• 文献标题:   Electromigration with enhanced green emission in the titanium dioxide nanotube/graphene composite
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NGUYEN TT, TUNG TT, LOSIC D, ANH LTL, PHUC LH, NGUYEN XS
  • 作者关键词:   titanium dioxide nanotube, graphene, green emission, photoluminescence, electromigration
  • 出版物名称:   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1567-1739 EI 1878-1675
  • 通讯作者地址:   Duy Tan Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.cap.2019.06.008
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

One of the most studied photoluminescence emission peaks of anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) is green, located at about 520 nm, which is assigned to the radiative recombination between a mobile electron in the conduction band and oxygen vacancy defect as a trapped hole in the bandgap. Composite materials of TiO2 with graphene are normally shown by the gradual quenching of photoluminescence intensity as a result of carrier lifetime extension, which is important to enhance photocatalytic activity. Herein we report an observation of the intensity enhancement of the green PL emission in a composite TiO2 nanotube (TNT) and graphene produced through facile hydrothermal synthesis. The heterojunction formation of graphene and TNT makes the excited photoelectrons easy to diffuse from TNT to graphene. Hence, the recombination rate of mobile electrons in graphene and trapped holes located on the nanotube surface is enhanced due to the high mobility of electrons in graphene.