanced Photoluminescence-Based Optical Sensing of Oxygen

B Du, M Zhang, J Ye, D Wang, J Han, T Zhang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Novel optical gas-sensing materials for Au nanoparticle (NP)-modified ZnO nanorod (NR)
arrays were fabricated using hydrothermal synthesis and magnetron sputtering on Si …

High-performance photoluminescence-based oxygen sensing with Pr-modified ZnO nanofibers

T Jiang, B Du, H Zhang, D Yu, L Sun, G Zhao… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Praseodymium (Pr)-modified zinc oxide (ZnO) nanofibers have been fabricated using an
electrospinning-calcination method. These Pr-modified ZnO nanofibers present porous …

Room temperature optical detection of ultra-low ozone concentration using photoluminescent ZnO nanohybrids

E Christaki, E Vasilaki, E Gagaoudakis, V Binas… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The highly sensitive room temperature (RT) photoluminescence (PL) emission of zinc oxide
(ZnO) in the presence of ozone (O 3) is demonstrated for the first time. The optical materials …

An instantaneous recombination rate method for the analysis of interband recombination processes in ZnO crystals

L Santamaria, P Maddalena, S Lettieri - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) analysis is often performed to assess the
qualitative features of semiconductor crystals using predetermined functions (eg, double-or …