Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X **: A Strategy for Tuning N2 Activation towards Solar-Driven Nitrogen Fixation
N Zhang, A Jalil, D Wu, S Chen, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis may provide an intriguing approach to nitrogen fixation, which relies on the
transfer of photoexcited electrons to the ultrastable N≡ N bond. Upon N2 chemisorption at …

Hybrid plasmonic nanomaterials for hydrogen generation and carbon dioxide reduction

S Ezendam, M Herran, L Nan, C Gruber… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The successful development of artificial photosynthesis requires finding new materials able
to efficiently harvest sunlight and catalyze hydrogen generation and carbon dioxide …

Z-scheme systems: From fundamental principles to characterization, synthesis, and photocatalytic fuel-conversion applications

G Liao, C Li, SY Liu, B Fang, H Yang - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Z-scheme photocatalysts have recently received tremendous attention because of their
extraordinary light harvesting and utilization ability, spatially-separated reductive and …

Localized surface plasmon resonance in semiconductor nanocrystals

A Agrawal, SH Cho, O Zandi, S Ghosh… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) that
results in resonant absorption, scattering, and near field enhancement around the NC can …

Construction of ZrC@ ZnIn2S4 core–shell heterostructures for boosted near-infrared-light driven photothermal-assisted photocatalytic H2 evolution

W Shi, Z Chen, J Lu, X Sun, Z Wang, Y Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of an efficient photocatalyst to make full use of sunlight, especially near-
infrared light (NIR), remains a significant challenge in the field of photocatalysis research …