ITO玻璃上鲁米诺的电化学发光行为研究

鲁米诺在ITO玻璃上有良好的电化学发光,检测灵敏度极高,检测下限可达到10-15 mol·L-1数量级。研究表明,鲁米诺的电化学氧化反应分两步进行, 均伴随有电化学发光产生。虽然第一步反应的发光相对较弱,但该电化学反应是可逆反应,对研究电化学发光传感器十分有利,结合ITO玻璃有良好的透光性,可进一步研制电化学发光流动电解池。文章还考察了电学参数和溶解氧对ITO玻璃上鲁米诺ECL的影响,并探讨了发光机理。     

中性介质中I-对鲁米诺电化学发光的增敏作用及机理研究

在中性鲁米诺电化学发光体系研究的基础上, 对中性介质中I-对鲁米诺电化学发光的增敏作用进行了研究, 结果表明, 在选定的条件下, 碘离子显著增强鲁米诺的电化学发光, 可以灵敏地对I-进行检测, 线性范围为3.8×10-7～2.2×10-6 mol·L-1, 检测下限达到4.0×10-8 mol·L-1. 该反应过程为涉及自由基的过程, 碘离子在电化学氧化过程中生成自由基, 并经过能量转移提高鲁米诺自由基的生成和激发, 提高电化学发光的量子效率, 从而起到增敏作用.     

影响鲁米诺体系电致化学发光因素的研究

系统研究了鲁米诺体系的电致化学发光行为 ,发现电学参数和溶液的酸碱性很大程度地影响电化学发光的产生、光强及连续性。确定了在碱性环境中的最佳电化学发光条件 ,发现在 KOH- KCl( p H=12 .5)介质中 ,于 Pt电极上施加 +1.3V( vs.Ag/ Ag Cl)的正矩形脉冲 ,可得到鲁米诺的最佳发光信号。发光强度与鲁米诺的浓度在 1.0× 10 -7— 1.0× 10 -5mol/ L范围内呈线性关系。并讨论了 H2 O2 及硫脲对鲁米诺的电致化学发光的影响。     

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol at a carbon nanotube-perfluorosulfonate polymer (Nafion) modified gold electrode

A multi-wall carbon nanotube/Nafion modified gold electrode (CNT/Nafion/GE) was fabricated by casting the composite film on the electrode surface. Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of luminol at the modified gold electrode was studied under conventional cyclic voltammetry in alkaline Na₂CO₃-NaHCO₃ buffer solution. Three ECL peaks were obtained. The most strong ECL peak (ECL-1) was enhanced about 20-fold at the CNT/Nafion modified gold electrode compared with that at the bare gold electrode. The emitter of all the ECL peaks was indentified as 3-aminophthalate. The intensities of ECL peaks were found to depend on the ratio of CNT/Nafion, the electrolytes, the pH, and the presence of O₂ and N₂. The mechanisms of all ECL peaks have been proposed. The results indicate that carbon nanotubes have a significantly catalytic effect on luminol ECL, which might further expand the analytical application of nanomaterial-modified electrode in the field of electrogenerated chemiluminescence.     

纳米MnO2对鲁米诺电化学发光的增敏作用

合成了纳米MnO2,考察了在碱性条件下将纳米MnO2添加到溶液体系中以及用溶胶-凝胶法修饰在铂电极上对鲁米诺的电化学发光(ECL)的影响,实验结果表明,在碱性条件下纳米MnO2在溶液体系中和修饰在铂片电极上对鲁米诺的电化学发光都有明显的增强作用.进一步研究了在纳米MnO2存在下,鲁米诺在铂片电极表面的固定,并制得电化学发光电极,获得良好性能.     

CdSe/ZnS电化学发光法测定去甲肾上腺素

以巯基丙酸为稳定剂制备了水溶性CdSe/ZnS量子点,并采用滴涂法制备了CdSe/ZnS修饰的金电极（CdSe/ZnS/GE）,研究其电化学发光（ECL）性质,考察了pH、CdSe/ZnS浓度、扫描速度、静置时间等实验条件对ECL强度的影响。结果表明,在碱性溶液中,去甲肾上腺素（NE）在鲁米诺溶液中对CdSe/ZnS的电化学发光信号有明显的增敏作用,由此建立了一种检测去甲肾上腺素的新方法。当去甲肾上腺素的浓度（C_NE）在2.3×10^-5~1.0×10^-8 mol/L范围内时,去甲肾上腺素的浓度与相对电化学发光强度呈现良好的线性关系。线性回归方程为ΔI_ECL=118.788C_NE-15.333（R=0.994 4）,最低检测限（S/N=3）为0.33×10^-8 mol/L。     

Light extraction efficiency enhancement in organic light emitting diodes based on optimized multilayer structures

The main focus of this study is to improve the light extraction efficiency, as well as directionality of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) using multi-layer structures between Indium tin Oxide (ITO) and glass layers in a typical OLED. In conventional OLEDs, only about half of the light generated in the emission zone can reach to the glass substrate due to refractive index mismatch in ITO (n = 1.8?i0.01)/glass (n = 1.51) interface. The main attempt is to reduce the share of total internal reflection (TIR) and hence, the effect of different structures such as Thue-Morse and Fibonacci have been investigated and optimized with suitable layer thickness and materials based on Transfer Matrix Method (TMM). The most effective Multi-layer structures have been added to conventional OLED and have been analyzed the extraction efficiency using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. Results show large enhancement of extraction efficiency (about 40%) in ITO/glass interface. Using this idea and applying micro-lenses array to glass substrate at the same time, one can get even higher extraction efficiency in OLED. The interesting aspect of this project is its easy fabrication process in order to commercialize the product with highest extraction efficiency and low fabrication cost.     

Preserving long-term emission stability of carbon nanotube field emitter using aluminum layer

Carbon nanotube (CNT) field emitter was fabricated, and then its emission stability was evaluated with three different anode structures; indium tin oxide (ITO)/glass, ZnS:Cu,Al(green phosphor)/ITO/glass, and Al/ZnS:Cu,Al/ITO/glass. It was found that the electron emission from CNTs to the phosphor layer degrades much faster than the emission to ITO layer does. The current decay time from 100 μA/cm² to 50 μA/cm² for ITO/glass and ZnS:Cu,Al/ITO/glass were 250 h and 20 h, respectively. Such rapid decay in emission current with the phosphor-coated anode was found to be attributed to the formation of Zn particles on CNTs during the field emission. However, the deposition of aluminum layer on the phosphor, in other words, using the anode structure of Al/ZnS:Cu,Al/ITO/glass recovered the stability that is comparable to that with an ITO/glass. The aluminum layer was found to efficiently prevent phosphor elements from being degassed, preserving the long-term emission stability of carbon nanotubes.     

Determination of l-proline based on anodic electrochemiluminescence of CdTe quantum dots

A novel flow injection method for detection of l-proline was proposed in the presence of CdTe quantum dots (QDs). This method is based on the enhanced anodic electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emission of CdTe QDs l-proline in aqueous system. CdTe QDs were modified with thioglycolic acid to obtain stable water-soluble QDs and intensive anodic ECL emission in Na₂CO₃–NaHCO₃ buffer solution at an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode, which was used for the sensitive detection of ECL enhancement using our homemade flow cell. Under the optimal conditions, the ECL intensity was correlated linearly with the concentration of l-proline over the range of 1.0×10^?8?1.0×10^?4 g mL^?1 (r=0.9996) and the detection limit was 5.0×10^?9 g mL^?1. The relative standard deviation was 1.12% for 6.0×10^?5 g mL^?1 l-proline (n=11). The possible mechanism was discussed. This method put forward a new efficient ECL methodology for enhancement-related determination of l-proline successfully.     

A novel proposal for enhancement of light extraction efficiency in WOLEDs based on optimized photonic crystal structures

In this paper we propose a framework to enhance light extraction efficiency in white organic light emitting diodes (WOLED) using photonic crystal (PhC) structures sandwiched between indium tin oxide (ITO, n_ITO = 1.8+0.01i) and glass (n_glass = 1.51) substrate, according to the high refractive index contrast of these two layers almost 50% of the generated light inside WOLED gets trapped in the mentioned interface. The main purpose of this article is to suggest a method to intentionally optimize PhC structures to reduce total internal reflections (TIR) happening at ITO/glass interface. Here three different patterns are considered including rectangular, hexagonal and circular lattices. Using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method and the presented framework for choosing structural parameters the portion of 50% trapped light in ITO was reduced to 20% which is a large enhancement in extraction efficiency of WOLED. Also far-field results before and after adding PhCs are investigated.     

Boosting the electrochemiluminescence of luminol by high-intensity focused ultrasound pretreatment combined with 1T/2H MoS2 catalysis to construct a sensitive sensing platform

In the luminol-O₂ ECL system, O₂ as an endogenous coreactant has the advantages of non-toxicity and stability. Improving the efficiency to generate radicals of O₂ is a challenge currently. In this work, a strategy combining physical method - ultrasound and nanomaterial with unique physicochemical properties was designed to enhance the ECL signal of luminol-O₂ system. Specifically, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) pretreatment as a non-invasive method could generate ROS (H₂O₂, O₂^•−, OH•, ¹O₂) in situ, triggering and boosting the ECL signal of luminol. In addition, 1T/2H MoS₂ with excellent catalytic activity could catalyze the H₂O₂ produced in situ, accelerate the oxidation of luminol and further enhance the ECL response. At the same time, combined with the catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) reaction, the constructed ECL biosensing platform showed excellent performance for the detection of miRNA-155. The concentration range of 0.1 fM ∼ 1 nM with the detection limit as low as 0.057 fM were obtained. Furthermore, the ECL biosensor was also successfully applied to the determination of miRNA-155 in human serum samples. The established ECL sensing platform opens up a promising method for the detection of clinical biomarkers.     

Ultrasound-pretreatment combined with Ti3C2-TiO2-AuNPs enhancing the electrogenerated chemiluminescence of the air-saturated luminol for exosomes detection

It is still a great challenge to develop effective strategies to improve the low electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of air-saturated luminol. Herein, the synergistic effects of Ti₃C₂-TiO₂-AuNPs nano hybrid and high-intensity focused ultrasound pretreatment (ultrasound-pretreatment) were used to significantly improve the ECL emission of the air-saturated luminol, and the mechanism was proposed. The ultrasound-pretreatment as a green method with the cavitation effect could form O₂^–• and H₂O₂ in situ as an initiator. TiO₂ and Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) were in situ decorated on the Ti₃C₂ surface to form Ti₃C₂-TiO₂-AuNPs, and it was proved as a highly efficient booster which could catalyze and aggregate H₂O₂ to the O₂^–•. The utilization rate of intermediates has been greatly improved. Exosomes as model targets can be sensitively detected by the ECL sensor. The detection limit was 195 particles μL⁻¹. The detection results of exosomes in actual samples are satisfactory. We believe that the ultrasound-pretreatment strategy could be extended to the sensitive detection in the biological sample.     

The effects of sodium in ITO by pulsed laser deposition on organic light-emitting diodes

The depth profile of ITO on glass was measured by the time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOFSIMS) which revealed high sodium (Na) ion concentration at the ITO surface as well as at the ITO–glass interface as a result of out diffusion with substrate heating. Effects of Na ions on the performance of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) were studied by etching away a few tens of nanometers off the ITO surface with a dilute aquaregia solution of HNO₃:HCl:H₂O. A single-layer, molecularly doped ITO/(PVK+TPD+Alq₃)/Al OLEDs were fabricated on bare and etched ITO samples. Although the removal of a 10-nm layer of ITO surface increased the voltage range, brightness, and lifetime, it was insufficient to correlate these improvements with solely to the Na ion reduction without considering the surface roughness.     

Work function measurements on indium tin oxide films

We determined the work function of indium tin oxide (ITO) films on glass substrates using photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The ITO coated glass substrates were chemically cleaned ex-situ, oxygen plasma treated ex-situ, or sputtered in-situ. Our results suggest that the performance of ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) measurements can induce a significant work function reduction on the order of 0.4–0.5 eV, on ex-situ chemically and oxygen-plasma treated ITO samples. This was demonstrated by the use of low intensity X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) work function measurements before and after the UPS measurements were carried out.     

Metal oxide buffer layer for improving performance of polymer solar cells

We report the application of aluminum doped ZnO (ZnO:Al) layer as a buffer on ITO glass for fabrication of non-inverted polymer solar cells. The ZnO:Al thin film was deposited using DC magnetron sputtering, with the thickness being varied from 23 to 100 nm. The devices showed most discernible improvements in their efficiencies when a thin layer of ZnO:Al film of thickness ∼40 nm was introduced. The observed enhancement in short circuit current density and open circuit voltage is likely attributed to the role of the ZnO:Al film as an optical tuner and an interfacial diffusion barrier. The result suggests that a metal oxide layer inserted between ITO and polymer layers can be a route for improving both efficiency and stability of polymer solar cells.     

Study of Zinc Oxide nano/micro rods grown on ITO and glass substrates

Highly oriented multilinked ZnO nano and micro rods were deposited using aqueous solution growth technique on ITO and glass substrates. Their study provides a basic understanding of effect of the base material on the growth of nanorods. An equimolar aqueous solution of Zinc nitrate and hexamine (HMT) was used for the preparation of ZnO nanorods arrays. ZnO was deposited on ITO and glass substrates after establishing the optimal pH and concentration, which yield the best substrate coverage for precursor solution. To achieve uniform growth and high density of ZnO nanorods, the prepared solution was heated at certain constant temperature. The experimental results have been obtained by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and Fluorescence Spectroscope which shows highly oriented nanorods perpendicular to the surface of substrates and a comparative study of ITO and glass grown nanorod arrays shows that the structural chemistry of the substrate clearly affects the growth nanostructures. The high variation in optical properties can be attributed by the heating temperatures and limited presence of reactants available for the controlled growth on substrates. It is also observed confined and decreased particle size with enhanced nucleation on ITO substrate as compared to glass. Due to the physical limitations in the growth, this kinetically controlled nucleation would be responsible for producing the highly uniform, dense and perpendicularly oriented nanorods.     

Preparation and characterization of nanocrystalline ITO thin films on glass and clay substrates by ion-beam sputter deposition method

Nanocrystalline indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were prepared on clay-1 (Clay-TPP-LP-SA), clay-2 (Clay-TPP-SA) and glass substrates using ion-beam sputter deposition method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns showed that the as-deposited ITO films on both clay-1 and clay-2 substrates were a mixture of amorphous and polycrystalline. But the as-deposited ITO films on glass substrates were polycrystalline. The surface morphologies of as-deposited ITO/glass has smooth surface; in contrast, ITO/clay-1 has rough surface. The surface roughnesses of ITO thin films on glass and clay-1 substrate were calculated as 4.3 and 83 nm, respectively. From the AFM and SEM analyses, the particle sizes of nanocrystalline ITO for a film thickness of 712 nm were calculated as 19.5 and 20 nm, respectively. Optical study showed that the optical transmittance of ITO/clay-2 was higher than that of ITO/clay-1. The sheet resistances of as-deposited ITO/clay-1 and ITO/clay-2 were calculated as 76.0 and 63.0 Ω/□, respectively. The figure of merit value for as-deposited ITO/clay-2 (12.70 × 10⁻³/Ω) was also higher than that of ITO/clay-1 (9.6 × 10⁻³/Ω), respectively. The flexibilities of ITO/clay-1 and ITO/clay-2 were evaluated as 13 and 12 mm, respectively. However, the ITO-coated clay-2 substrate showed much better optical and electrical properties as well as flexibility as compared to clay-1.     

Ultrafast laser ablation of indium tin oxide thin films for organic light-emitting diode application

Ultrafast laser ablation of ITO thin film coated on the glass has been investigated as a function of laser fluence as well as the number of laser pulses. The ablation threshold of ITO thin film was found to be 0.07 J/cm² that is much lower than that of glass substrate (about 1.2–1.6 J/cm²), which leads to a selective ablation of ITO film without damage on glass substrate. The changes in the electrical resistance and morphology of ablated trench of ITO electrode were found to be strongly dependent on the processing conditions. We present the performance of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) fabricated with ITO electrode patterned by ultrafast laser ablation.     

利用N型半导体纳米材料抑制单量子点的荧光闪烁特性

利用N型半导体纳米材料氧化铟锡(ITO)作为单CdSe/ZnS量子点的基质来抑制单量子点的荧光闪烁特性. 实验采用激光扫描共聚焦显微成像系统测量了单量子点荧光的亮、暗态持续时间的概率密度分布的指数截止的幂律特性, 并与直接吸附在SiO₂玻片上的单CdSe/ZnS量子点的荧光特性进行比较. 研究发现处于ITO中的单量子点比SiO₂玻片上的单量子点荧光亮态持续时间提高两个数量级, 掺杂于ITO中的单量子点的荧光寿命约减小为SiO₂玻片上的单量子点的荧光寿命的41%, 并且寿命分布宽度变小50%.     

Field emission properties of carbon nanotube film using a spray method

We fabricated carbon nanotube (CNT) emitters by a spray method using a CNT suspension with ethanol. Indium with a low melting pointing metal or indium tin oxide (ITO) was deposited on the glass substrate. The CNTs were sprayed on these layers and thermally annealed. The sprayed CNTs on an ITO were obtained a high emission current density, field enhancement factor, and a uniform emission pattern than the sprayed CNTs on an ITO layer. We found that the sprayed emitters on the indium layer had good field emission characteristics because of the strong adherence between the metal layer and CNTs.