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 …

Catalytic conversion of solar to chemical energy on plasmonic metal nanostructures

U Aslam, VG Rao, S Chavez, S Linic - Nature Catalysis, 2018‏ - nature.com
The demonstrations of visible-light-driven chemical transformations on plasmonic metal
nanostructures have led to the emergence of a new field in heterogeneous catalysis known …

Surface-plasmon-driven hot electron photochemistry

Y Zhang, S He, W Guo, Y Hu, J Huang… - Chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
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 …

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 …

Visible-light-enhanced catalytic oxidation reactions on plasmonic silver nanostructures

P Christopher, H **n, S Linic - Nature chemistry, 2011‏ - nature.com
Catalysis plays a critical role in chemical conversion, energy production and pollution
mitigation. High activation barriers associated with rate-limiting elementary steps require …

Towards single molecule switches

JL Zhang, JQ Zhong, JD Lin, WP Hu, K Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of using single molecules as key building blocks for logic gates, diodes and
transistors to perform basic functions of digital electronic devices at the molecular scale has …

Hot charge carrier transmission from plasmonic nanostructures

P Christopher, M Moskovits - Annual review of physical …, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
Surface plasmons have recently been harnessed to carry out processes such as
photovoltaic current generation, redox photochemistry, photocatalysis, and photodetection …

Plasmon-Mediated Catalytic O2 Dissociation on Ag Nanostructures: Hot Electrons or Near Fields?

B Seemala, AJ Therrien, M Lou, K Li, JP Finzel… - ACS Energy …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanostructures have been proposed as useful materials for photon harvesting
applications. However, the mechanisms by which energy transfer occurs across interfaces …

Electron and lattice dynamics following optical excitation of metals

J Hohlfeld, SS Wellershoff, J Güdde, U Conrad… - Chemical physics, 2000‏ - Elsevier
New results about relaxation dynamics of optically excited electrons in metals, mostly gold
and nickel films, are presented. Emphasis is on electron temperature near the surface as …

Simple experimental procedures to distinguish photothermal from hot-carrier processes in plasmonics

G Baffou, I Bordacchini, A Baldi… - Light: Science & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Light absorption and scattering of plasmonic metal nanoparticles can lead to non-
equilibrium charge carriers, intense electromagnetic near-fields, and heat generation, with …