Hot or Not? Reassessing Mechanisms of Photocurrent Generation in Plasmon‐Enhanced Electrocatalysis

AJ Bagnall, S Ganguli… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is now widely accepted that certain effects arising from localised surface plasmon
resonance, such as enhanced electromagnetic fields, hot carriers, and thermal effects, can …

Metallic Heterostructures for Plasmon‐Enhanced Electrocatalysis

F Wu, S Xia, J Wei, W Gao, F Li, W Niu - ChemPhysChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic heterogeneous nanostructures with plasmonic functionality have attracted great
attention in the field of plasmon‐enhanced electrocatalysis, where surface plasmons …

Anionic Solid Solution MXene for Low‐Dosage NIR‐II Tumor Photothermal Therapy

X Tang, Y Zhu, D Duan, X Zhai, Y Xia… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the deep biological penetrability and therapeutic depth, the photothermal therapy
over second near‐infrared region (NIR‐II) is booming against deep‐seated tumors. Intensive …

Unveiling the Solvent Effect in Plasmon Enhanced Electrochemistry via the Nanoparticle-Impact Technique

Z Liang, W Xu, J Li, C Lin, W Zhang, W Liu, XH Xia… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmon-enhanced electrochemistry (PEEC) has been observed to facilitate energy
conversion systems by converting light energy to chemical energy. However …

Thermally tunable binary-phase VO2 metasurfaces for switchable holography and digital encryption

Y Liao, Y Fan, D Lei - Nanophotonics, 2024 - degruyter.com
Metasurface holography has aroused immense interest in producing holographic images
with high quality, higher-order diffraction-free, and large viewing angles by using a planar …

The paradox of thermal vs. non-thermal effects in plasmonic photocatalysis

R Verma, G Sharma, V Polshettiwar - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
The debate surrounding the roles of thermal and non-thermal pathways in plasmonic
catalysis has captured the attention of researchers and sparked vibrant discussions within …

Plasmonic metal/doped-semiconductor nanocomposites for high-efficiency solar-driven clean water production

Y Chen, Z Mao, J Yin, J Shen, W Ou, J Lu - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite their strong light absorption capacity, the narrow absorption bandwidth of plasmonic
metal materials has impeded their application in solar-driven freshwater production. To …

New insights into plasmonic hot-electron dynamics

D Lei, D Su, SA Maier - Light: Science & Applications, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advances in understanding the intricate hot-electron dynamics in plasmonic
nanostructures enable efficient hot-carrier generation, transport, and manipulation, driving …

Raman Monitoring of the Electro-Optical Synergy-Induced Enhancements in Carbon–Bromine Bond Cleavage, Reaction Rate, and Product Selectivity of p …

K Kohila Rani, YH Xiao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electro-optical synergy has recently been targeted to improve the separation of hot carriers
and thereby further improve the efficiency of plasmon-mediated chemical reactions …

Decoupling Plasmonic Hot Carrier from Thermal Catalysis via Electrode Engineering

P Sekar, R Bericat-Vadell, Y Patehebieke… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Increased attention has been directed toward generating nonequilibrium hot carriers
resulting from the decay of collective electronic oscillations on metal known as surface …