Nanomaterials (Jul 2020)

Nanocrystalline TiO<sub>2</sub> Sensitive Layer for Plasmonic Hydrogen Sensing

  • Enrico Gazzola,
  • Michela Cittadini,
  • Marco Angiola,
  • Laura Brigo,
  • Massimo Guglielmi,
  • Filippo Romanato,
  • Alessandro Martucci

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10081490
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 8
p. 1490

Abstract

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Solution processed TiO2 anatase film was used as sensitive layer for H2 detection for two plasmonic sensor configurations: A grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance sensor and a localized surface plasmon resonance sensor with gold nanoparticles. The main purpose of this paper is to elucidate the different H2 response observed for the two types of sensors which can be explained considering the hydrogen dissociation taking place on TiO2 at high temperature and the photocatalytic activity of the gold nanoparticles.

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