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The blue-green photoluminescence emitted by pure and electron-doped strontium titanate under intense pulsed near-ultraviolet excitation is studied experimentally, as a function of excitation intensity and temperature. Both emission spectra…
We investigated the nanosecond-scale time decay of the blue-green light emitted by nominally pure SrTiO$_3$ following the absorption of an intense picosecond laser pulse generating a high density of electron-hole pairs. Two independent…
Perovskite SrTiO3 (STO) is an attractive photocatalyst for solar water splitting, but suffers from a limited photoresponse in the ultraviolet spectral range due to its wide band gap. By means of hybrid density functional theory…
The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of Ar-ion irradiated single crystals of SrTiO3 (STO) excited by the 325 nm line of a He-Cd laser are compared with those of pristine crystals, epitaxial films, and amorphous layers of STO at several…
In this report, the optical properties of Ta doped SrTiO3 (STO) due to its potential in transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) is explored by a combination of theoretical studies based on density functional theory and spectroscopic…
Thermoelectric energy conversion - the exploitation of the Seebeck effect to convert waste heat into electricity - has attracted an increasing amount of research attention for energy harvesting technology. Niobium-doped strontium titanate…
Perovskite titanates such as SrTiO$_{3}$ (STO) exhibit a wide range of important functional properties, including high electron mobility, ferroelectricity, and excellent photocatalytic performance. The wide optical band gap of titanates…
Light-induced mechanical deformations in single-domain (PbTiO$_{3}$)$_{n}$/(SrTiO$_{3}$)$_{m}$ superlattices were simulated using first-principle calculations. By varying the chemical fraction PbTiO$_{3}$, we discover that these…
BaTiO3 is typically a strong n-type material with tuneable optoelectronic properties via doping and controlling the synthesis conditions. It has a wide band gap that can only harness the ultraviolet region of the solar spectrum. Despite…
Strontium titanate (SrTiO$_3$) is a foundational material in the emerging field of complex oxide electronics. While its electronic and optical properties have been studied for decades, SrTiO$_3$ has recently become a renewed materials…
This study examines the application of transition metal-doped SrTiO3 in photovoltaic technologies, such as photocatalysis. The core objective is to evaluate how different dopants influence the structural and electronic characteristics of…
The properties of Ni-doped strontium titanate are studied using X-ray diffraction and XAFS spectroscopy. It is shown that regardless of the preparation conditions, the SrTi1-xNixO3 solid solution and the NiTiO3 phase are the most stable…
We present experimental photoemission and inverse photoemission spectra of SrTiO$_{3- \delta}$ representing electron doped $d^0$ systems. Photoemission spectra in presence of electron doping exhibit prominent features arising from electron…
It has been recently revealed that strontium titanate (SrTiO$_3$) displays persistent photoconductivity with unique characteristics: it occurs at room temperature and lasts over a very long period of time. Illumination of SrTiO$_3$ crystals…
Strontium titanate (SrTiO3) is widely used as a promising photocatalyst due to its unique band edge alignment with respect to the oxidation and reduction potential corresponding to oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution…
We investigate the temporal evolution of electronic states in strontium iridate Sr$_2$IrO$_4$. The time resolved photoemission spectra of intrinsic, electron doped and the hole doped samples are monitored in identical experimental…
We report systematic first-principles investigation of light-induced mechanical deformations in monodomain (PbTiO$_{3}$)$_{n}$/(SrTiO$_{3}$)$_{n}$ superlattices ($n=1-5$). We reveal that photostriction in these heterostructures…
Strontium titanate (SrTiO3, STO) is a critically important material for the study of emergent electronic phases in complex oxides, as well as for the development of applications based on their heterostructures. Despite the large body of…
We developed a new sub-nanosecond time-resolved instrument to study the dynamics of UV-visible luminescence under high stopping power heavy ion irradiation. We applied our instrument, called SPORT, on a fast plastic scintillator (BC-400)…
Using advanced ab-initio calculations, we describe the formation and confinement of a two-dimensional electron gas in short-period ($\simeq$4 nm) Nb-doped SrTiO$_3$ superlattices as function of Nb doping. We predict complete two-dimensional…