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Mesoscale organization of titania thin films enables oxygen sensing at room temperature Rassu, Pietro Malfatti, Luca Carboni, Davide Casula, Maria F. Garroni, Sebastiano Zampetti, Emiliano Macagnano, Antonella Bearzotti, Andrea Innocenzi, Plinio Materiales Ensayos (Tecnología) Materials Testing The application of titania materials to gas sensing devices based on thin films are of limited utility because they only operate at a high working temperature and exhibit in general a low sensitivity. To overcome these constraints, a new type of oxygen sensor based on mesoporous titania thin films working at room temperature under UV irradiation has been developed. The increased density of charge carriers induced by the photoconductive effect, has been used to enhance the sensitivity of the thin oxide layers. Mesostructured titania films have been prepared via self-assembly and thermal processing to remove the organic template obtaining anatase nanocrystals. The mesoporous films show a striking decrease of the current in the presence of oxygen that acts as an electron scavenger. Mesoporous samples exhibit a much higher response with respect to dense titania, due to the higher surface area and the larger number of surface defects. RAS is acknowledged for funding this project through CRP 30 L.R. 7/2007 ‘‘Bando Capitale Umano ad Alta Qualificazione annualita` 2015’’. This work was partially supported by the project ‘‘Mi ADATTI E L’ABBATTI’’- INSTM-Regione Lombardia project INSTMRL6. 2021-04-27T09:41:21Z 2021-04-27T09:41:21Z 2017-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2050-7526 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5736 10.1039/C7TC03397D 2050-7534 eng Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2017, V. 5, n. 45, p. 11815-11823 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TC03397D info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Regione Lombardia/INSTMRL6 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Royal Society of Chemistry