Oxygen and relative humidity monitoring with films tailored for enhanced photoluminescence

Cui, Weipan; Liu, Rui; Manna, Eeshita; Park, Joong -Mok; Fungura, Fadzai; Shinar, Joseph; Shinar, Ruth

doi:10.1016/j.aca.2014.10.035

Title: Oxygen and relative humidity monitoring with films tailored for enhanced photoluminescence

Journal Article · Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Analytica Chimica Acta

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2014.10.035· OSTI ID:1225526

Cui, Weipan ^[1]; Liu, Rui ^[1]; Manna, Eeshita ^[2]; Park, Joong -Mok ^[1]; Fungura, Fadzai ^[1]; Shinar, Joseph ^[1]; Shinar, Ruth ^[3]

Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

In this study, approaches to generate porous or doped sensing films, which significantly enhance the photoluminescence (PL) of oxygen optical sensors, and thus improve the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio, are presented. Tailored films, which enable monitoring the relative humidity (RH) as well, are also presented. Effective porous structures, in which the O₂-sensitive dye Pt octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP) or the Pd analog PdOEP was embedded, were realized by first generating blend films of polyethylene glycol (PEG) with polystyrene (PS) or with ethyl cellulose (EC), and then immersing the dried films in water to remove the water-soluble PEG. This approach creates pores (voids) in the sensing films. The dielectric contrast between the films’ constituents and the voids increases photon scattering, which in turn increases the optical path of the excitation light within the film, and hence light absorption by the dye, and its PL. Optimized sensing films with a PEG:PS ratio of 1:4 (PEG’s molecular weight M_w ~8000) led to ~4.4× enhancement in the PL (in comparison to PS films). Lower M_w ~200 PEG with a PEG:EC ratio of 1:1 led to a PL enhancement of ~4.7×. Film-dependent PL enhancements were observed at all oxygen concentrations. The strong PL enhancement enables (i) using lower dye (luminophore) concentrations, (ii) reducing power consumption and enhancing the sensor’s operational lifetime when using organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) as excitation sources, (iii) improving performance when using compact photodetectors with no internal gain, and (iv) reliably extending the dynamic range.

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Research Organization:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358; AC 02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1225526

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1355053

Report Number(s):: IS-J-8536; PII: S0003267014012902

Journal Information:: Analytica Chimica Acta, Vol. 853, Issue C; ISSN 0003-2670

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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