Hot electrons generated in metal nanoparticles can drive chemical reactions and selectively
deposit cocatalyst materials on the plasmonic hotspots, the areas where the decay of …

Hot carriers generated from the nonradiative decay of localized surface plasmons are
capable of driving charge-transfer reactions at the surfaces of metal nanostructures …

Semiconductor photocatalysis has received increasing attention because of its potential to
address problems related to the energy crisis and environmental issues. However …

Recent reports have shown that plasmonic nanostructures can be used to drive direct
photocatalysis with visible photons, where nanostructures act as the light absorber and the …

Abstract (Sun) Light is an abundantly available sustainable source of energy that has been
used in catalyzing chemical reactions for several decades now. In particular, studies related …

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 …

Harnessing non-equilibrium hot carriers from plasmonic metal nanostructures constitutes a
vibrant research field. It promises to enable control of activity and selectivity of …

Bimetallic nanoreactors in which a plasmonic metal is used to funnel solar energy toward a
catalytic metal have recently been studied experimentally, but a detailed theoretical …

Hybrid plasmonic nanostructures are built on plasmonic metalnanostructures surrounded by
catalytic metals or metal oxides. Recent studies have shown that hybrid plasmonic …

Bimetallic nanoparticle dyads consisting of a plasmonic core and a catalytic metal shell have
attracted significant attention in the context of solar-driven photocatalysts. However, a …