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Young-Chul Leem1,2, NoSoung Myoung1, Sang-Hyun Hong2,3, Sehee Jeong1, Okkyun Seo4, Seong-Ju Park2,5, Sang-Youp Yim1, Joon Heon Kim1.
Abstract
A new design for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with on-chip photocatalysts is presented for purification applications. An array of disk-shaped TiO2, with a diameter of several hundred nanometers, combined with SiO2 pedestals was fabricated directly on the surface of an InGaN-based near-ultraviolet (UV) LED using a dry etching process. The high refractive-index contrast at the boundary and the circular shape can effectively confine the near-UV light generated from the LED through multiple internal reflections inside the TiO2 nanodisks. Such a feature results in the enhancement of light absorption by the photocatalytic TiO2. The degradation of the organic dye malachite green was monitored as a model photocatalytic reaction. The proposed structure of LEDs with TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal array exhibited a photocatalytic activity that was three times higher than the activity of LEDs with a TiO2 planar layer. The integration of photocatalytic materials with near-UV LEDs in a single system is promising for various purification applications, such as sterilization and disinfection. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.Entities:
Year: 2022 PMID: 36134344 PMCID: PMC9400512 DOI: 10.1039/d2na00305h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanoscale Adv ISSN: 2516-0230
Fig. 1Schematic of the fabrication steps of the TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal array on the near-UV LED: Dip-coating for self-assembling the silica spheres (1 μm in diameter) on the TiO2 layer; dry etching of the TiO2/SiO2 layer using the close-packed silica sphere monolayer as an etching mask; removal of the residual silica spheres using an adhesive tape; metallization to form p- and n-electrode metals. Inset illustrates the cross-sectional view of the final structure with the TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal array on the near-UV LED.
Fig. 2(a) Two-dimensional colloidal crystal on a TiO2/SiO2 layer grown on a 2 inch-diameter sapphire substrate. (b) Top-view SEM image of the 2D hexagonal crystal of silica spheres with a diameter of 1 μm before ICP etching. Inset is the cross-sectional SEM image of the residual silica spheres on the TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal array after ICP etching. SEM images with a 45°-inclined angle view of (c) pristine TiO2 nanodisk array and (d) TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal array. Insets are the corresponding cross-sectional SEM images of nanodisks.
Fig. 3XRD patterns of the TiO2 film on the sapphire substrate with and without annealing at 450 °C for 3 h.
Fig. 4UV-vis absorption spectra of (a) pristine TiO2 nanodisks and (b) TiO2 nanodisks on SiO2 pedestals compared to their planar films.
Fig. 5Photocatalytic degradation of MG as a function of the operation time of LEDs for the planar TiO2 film, TiO2 nanodisk array, and TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal array. Each dashed line presents the linear fitting for the measured data.
Fig. 6Simulated electric field distribution in the x–y plane and the cross-sectional (x–z) plane of (a and b) pristine TiO2 nanodisk and (c and d) TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal. Dashed lines indicate the position of the nanodisk.
Fig. 7Experimental CSEM images of (a) TiO2 nanodisk array and (b) TiO2/SiO2 nanodisk/pedestal array on the near-UV LED at an injection current of 20 mA. Circular dashed lines indicate the position of nanodisks.