Photoluminescence and hydrogen gas-sensing properties of titanium dioxide nanostructures synthesized by hydrothermal treatments

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1656-1665

  Sikhwivhilu, Lucky M ^a   Mpelane, Siyasanga ^a   Mwakikunga, Bonex W ^a   Sinha Ray, Suprakas ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

photoluminescence and hydrogen sensing behaviors; synthesis and characterization; titanium dioxide nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITIES; EMISSION LINES; GAS SENSING PROPERTIES; GRADUAL CHANGES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN GAS SENSING; HYDROGEN-SENSING; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; LOWER ENERGIES; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; RECOVERY TIME; SENSING TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; TIO; TUBULAR STRUCTURES;

HYDROGEN; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; OXIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84859125228     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am2018089     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Amano, F.; Yasumoto, T.; Shibayama, T.; Uchida, S.; Ohtani, B. Appl. Catal., B 2009, 89, 583
2. Suzuki, Y.; Pichon, B. P.; D'elia, D.; Beauger, C.; Yoshikawa, S. J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 2009, 117, 381
3. Yu, H. G.; Yu, J. G.; Cheng, B.; Zhou, M. H. J. Solid State Chem. 2006, 179, 349
4. Nian, J.-N.; Teng, H. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 4193
5. Lan, Y.; Gao, X. P.; Zhu, H. Y.; Zheng, Z. F.; Yan, T. Y.; Wu, F.; Ringer, S. P.; Song, D. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 1310
6. Yoshida, R.; Suzuki, Y.; Yoshikawa, S. J. Solid State Chem. 2005, 178, 2179
7. Fujishima, A.; Honda, K. Nature 1972, 238, 37
8. Dagan, G.; Tomkiewicz, M. J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 12651
9. Fukushima, K.; Yamada, I. J. Appl. Phys. 1989, 65, 619
10. Bavykin, D. V.; Milsom, E. V.; Marken, F.; Kim, D. H.; Marsh, D. H.; Riley, D. J.; Walsh, F. C.; El-Abiary, K. H.; Lapkin, A. A. Electrochem. Commun. 2005, 7, 1050
11. Hou, L. R.; Yuan, C. Z.; Peng, Y. J. Hazard. Mater. 2007, 139, 310
12. Xu, J. C.; Lu, M.; Guo, X. Y.; Li, H. L. J. Mol. Catal. A 2005, 226, 123
13. Bavykin, D. V.; Friedrich, J. M.; Walsh, F. C. Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 2807
14. Grätzel, M.; O'Regan, B. J. Photochem. Photobiol. 1991, 353, 737
15. Alam Khan, M.; Shaheer Akhtar, M.; Woo, S. I.; Yang, O.-B. Catal. Commun. 2008, 10, 1
16. Chopra, N. G.; Luyken, R. J.; Cherry, K.; Crespi, V. H.; Cohen, M. L.; Louie, S. G. Science 1995, 269, 966
17. Satishkumar, B. C.; Govindaraj, A.; Voli, E. M.; Basumallic, L.; Rao, C. N. R. J. Mater. Res. 1997, 12, 604
18. Nakamura, H.; Matsui, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 2651
19. Ajayan, P. M.; Stephan, O.; Redlich, P.; Colliex, C. Nature 1995, 395, 564
20. Hoyer, P. Langmuir 1996, 12, 1141
21. Bavykin, D. V.; Gordeev, S. N.; Moskalenko, A. V.; Lapkin, A. A.; Walsh, F. C. J. Phys.Chem. B 2005, 109, 8565
22. Masaki, N.; Uchida, S.; Yamane, H.; Sato, T. Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 419
23. Sun, X.; Chen, X.; Li, Y. Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 4996
24. Erdey, L. Gravimetric Analysis; Pergamon: New York, 1965, 459.
25. Feist, T. P.; Davies, P. K. J. Solid State Chem. 1992, 101, 275
26. Kasuga, T.; Hiramatsu, M.; Hoson, A.; Sekino, T.; Niihara, K. Langmuir 1998, 14, 3160
27. Sun, X.; Li, Y. Chem.-Eur. J. 2003, 9, 2229
28. Yao, B. D.; Chan, Y. F.; Zhang, X. Y.; Zhang, W. F.; Yang, Z. Y.; Wang, N. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2003, 82, 281
29. Zhang, S.; Li, W.; Jin, Z.; Yang, J.; Zhang, J.; Du, Z.; Zhang, Z. J. Solid State Chem. 2004, 177, 1365
30. Kim, G. S.; Godbole, V. P.; Seo, H. K.; Kim, Y. S.; Shin, H. S. Electrochem. Commun. 2006, 8, 471
31. Poudel, B.; Wang, W. Z.; Dames, C.; Huang, J. Y.; Kunwar, S.; Wang, D. Z.; Banerjee, D.; Chen, G.; Ren, Z. F. Nanotechnology 2005, 16, 1935
32. Qamar, M.; Yoon, C. R.; Oh, H. J.; Kim, D. H.; Jho, J. H.; Lee, K. S.; Lee, W. J.; Lee, H. G.; Kim, S. J. Nanotechnology 2006, 17, 5922
33. Banfield, J. F.; Bischof, B. L.; Anderson, M. A. Chem. Geo. 1993, 110, 211
34. Sikhwivhilu, L. M. PhD thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johanessburg, South Africa, 2007; p 189.
35. Mwakikunga, B. W.; Sideras-Haddad, E.; Witcomb, M.; Arendse, C.; Forbes, A. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2009, 9, 3286
36. Giorgi, G.; Palummo, M.; Chiodo, L.; Yamashita, K. Phys. Rev. B 2001, 84, 073404-1-07340
37. Liu, B.; Wen, L.; Zhao, X. Mater. Chem. Phys. 2001, 106, 350
38. Xiang, Q. J.; Lv, K. L.; Yu, J. G. J. Appl. Catal. B 2010, 96, 557