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Instrumentation for Reliably Determining Porous Silicon Photoluminescence Responses to Gaseous Analyte Vapors

  • Justin M. Reynard
  • , Nathan S. Van Gorder
  • , Caley A. Richardson
  • , Richie D. Eriacho
  • , Frank V. Bright
  • Erie Community College
  • KIK Custom Products
  • Lenape Valley Regional High School
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

We report new instrumentation for rapidly and reliably measuring the temperature-dependent photoluminescence response from porous silicon as a function of analyte vapor concentration. The new system maintains the porous silicon under inert conditions and it allows on-the-fly steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence intensity and hyper-spectral measurements between 293 K and 450 K. The new system yields reliable data at least 100-fold faster in comparison to previous instrument platforms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1974-1980
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Spectroscopy
Volume70
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2016

Keywords

  • photoluminescence
  • Porous silicon
  • Stern-Volmer quenching
  • temperature dependence

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