All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on
nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical …

Photothermal materials with broad solar absorption and high conversion efficiency have
recently attracted significant interest. They are becoming a fast-growing research focus in …

Photo-thermal catalysis has recently emerged as an alternative route to drive chemical
reactions using light as an energy source. Through the synergistic combination of photo-and …

In the last two decades, plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) has been the
subject of intense research efforts. Plasmon physics is intriguing and its precise modelling …

As a ubiquitous solar-thermal energy conversion process, solar-driven evaporation has
attracted tremendous research attention owing to its high conversion efficiency of solar …

Solar evaporation is an ancient technology that has regained tremendous attention because
of the abundance of solar energy, widely available water sources, and facile facilities in …

Visible-light-driven photochemistry has continued to attract heightened interest due to its
capacity to efficiently harvest solar energy and its potential to solve the global energy crisis …

Since 2000, there has been an explosion of activity in the field of plasmon-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (PERS), including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), tip …

Solar energy provides an alternative, sustainable, and clean source of energy to meet the
global energy demands without extra carbon emissions. However, the utilization efficiency of …