Particle swarm optimization and finite-difference time-domain (PSO/FDTD) algorithms for a surface plasmon resonance-based gas sensor

N Amoosoltani, A Zarifkar, A Farmani - Journal of Computational …, 2019 - Springer
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a spotlight technique for environmental monitoring. In
this regard, an optical gas sensor based on SPR is investigated and analyzed here. The …

Performance improvement of ultrathin organic solar cells utilizing light-trapping aluminum-titanium nitride nanosquare arrays

Z Khezripour, FF Mahani, A Mokhtari - Optical Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the crucial role of plasmonic nanostructures in enhancing the performance of
organic solar cells, the actual absorption of the active layer in these cells is restricted by the …

Nanosensors for street-lighting system

A Farmani, A Mir - Nanosensors for Smart Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
Our aim in this chapter is to review sensing devices based on street-lighting mechanism to
obtaining good results and optimally design the optical sensing devices. In the sensing …

Facile synthesis of core-shell ZnO/Cu2O heterojunction with enhanced visible light-driven photocatalytic performance

Y Wang, J Gao, X Wang, L Jin, L Fang, M Zhang… - Journal of Sol-Gel …, 2018 - Springer
As p–n heterojunction photocatalysts usually possess dramatically improved photocatalytic
activity than single photocatalysts, a novel ZnO/Cu 2 O heterojunction was designed by a …

Study of the effect of Fe doping on the structural and optical properties of CdSe films obtained using the electrochemical deposition method

D Shlimas, A Omarova, KK Kadyrzhanov… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Using the electrochemical deposition method, Fe-doped CdSe films were obtained from
electrolyte solutions. By varying an applied potential difference, films with different phase …

The electron injection rate in CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells: from a bifunctional linker and zinc oxide morphology

WL Ding, XL Peng, ZZ Sun, ZS Li - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we have investigated the effect of both the bifunctional linker (L1, L2, L3, and L4)
and ZnO morphology (porous nanoparticles (NPs), nanowires (NWs), and nanotubes (NTs-A …

Optical nonlinear enhancement through interaction between Ag nanoparticles and CdSe quantum dots

J Qu, D Jiang, L Wang, K Liu, X Xu, C Yao… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The CdSe/Al 2 O 3/Ag composite films were prepared on quartz glass substrate by
magnetron sputtering and spin coating with the CdSe oily quantum dots. The absorption …

Numerical calculation of visible light absorption enhancement of CdSe-quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 nanorod periodic array as photoanode

S Kohnehpoushi, M Eskandari… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Light absorption enhancement in a CdSe-quantum dot (QD)-sensitized TiO 2 nanorod
periodic array-based photoanode is calculated by the finite differential time domain (FDTD) …