Zinc oxide nanowires were synthesized by means of evaporation-condensation technique and their green photoluminescence emission at room temperature was studied during exposure to nitrogen dioxide, ethanol and humidity. A reversible modification of static photoluminescence efficiency was obtained upon exposure to low concentrations of nitrogen dioxide. The optical sensor was able to detect NO(2) values as low as 0.1 ppm in dry air, that is the attention level for outdoor detection. Time-resolved photoluminescence measurements in presence of NO(2) showed small modification of recombination rates and lifetimes due to introduction of quencher gas. The results support a surface static quenching model, according to which the gas molecules suppress a fraction of radiative transitions instead of merely reducing their probabilities
Luminescence response of ZnO nanowires to gas adsorption
C Baratto;E Comini;G Sberveglieri;S Lettieri;L Santamaria;P Maddalena
2009
Abstract
Zinc oxide nanowires were synthesized by means of evaporation-condensation technique and their green photoluminescence emission at room temperature was studied during exposure to nitrogen dioxide, ethanol and humidity. A reversible modification of static photoluminescence efficiency was obtained upon exposure to low concentrations of nitrogen dioxide. The optical sensor was able to detect NO(2) values as low as 0.1 ppm in dry air, that is the attention level for outdoor detection. Time-resolved photoluminescence measurements in presence of NO(2) showed small modification of recombination rates and lifetimes due to introduction of quencher gas. The results support a surface static quenching model, according to which the gas molecules suppress a fraction of radiative transitions instead of merely reducing their probabilitiesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
