Fiber-based plasmonic microreactor for flow chemistry

verfasst von
Simon Spelthann, Adam Filipkowski, Veronika Adolfs, Matthias Ließmann, Devin O'Neill, Elia Savino, Dariusz Pysz, Susann Spindler, Timothy Noel, Wiebke Albrecht, Airán Ródenas, Ryszard Buczynski, Michael Steinke
Abstract

The chemical industry's substantial energy use calls for disruptive and innovative technologies with significantly enhanced sustainability. While photo flow reactors offer promise, existing designs struggle with efficient photon utilization. Here, we present a specialty optical fiber designed to act as a flow reactor with smart light management. The fiber guides light in a ring core surrounding a 105 μm hollow reaction volume. We decorate the walls of the reaction volume with plasmonic nanoparticles that transduce the photon energy to the chemical reaction inside the fiber. To microfluidically access the fiber, we drill 10 μm holes through the fiber wall that act as in- and outlets. Future work will focus on assembling an all-fiber microreactor and its commissioning for flow photocatalysis.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Quantenoptik
PhoenixD: Simulation, Fabrikation und Anwendung optischer Systeme
QUEST Leibniz Forschungsschule
Externe Organisation(en)
Łukasiewicz – Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics (Łukasiewicz – IMiF)
FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics - AMOLF
Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
EurA AG
Universidad de La Laguna
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Typ
Aufsatz in Konferenzband
Publikationsdatum
29.05.2025
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Elektronische, optische und magnetische Materialien, Physik der kondensierten Materie, Angewandte Informatik, Angewandte Mathematik, Elektrotechnik und Elektronik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3056426 (Zugang: Geschlossen)
 

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