Recent advances and perspectives for solar-driven water splitting using particulate photocatalysts

X Tao, Y Zhao, S Wang, C Li, R Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion and storage of solar energy to chemical energy via artificial photosynthesis
holds significant potential for optimizing the energy situation and mitigating the global …

Active site engineering on plasmonic nanostructures for efficient photocatalysis

W Jiang, BQL Low, R Long, J Low, H Loh, KY Tang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanostructures have shown immense potential in photocatalysis because of their
distinct photochemical properties associated with tunable photoresponses and strong light …

Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions

C Zhan, J Yi, S Hu, XG Zhang, DY Wu… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasmon-mediated chemical reactions (PMCRs) are processes that make use of
nanostructure-based surface plasmons as mediators to redistribute and convert photon …

The 2022 solar fuels roadmap

G Segev, J Kibsgaard, C Hahn, ZJ Xu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Renewable fuel generation is essential for a low carbon footprint economy. Thus, over the
last five decades, a significant effort has been dedicated towards increasing the …

The role of the plasmon in interfacial charge transfer

B Ostovar, SA Lee, A Mehmood, K Farrell… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The lack of a detailed mechanistic understanding for plasmon-mediated charge transfer at
metal-semiconductor interfaces severely limits the design of efficient photovoltaic and …

Experimental characterization techniques for plasmon-assisted chemistry

E Cortés, R Grzeschik, SA Maier… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Plasmon-assisted chemistry is the result of a complex interplay between electromagnetic
near fields, heat and charge transfer on the nanoscale. The disentanglement of their roles is …

Entangled photons enabled time-frequency-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy and applications to electronic coherences at femtosecond scale

Z Zhang, T Peng, X Nie, GS Agarwal… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Quantum entanglement has emerged as a great resource for spectroscopy and its
importance in two-photon spectrum and microscopy has been demonstrated. Current …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on metal-enhanced photocatalysis: a review on the mechanism

M Fang, X Tan, Z Liu, B Hu, X Wang - Research, 2021 - spj.science.org
Metal-enhanced photocatalysis has recently received increasing interest, mainly due to the
ability of metal to directly or indirectly degrade pollutants. In this review, we briefly review the …

Thermoplasmonics in solar energy conversion: materials, nanostructured designs, and applications

B Yang, C Li, Z Wang, Q Dai - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The indispensable requirement for sustainable development of human society has forced
almost all countries to seek highly efficient and cost‐effective ways to harvest and convert …

Fast and selective reduction of nitroarenes under visible light with an earth-abundant plasmonic photocatalyst

A Cheruvathoor Poulose, G Zoppellaro… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reduction of nitroaromatics to the corresponding amines is a key process in the fine and
bulk chemicals industry to produce polymers, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and dyes …