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 …

Review on photocatalytic nitrogen fixation by local surface plasmon

J Tian, Z Zhao, H Ling, Z Zhang, H Ablat… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plasmon-induced photocatalysis showed great potential to improve the photocatalytic
nitrogen fixation efficiency, due to the localized surface plasmon resonance effect. The …

Ultrafast electron transfer in Au–cyanobacteria hybrid for solar to chemical production

Q Hu, H Hu, L Cui, Z Li, D Svedruzic… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The rise of inorganic–biohybrid organisms for solar-to-chemical production has spurred
mechanistic investigations into the dynamics of the biotic–abiotic interface to drive the …

Photoluminescence Enhancement of Monolayer WS2 by n-Do** with an Optically Excited Gold Disk

BN Tugchin, N Doolaard, AI Barreda, Z Zhang… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
In nanophotonics and quantum optics, we aim to control and manipulate light with tailored
nanoscale structures. Hybrid systems of nanostructures and atomically thin materials are of …

Photoluminescence of MoS2 on Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles Depending on the Aggregate Size

K Nam, J Im, GH Han, JY Park, H Kim, S Park, S Yoo… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are promising candidates for ultrathin functional
semiconductor devices. In particular, incorporating plasmonic nanoparticles into TMD-based …

Unconventional shrinkage of hot electron distribution in metal directly visualized by ultrafast imaging

G Gao, L Jiang, B Xue, F Yang, T Wang, Y Wan… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Elucidation of hot carrier transport and cooling mechanisms at the micro‐/nanoscale is
critical for optoelectronics, thermal management, and photocatalysis. Spatiotemporal …

Plasmonic hot-electron induced narrowband photodetector by using in-situ grown Ag/TiO2 nano-heterojunction thin films

SV Singh, S Hazra, S Dahiya, U Pandey, S Biring… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient charge transport of plasmon-induced hot electrons to the semiconductor junction is
the key factor to develop hot electron-based electronics devices. In this work, a plasmon …

On-Chip Full-UV-Band Photodetectors Enabled by Hot Hole Extraction

S Karmakar, S Ash, S Haque, NK Murugasenapathi… - ACS …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Achieving on-chip, full-UV-band photodetection across UV–A (315–400 nm), UV–B (280–
315 nm), and UV–C (100–280 nm) bands remains challenging due to the limitations in …

Extended Photoresponse in the UV–Visible Region with Multilayered Band Alignment in a In2S3-WO3-ZnO Nanostructure Heterojunction for Photoelectrochemical …

N Kaur, A Ghosh, P Bisht, R Singh… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The primary purpose of this research is to use a multilayer structure made up of 2D layers of
thin film materials with acceptable band alignments for enhanced photoresponse over a …

Direct and Indirect Interfacial Electron Transfer at a Plasmonic p-Cu7S4/CdS Heterojunction

Z Yang, N Ghorai, S Wu, S He, T Lian - ACS nano, 2025 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic semiconductors exhibit significant potential for harvesting near-IR solar energy,
although their mechanisms of plasmon-induced hot electron transfer (HET) are poorly …