Modeling of luminescence-based oxygen sensing by redox-switched energy transfer in nanocrystalline TiO2:Sm3+
| Autor: | Kathriin Utt, Marko Eltermann, Raivo Jaaniso, Leonid Dolgov, Artjom Berholts, Valter Kiisk, Sven Lange |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Materials science
Quenching (fluorescence) Metals and Alloys chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Photochemistry 01 natural sciences Acceptor Oxygen 0104 chemical sciences Surfaces Coatings and Films Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Electron transfer chemistry Excited state Materials Chemistry Limiting oxygen concentration Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0210 nano-technology Luminescence Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) Instrumentation |
| Zdroj: | Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 265:556-564 |
| ISSN: | 0925-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.snb.2018.03.034 |
| Popis: | It is shown that the luminescence of Sm3+ ions, which were doped into anatase nanopowder, is highly sensitive to the presence of oxygen gas. The luminescence was effectively excited through TiO2 band-to-band absorption and exhibited oxygen sensitivity in a wide concentration range from pure O2 gas down to 100 ppm of O2 in a nitrogen atmosphere. An increase in oxygen concentration led to a stronger intensity and longer lifetime of Sm3+ luminescence, an exactly opposite behavior to luminescence-based sensors described by Stern-Volmer law. An original physical model is developed for describing such luminescent enhancement mechanism: it is proposed, that the adsorbed oxygen suppresses the inherent luminescence quenching of Sm ions taking place via a resonant energy transfer to acceptor defects in the material. Electron transfer between the adsorbed oxygen and these defects changes the structure of electronic energy levels and hence the energy accepting ability of the latter. The model allows describing the oxygen-dependent non-exponential luminescence decays in a quantitative manner and relates the luminescence characteristics to the material parameters such as the surface-to-volume ratio of nanocrystallites and the density of acceptor defects and gas adsorption sites. |
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