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 …

The efficient and cost-effective direct conversion of solar energy to chemical energy and
solar fuels has been considered as one of the most perspective strategies to solve the …

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 …

In plasmonic metals, surface plasmon resonance decays and generates hot electrons and
hot holes through non-radiative Landau dam**. These hot carriers are highly energetic …

The use of hot electrons generated from the decay of surface plasmons is a novel concept
that promises to increase the conversion yield in solar energy technologies. Titanium nitride …

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for producing hydrogen
without greenhouse gas emissions. Despite decades of unceasing efforts, the efficiency of …

Controlling the interaction of polarization light with an asymmetric nanostructure such as a
metal/semiconductor heterostructure provides opportunities for tuning surface plasmon …

We review the tremendous advances in ultrafast X-ray science, over the past 15 years,
making the best use of new ultrashort X-ray sources including table-top or large-scale …

Transforming solar energy into chemicals through the photoelectrochemical or
photocatalytic water-splitting process is considered a powerful technique for implementing …

Surface plasmons have shown increasingly widespread applications in the last decade,
especially in the field of solar energy conversion, recently leading to the use of metal …