Photocatalysis, as a low-cost and environment friendly technology, has demonstrated a
significant potential for water pollution purification; it has received extensive attention in …

Since nano scale local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) can broaden the visible
absorption region, enhance the local electromagnetic field and produce a thermal effect …

Plasmonic photocatalysis has recently facilitated the rapid progress in enhancing
photocatalytic efficiency under visible light irradiation, increasing the prospect of using …

In the past decade, the surface plasmon resonance of Ag and Au nanoparticles has been
investigated to improve the efficiency of photocatalytic processes. The photocatalytic …

This review provides the basic concepts, an overall survey and the state-of-the art of
plasmon-based nanogold photocatalysis using visible light including fundamental …

1.1. Scope of the Review Since they were first described in the scientific literature,
photoinduced processes have been studied with a view to developing several industrially …

This paper reviews recent studies on the semiconductor photocatalysis based on surface-
modified TiO2 of which application is mainly focused on environmental remediation. TiO2 …

Herein, we fabricated an ultrathin CoO/Bi quantum dots (QDs)/Bi 2 MoO 6 with the oxygen
vacancies (OVs) hollow Z-scheme heterojunction via synthetic routes to be applied in …

Photocatalysis can be an excellent solution for resolving the world's energy and
environmental problems. It has a wide range of applications for the decontamination of …

In this perspective we discuss the roles of hot spots in surface-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy (SERS). After giving background and defining the hot spot, we evaluate a …