In this paper, we have investigated photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) of zirconium foil in 0.1 M water solution of citric acid. Zirconia films with diverse morphology and phase structure are formed varying the time of PEO process. Characterization by atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction shows that obtained zirconia films mostly consist of monoclinic ZrO2 phase, while corresponding roughness and crystallite size increases with PEO time. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy has shown that zirconia films have a broad absorption band in the range from 200 nm to 330 nm, indicating that zirconia films could be used as a photocatalyst using ultraviolet radiation. Strong photoluminescence bands are present in spectra featuring four distinct peaks in the 300-600 nm range. The peaks are centered at about 418 nm, 440 nm, 464 nm, and 495 nm. Apparent increase of photoluminescence intensity with PEO time is related t...o an increase of oxygen vacancy defects in zirconia films formed during the process. Also, higher concentration of oxygen vacancy defects in zirconia films result in higher photocatalytic activity.
TY - JOUR
AU - Stojadinović, Stevan D.J.
AU - Vasilić, Rastko
AU - Radić, Nenad
AU - Grbić, Boško
PY - 2015
UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1802
AB - In this paper, we have investigated photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) of zirconium foil in 0.1 M water solution of citric acid. Zirconia films with diverse morphology and phase structure are formed varying the time of PEO process. Characterization by atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction shows that obtained zirconia films mostly consist of monoclinic ZrO2 phase, while corresponding roughness and crystallite size increases with PEO time. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy has shown that zirconia films have a broad absorption band in the range from 200 nm to 330 nm, indicating that zirconia films could be used as a photocatalyst using ultraviolet radiation. Strong photoluminescence bands are present in spectra featuring four distinct peaks in the 300-600 nm range. The peaks are centered at about 418 nm, 440 nm, 464 nm, and 495 nm. Apparent increase of photoluminescence intensity with PEO time is related to an increase of oxygen vacancy defects in zirconia films formed during the process. Also, higher concentration of oxygen vacancy defects in zirconia films result in higher photocatalytic activity.
PB - Elsevier
T2 - Optical Materials
T1 - Zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation: Photo luminescent and photocatalytic properties
VL - 40
SP - 20
EP - 25
DO - 10.1016/j.optmat.2014.11.041
ER -
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author = "Stojadinović, Stevan D.J. and Vasilić, Rastko and Radić, Nenad and Grbić, Boško",
year = "2015",
abstract = "In this paper, we have investigated photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) of zirconium foil in 0.1 M water solution of citric acid. Zirconia films with diverse morphology and phase structure are formed varying the time of PEO process. Characterization by atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction shows that obtained zirconia films mostly consist of monoclinic ZrO2 phase, while corresponding roughness and crystallite size increases with PEO time. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy has shown that zirconia films have a broad absorption band in the range from 200 nm to 330 nm, indicating that zirconia films could be used as a photocatalyst using ultraviolet radiation. Strong photoluminescence bands are present in spectra featuring four distinct peaks in the 300-600 nm range. The peaks are centered at about 418 nm, 440 nm, 464 nm, and 495 nm. Apparent increase of photoluminescence intensity with PEO time is related to an increase of oxygen vacancy defects in zirconia films formed during the process. Also, higher concentration of oxygen vacancy defects in zirconia films result in higher photocatalytic activity.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Optical Materials",
title = "Zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation: Photo luminescent and photocatalytic properties",
volume = "40",
pages = "20-25",
doi = "10.1016/j.optmat.2014.11.041"
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Stojadinović, S. D.J., Vasilić, R., Radić, N.,& Grbić, B.. (2015). Zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation: Photo luminescent and photocatalytic properties. in Optical Materials
Elsevier., 40, 20-25.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.11.041
Stojadinović SD, Vasilić R, Radić N, Grbić B. Zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation: Photo luminescent and photocatalytic properties. in Optical Materials. 2015;40:20-25.
doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2014.11.041 .
Stojadinović, Stevan D.J., Vasilić, Rastko, Radić, Nenad, Grbić, Boško, "Zirconia films formed by plasma electrolytic oxidation: Photo luminescent and photocatalytic properties" in Optical Materials, 40 (2015):20-25,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.11.041 . .
