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 …

[HTML][HTML] Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: Advances in theory and experiments

V Etacheri, C Di Valentin, J Schneider… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical
water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental …

Hot Hole Collection and Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction with Plasmonic Au/p-GaN Photocathodes

JS DuChene, G Tagliabue, AJ Welch, WH Cheng… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Harvesting nonequilibrium hot carriers from plasmonic-metal nanostructures offers unique
opportunities for driving photochemical reactions at the nanoscale. Despite numerous …

Plasmon-induced hot-electron generation at nanoparticle/metal-oxide interfaces for photovoltaic and photocatalytic devices

C Clavero - Nature Photonics, 2014 - nature.com
Finding higher efficiency schemes for electron–hole separation is of paramount importance
for realizing more efficient conversion of solar energy in photovoltaic and photocatalytic …

Plasmon-induced hot-hole generation and extraction at nano-heterointerfaces for photocatalysis

M Ahlawat, D Mittal, V Govind Rao - Communications Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Localized surface plasmon resonance excitation presents tremendous opportunities for light-
harvesting in the field of photocatalysis. Notably, the use of plasmon-generated hot carriers …

Recent advanced materials for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical synthesis of ammonia from dinitrogen: one step closer to a sustainable energy future

Z Yan, M Ji, J Xia, H Zhu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ammonia (NH3), an important raw material for chemical industry and agriculture, is
also considered to be an intriguing energy storage and transportation media for chemical …

TiO2 Nanoparticles as Functional Building Blocks

L Sang, Y Zhao, C Burda - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
TiO2 has been commercially manufactured by the millions of tons to be widely utilized as
pigment, paint additive, and sunscreen to name a few uses, due to its photostability and light …

Plasmon‐induced ammonia synthesis through nitrogen photofixation with visible light irradiation

T Oshikiri, K Ueno, H Misawa - … Chemie International Edition, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We have successfully developed a plasmon‐induced technique for ammonia synthesis that
responds to visible light through a strontium titanate (SrTiO3) photoelectrode loaded with …

Current density in solar fuel technologies

V Romano, G D'Angelo, S Perathoner… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-to-fuel direct conversion devices are a key component to realize a full transition to a
renewable-energy based chemistry and energy, but their limits and possibilities are still …

Visible light-induced water splitting in an aqueous suspension of a plasmonic Au/TiO 2 photocatalyst with metal co-catalysts

A Tanaka, K Teramura, S Hosokawa, H Kominami… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We found that plasmonic Au particles on titanium (IV) oxide (TiO2) act as a visible-light-
driven photocatalyst for overall water splitting free from any additives. This is the first report …