Understanding the behaviors of plasmon-induced hot carriers and their applications in photocatalysis

JL Yang, HJ Wang, X Qi, QN Zheng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis driven by plasmon-induced hot carriers has been gaining increasing
attention. Recent studies have demonstrated that plasmon-induced hot carriers can directly …

Single-photon superradiance in individual caesium lead halide quantum dots

C Zhu, SC Boehme, LG Feld, A Moskalenko, DN Dirin… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
The brightness of an emitter is ultimately described by Fermi's golden rule, with a radiative
rate proportional to its oscillator strength times the local density of photonic states. As the …

Photocatalytic ethylene production by oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane with dioxygen on ZnO-supported PdZn intermetallic nanoparticles

P Wang, X Zhang, R Shi, J Zhao… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) is attracting increasing attention
as a method for ethylene production. Typically, thermocatalysts operating at high …

Breaking the size limitation of nonadiabatic molecular dynamics in condensed matter systems with local descriptor machine learning

D Liu, B Wang, Y Wu, AS Vasenko… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - pnas.org
Nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NA-MD) is a powerful tool to model far-from-equilibrium
processes, such as photochemical reactions and charge transport. NA-MD application to …

Compression of Organic Molecules Coupled with Hydrogen Bonding Extends the Charge Carrier Lifetime in BA2SnI4

X Ma, WH Fang, R Long… - Journal of the American …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) metal halide perovskites, such as BA2SnI4 (BA═ CH3 (CH2) 3NH3),
exhibit an enhanced charge carrier lifetime in experiments under strain. Experiments …

Rapid interlayer charge separation and extended carrier lifetimes due to spontaneous symmetry breaking in organic and mixed organic–inorganic Dion–Jacobson …

R Shi, R Long, WH Fang… - Journal of the American …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Promising alternatives to three-dimensional perovskites, two-dimensional (2D) layered
metal halide perovskites have proven their potential in optoelectronic applications due to …

Compression eliminates charge traps by stabilizing perovskite grain boundary structures: An ab initio analysis with machine learning force field

D Liu, Y Wu, MR Samatov, AS Vasenko… - Chemistry of …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Grain boundaries (GBs) play an important role in determining the optoelectronic properties
of perovskites, requiring an atomistic understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Strain …

Nuclear quantum effects prolong charge carrier lifetimes in hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites

Y Liu, R Long, WH Fang… - Journal of the American …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) contain light hydrogen atoms that exhibit
significant nuclear quantum effects (NQEs). We demonstrate that NQEs have a strong effect …

Origin of phase transitions in inorganic lead halide perovskites: interplay between harmonic and anharmonic vibrations

ZG Li, M Zacharias, Y Zhang, F Wei, Y Qin… - ACS Energy …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Inorganic lead halide perovskites (ILHPs) exhibit a series of phase transitions, and
stabilization of the phases with desirable optoelectronic properties remains a major …

Twist Angle-Dependent Intervalley Charge Carrier Transfer and Recombination in Bilayer WS2

Y Zhu, OV Prezhdo, R Long… - Journal of the American …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
A twist angle at a van der Waals junction provides a handle to tune its optoelectronic
properties for a variety of applications, and a comprehensive understanding of how the twist …