In this paper, we report the effects of a side-polished fiber (SPF) coated with titanium (Ti) films in different thicknesses, namely 5 nm, 13 nm, and 36 nm, protected by a thin layer of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten disulfide (WS2), which provide ultra-sensitive sensor-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) covering from the visible to mid-infrared region. The SPF deposited with Ti exhibits strong evanescent field interaction with the MoS2 and WS2, and good optical absorption, hence resulting in high-sensitivity performance. Incremental increases in the thickness of the Ti layer contribute to the enhancement of the intensity of transmission with redshift and broad spectra. The findings show that the optimum thickness of Ti with 36 nm combined with MoS2 causes weak redshifts of the longitudinal localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) mode, while the same thickness of Ti with WS2 causes large blueshifts. The redshifts are possibly due to a reduced plasmon-coupling effect with the excitonic region of MoS2. The observed blueshifts of the LSPR peak position are possibly due to surface modification between WS2 and Ti. Changing the relative humidity from 58% to 88% only elicited a response in Ti/MoS2. Thus, MoS2 shows more sensitivity on 36-nm thickness of Ti compared with WS2. Therefore, the proposed fiber-optic sensor with integration of 2D materials is capable of measuring humidity in any environment.
Magnesium ion battery is an alternative for secondary battery instead of lithium ion battery due to its advantages of low cost, safety and environment friendly. Magnesium (Mg) is safer compared to lithium (Li) where it has high stability in contact of air and prevent the formation of dendrites during electrochemical cycling. The cathode materials of un‐doped MgMn2O4 and Al‐doped MgMn2‐xAlxO4, x = .01, .02, .03 were prepared using self‐propagating combustion method with triethanolamine fuel as a reducing agent. All samples (powder form) were annealed at 700˚C in 6 h based on the thermogravimetric analysis results. The samples were been characterized using X ray diffraction, field emission electron microscopy, energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy and high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy to study structural and morphological properties of the samples. Electrochemical properties of linear sweep voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, and charge‐discharge capacity were performed in 1 M Magnesium Trifluoromethanesulfonate (MgTf2) with ratio 1:1 of ethylene carbonate: dimethyl ether electrolyte. The discharge capacity of magnesium ion cells using Al‐doped cathode material showed the improvement of 68% compared to the un‐doped sample.
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