Surface plasmonic‐assisted photocatalysis and optoelectronic devices with noble metal nanocrystals: design, synthesis, and applications

A Zada, P Muhammad, W Ahmad… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of noble metals is known to improve the efficiency of
various processes and devices. The photocatalytic process is the production of fuels and …

Structure‐activity relationship of defective metal‐based photocatalysts for water splitting: experimental and theoretical perspectives

YC Zhang, N Afzal, L Pan, X Zhang, JJ Zou - Advanced science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic water splitting is promising for hydrogen energy production using solar
energy and developing highly efficient photocatalysts is challenging. Defect engineering is …

Defect engineering in photocatalysis: formation, chemistry, optoelectronics, and interface studies

D Maarisetty, SS Baral - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials has recently attracted substantial attention
owing to the profound influence of defects on light absorption, charge separation, and …

Photothermal effect and continuous hot electrons injection synergistically induced enhanced molecular oxygen activation for efficient selective oxidation of benzyl …

Z Yang, X Xia, W Yang, Y Liu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021 - Elsevier
The molecular oxygen activation (MOA) process tends to be the rate-limiting step for
photocatalytic selective organic transformation such as aromatic alcohol oxidation. Herein …

Plasmonic doped semiconductor nanocrystals: Properties, fabrication, applications and perspectives

I Kriegel, F Scotognella, L Manna - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Degenerately doped semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) are of recent interest to the NC
community due to their tunable localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in the near …

Integrating the Z-scheme heterojunction and hot electrons injection into a plasmonic-based Zn2In2S5/W18O49 composite induced improved molecular oxygen …

HY Liu, CG Niu, H Guo, DW Huang, C Liang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The semiconductor-based photocatalysts with local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)
effect can extend light response to near-infrared region (NIR), as well as promote charge …

Engineering plasmonic semiconductors for enhanced photocatalysis

J Li, Z Lou, B Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is an intriguing phenomenon induced by the
collective oscillations of free carriers with incident light, and has attracted considerable …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: A unique saline stress mitigator with the potential to increase future crop production

MF Seleiman, A Ahmad, ML Battaglia, HM Bilal… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, soil salinity is an abiotic stress that can threaten arable lands and crop production
and consequently can negatively affect food security. Therefore, the aim of this review was to …

MoS2-Stratified CdS-Cu2–xS Core–Shell Nanorods for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

G Liu, C Kolodziej, R Jin, S Qi, Y Lou, J Chen, D Jiang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterojunction photocatalysts are widely adopted for efficient water splitting, but ion
migration can seriously threaten the stability of heterojunctions, as with the well-known low …

0D/2D plasmonic Cu2-xS/g-C3N4 nanosheets harnessing UV-vis-NIR broad spectrum for photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic pollutant

L Zhou, Z Liu, Z Guan, B Tian, L Wang, Y Zhou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) are usually achieved by some small grains
of noble metal (Au, Ag et al.) to enhances the light absorption and charge carrier's …