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Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing
TiO(2)-SiO(2)-Ag composites are fabricated by depositing TiO(2) films on silica substrates embedded with Ag nanoparticles. Enhancement of light absorption of the nanostructural composites is observed. The light absorption enhancement of the synthesized structure in comparison to TiO(2) originated fr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23402586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-73 |
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author | Xu, Jinxia Xiao, Xiangheng Stepanov, Andrey L Ren, Fen Wu, Wei Cai, Guangxu Zhang, Shaofeng Dai, Zhigao Mei, Fei Jiang, Changzhong |
author_facet | Xu, Jinxia Xiao, Xiangheng Stepanov, Andrey L Ren, Fen Wu, Wei Cai, Guangxu Zhang, Shaofeng Dai, Zhigao Mei, Fei Jiang, Changzhong |
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description | TiO(2)-SiO(2)-Ag composites are fabricated by depositing TiO(2) films on silica substrates embedded with Ag nanoparticles. Enhancement of light absorption of the nanostructural composites is observed. The light absorption enhancement of the synthesized structure in comparison to TiO(2) originated from the near-field enhancement caused by the plasmonic effect of Ag nanoparticles, which can be demonstrated by the optical absorption spectra, Raman scattering investigation, and the increase of the photocatalytic activity. The embedded Ag nanoparticles are formed by ion implantation, which effectively prevents Ag to be oxidized through direct contact with TiO(2). The suggested incorporation of plasmonic nanostructures shows a great potential application in a highly efficient photocatalyst and ultra-thin solar cell. |
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spelling | pubmed-35990792013-03-20 Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing Xu, Jinxia Xiao, Xiangheng Stepanov, Andrey L Ren, Fen Wu, Wei Cai, Guangxu Zhang, Shaofeng Dai, Zhigao Mei, Fei Jiang, Changzhong Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Express TiO(2)-SiO(2)-Ag composites are fabricated by depositing TiO(2) films on silica substrates embedded with Ag nanoparticles. Enhancement of light absorption of the nanostructural composites is observed. The light absorption enhancement of the synthesized structure in comparison to TiO(2) originated from the near-field enhancement caused by the plasmonic effect of Ag nanoparticles, which can be demonstrated by the optical absorption spectra, Raman scattering investigation, and the increase of the photocatalytic activity. The embedded Ag nanoparticles are formed by ion implantation, which effectively prevents Ag to be oxidized through direct contact with TiO(2). The suggested incorporation of plasmonic nanostructures shows a great potential application in a highly efficient photocatalyst and ultra-thin solar cell. Springer 2013-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3599079/ /pubmed/23402586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-73 Text en Copyright ©2013 Xu et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Nano Express Xu, Jinxia Xiao, Xiangheng Stepanov, Andrey L Ren, Fen Wu, Wei Cai, Guangxu Zhang, Shaofeng Dai, Zhigao Mei, Fei Jiang, Changzhong Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing |
title | Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing |
title_full | Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing |
title_fullStr | Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing |
title_full_unstemmed | Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing |
title_short | Efficiency enhancements in Ag nanoparticles-SiO(2)-TiO(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing |
title_sort | efficiency enhancements in ag nanoparticles-sio(2)-tio(2) sandwiched structure via plasmonic effect-enhanced light capturing |
topic | Nano Express |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23402586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-73 |
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