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Sun M, Chen W, Jiang X, Liu B, Tan B, Luo L, Xie M, Zhang Z. Optoelectrical Regulation of CuBi 2O 4 Photocathode via Photonic Crystal Structure for Solar-Fuel Conversion. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:43946-43954. [PMID: 36112973 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c12309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Metal oxide semiconductors have been regarded as ideal candidates for photoelectrochemical (PEC) CO2 reduction if the contradiction between photon harvesting and photocarrier collection can be resolved. The novel three-dimensional structure provides an available approach to balancing the above-mentioned contradiction. In this work, CuBi2O4 photonic crystal photocathodes with different feature sizes were developed to realize the regulation of optoelectrical properties. The resulted photocathode displays promoted PEC activity as the enhanced photocurrent and CO2 reduction activity. Such an excellent performance was attributed to the improved efficiency of charge carrier generation and collection through extending the optical path and shortening the carrier transport distance inside films. COMSOL simulations and PEC spectroscopy analysis confirmed the promoted photon harvesting capacity and carrier dynamics. This work demonstrates a feasible strategy for developing novel photocathodes with modulated microstructures in solar-fuel conversion.
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- Mengdi Sun
- Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Prediction and Control of Gansu Province, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Prediction and Control of Gansu Province, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Gold Nanoparticles in Photonic Crystals Applications: A Review. MATERIALS 2017; 10:ma10020097. [PMID: 28772458 PMCID: PMC5459143 DOI: 10.3390/ma10020097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This review concerns the recently emerged class of composite colloidal photonic crystals (PCs), in which gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are included in the photonic structure. The use of composites allows achieving a strong modification of the optical properties of photonic crystals by involving the light scattering with electronic excitations of the gold component (surface plasmon resonance, SPR) realizing a combination of absorption bands with the diffraction resonances occurring in the body of the photonic crystals. Considering different preparations of composite plasmonic-photonic crystals, based on 3D-PCs in presence of AuNPs, different resonance phenomena determine the optical response of hybrid crystals leading to a broadly tunable functionality of these crystals. Several chemical methods for fabrication of opals and inverse opals are presented together with preparations of composites plasmonic-photonic crystals: the influence of SPR on the optical properties of PCs is also discussed. Main applications of this new class of composite materials are illustrated with the aim to offer the reader an overview of the recent advances in this field.
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Ogurreck M, do Rosario JJ, Leib EW, Laipple D, Greving I, Marschall F, Last A, Schneider GA, Vossmeyer T, Weller H, Beckmann F, Müller M. Determination of the packing fraction in photonic glass using synchrotron radiation nanotomography. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2016; 23:1440-1446. [PMID: 27787250 PMCID: PMC5082463 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577516012960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Photonic glass is a material class that can be used as photonic broadband reflectors, for example in the infrared regime as thermal barrier coating films. Photonic properties such as the reflectivity depend on the ordering and material packing fraction over the complete film thickness of up to 100 µm. Nanotomography allows acquiring these key parameters throughout the sample volume at the required resolution in a non-destructive way. By performing a nanotomography measurement at the PETRA III beamline P05 on a photonic glass film, the packing fraction throughout the complete sample thickness was analyzed. The results showed a packing fraction significantly smaller than the expected random close packing giving important information for improving the fabrication and processing methods of photonic glass material in the future.
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- Malte Ogurreck
- Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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Kubrin R, Pasquarelli RM, Waleczek M, Lee HS, Zierold R, do Rosário JJ, Dyachenko PN, Montero Moreno JM, Petrov AY, Janssen R, Eich M, Nielsch K, Schneider GA. Bottom-up Fabrication of Multilayer Stacks of 3D Photonic Crystals from Titanium Dioxide. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:10466-10476. [PMID: 27045887 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A strategy for stacking multiple ceramic 3D photonic crystals is developed. Periodically structured porous films are produced by vertical convective self-assembly of polystyrene (PS) microspheres. After infiltration of the opaline templates by atomic layer deposition (ALD) of titania and thermal decomposition of the polystyrene matrix, a ceramic 3D photonic crystal is formed. Further layers with different sizes of pores are deposited subsequently by repetition of the process. The influence of process parameters on morphology and photonic properties of double and triple stacks is systematically studied. Prolonged contact of amorphous titania films with warm water during self-assembly of the successive templates is found to result in exaggerated roughness of the surfaces re-exposed to ALD. Random scattering on rough internal surfaces disrupts ballistic transport of incident photons into deeper layers of the multistacks. Substantially smoother interfaces are obtained by calcination of the structure after each infiltration, which converts amorphous titania into the crystalline anatase before resuming the ALD infiltration. High quality triple stacks consisting of anatase inverse opals with different pore sizes are demonstrated for the first time. The elaborated fabrication method shows promise for various applications demanding broadband dielectric reflectors or titania photonic crystals with a long mean free path of photons.
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- Roman Kubrin
- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) , Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) , Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg , Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology , Eissendorfer Strasse 38, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg , Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) , Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology , Eissendorfer Strasse 38, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg , Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology , Eissendorfer Strasse 38, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
- ITMO University , Kronverkskii Avenue 49, 197101, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) , Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology , Eissendorfer Strasse 38, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg , Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute for Metallic Materials, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01609 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) , Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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Shrivastava VP, Sivakumar S, Kumar J. Green Color Purification in Tb(3+) Ions through Silica Inverse Opal Heterostructure. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:11890-11899. [PMID: 25988498 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The ordered SiO2:Tb(3+) inverse opal heterostructure films are fabricated through polystyrene spheres hetero-opal template using the convective self-assembly method to examine their potential for color purification. Their optical properties and photoluminescence have been investigated and compared with individual single inverse opals and reference (SiO2:Tb(3+) powder). The heterostructures are shown to possess two broad photonic stop bands separated by an effective pass band, causing suppression of blue, orange, and red emission bands corresponding to (5)D4 → (7)F(j); j = 6, 4, 3 transitions, respectively and an enhancement of green emission (i.e., (5)D4 → (7)F5). Although the suppression of various emission occurs because of its overlap with the photonic band gaps (PSBs), the enhancement of green radiation is observed because of its location matching with the pass band region. The Commission International de l'Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates of the emission spectrum of the heterostructure based on polystyrene sphere of 390 and 500 nm diameter are x = 0.2936, y = 0.6512 and lie closest to those of standard green color (wavelength 545 nm). In addition, a significant increase observed in luminescence lifetime for (5)D4 level of terbium in inverse opal heterostructures vis-à-vis reference (SiO2:Tb(3+) powder) is attributed to the change in the effective refractive index.
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- Vishnu Prasad Shrivastava
- †Materials Science Programme, ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, §Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, ⊥Thematic Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- †Materials Science Programme, ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, §Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, ⊥Thematic Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- †Materials Science Programme, ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, §Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, ⊥Thematic Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Physicochemical properties of Al2O3 and Y2O3 nanopowders produced by laser synthesis and their aqueous dispersions. Russ Chem Bull 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-014-0627-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fabrication of a 3-dimensional nanostructured binary colloidal crystal within a confined channel. J Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 436:211-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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do Rosário JJ, Dyachenko PN, Kubrin R, Pasquarelli RM, Petrov AY, Eich M, Schneider GA. Facile deposition of YSZ-inverse photonic glass films. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:12335-12345. [PMID: 25036409 DOI: 10.1021/am502110p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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An alternative all-colloidal and single-step deposition method of yttrium-stabilized zirconia (YSZ)-infiltrated polymeric photonic glass films is presented. Heterocoagulation of oppositely charged polystyrene (PS) microspheres and YSZ nanocrystals in aqueous dispersions created PS/YSZ core-shell spheres. These composite particles were deposited on glass substrates by a simple drop-coating process. Heterocoagulation impaired self-assembly of the particles, resulting in a disordered structure. Burn-out of the polymer yielded a random array of YSZ shells. The effect of the filling fraction of YSZ between these shells was explored. YSZ-inverse photonic glass films with a thickness below 40 μm achieved 70% reflectance of the incident radiation over a broad wavelength range between 0.4 and 2.2 μm. The YSZ structures demonstrated structural stability up to 1000 °C and maintained high reflectance up to 1200 °C for several hours, thus enabling applications as broadband reflectors at elevated temperatures.
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- Jefferson J do Rosário
- Institute of Advanced Ceramics, Hamburg University of Technology , Denickestrasse 15, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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