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Title: Reversible Tuning of the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystals by Gas-Phase Oxidation and Reduction

Abstract

Heavily doped oxide nanocrystals exhibit a tunable localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in the infrared, a property that is promising for applications in photonics, spectroscopy, and photochemistry. Nanocrystal carrier density and, thus, spectral response are adjustable via chemical reaction; yet, the fundamental processes that govern this behavior are poorly understood. In this work, we study the time dependence of the LSPR supported by indium tin oxide (ITO) nanocrystals during O2 and N2 annealing with in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). We show that the LSPR red-shifts upon oxidation in O2 and blue-shifts to its original position upon reduction in N2. A reaction–diffusion model allows us to rationalize the underlying physicochemical processes and quantitatively connect nanocrystal redox chemistry, solid-state diffusion, carrier density, and the LSPR.

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  1. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1470288
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012577
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 29; Related Information: UNCAGE-ME partners with Georgia Institute of Technology (lead); Lehigh University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; University of Alabama; University of Florida; University of Wisconsin; Washington University in St. Louis; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Hu, Weize, Guo, Siwei, Gaul, Jonathan P., Boebinger, Matthew G., McDowell, Matthew T., and Filler, Michael A. Reversible Tuning of the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystals by Gas-Phase Oxidation and Reduction. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02733.
Hu, Weize, Guo, Siwei, Gaul, Jonathan P., Boebinger, Matthew G., McDowell, Matthew T., & Filler, Michael A. Reversible Tuning of the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystals by Gas-Phase Oxidation and Reduction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02733
Hu, Weize, Guo, Siwei, Gaul, Jonathan P., Boebinger, Matthew G., McDowell, Matthew T., and Filler, Michael A. Wed . "Reversible Tuning of the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystals by Gas-Phase Oxidation and Reduction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02733. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1470288.
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title = {Reversible Tuning of the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Indium Tin Oxide Nanocrystals by Gas-Phase Oxidation and Reduction},
author = {Hu, Weize and Guo, Siwei and Gaul, Jonathan P. and Boebinger, Matthew G. and McDowell, Matthew T. and Filler, Michael A.},
abstractNote = {Heavily doped oxide nanocrystals exhibit a tunable localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in the infrared, a property that is promising for applications in photonics, spectroscopy, and photochemistry. Nanocrystal carrier density and, thus, spectral response are adjustable via chemical reaction; yet, the fundamental processes that govern this behavior are poorly understood. In this work, we study the time dependence of the LSPR supported by indium tin oxide (ITO) nanocrystals during O2 and N2 annealing with in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). We show that the LSPR red-shifts upon oxidation in O2 and blue-shifts to its original position upon reduction in N2. A reaction–diffusion model allows us to rationalize the underlying physicochemical processes and quantitatively connect nanocrystal redox chemistry, solid-state diffusion, carrier density, and the LSPR.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02733},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
number = 29,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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