[HTML][HTML] Large electronegativity differences between adjacent atomic sites activate and stabilize ZnIn2S4 for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting

X Xin, Y Li, Y Zhang, Y Wang, X Chi, Y Wei… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Photocatalytic overall water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen is desirable for long-term
renewable, sustainable and clean fuel production on earth. Metal sulfides are considered as …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrovoltaic effect-enhanced photocatalysis by polyacrylic acid/cobaltous oxide–nitrogen doped carbon system for efficient photocatalytic water splitting

X Xin, Y Zhang, R Wang, Y Wang, P Guo… - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Severe carrier recombination and the slow kinetics of water splitting for photocatalysts
hamper their efficient application. Herein, we propose a hydrovoltaic effect-enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Photoluminescence upconversion in monolayer WSe2 activated by plasmonic cavities through resonant excitation of dark excitons

NS Mueller, R Arul, G Kang, AP Saunders… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anti-Stokes photoluminescence (PL) is light emission at a higher photon energy than the
excitation, with applications in optical cooling, bioimaging, lasing, and quantum optics. Here …

[HTML][HTML] A primer to in-situ opto-and spectro-electrochemistry

Q Lin - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrochemistry is promising to study interfacial electron transfers and redox reactions, but
its lack of access to molecular structural information limits understanding on complicated …

Electro-inductive effect dominates vibrational frequency shifts of conjugated probes on gold electrodes

WR Lake, J Meng, JM Dawlaty, T Lian… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial electric fields play a critical role in electrocatalysis and are often characterized by
using vibrational probes attached to an electrode surface. Understanding the physical …

Sub-nanometer mapping of the interfacial electric field profile using a vibrational stark shift ruler

D Bhattacharyya, PE Videla, JM Palasz… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The characterization of electrical double layers is important since the interfacial electric field
and electrolyte environment directly affect the reaction mechanisms and catalytic rates of …

Direct Vibrational Stark Shift Probe of Quasi-Fermi Level Alignment in Metal Nanoparticle Catalyst-Based Metal–Insulator–Semiconductor Junction Photoelectrodes

S Suo, C Sheehan, F Zhao, L Xiao, Z Xu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrodes consisting of metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) junctions are a
promising candidate architecture for water splitting and for the CO2 reduction reaction …

Phenol as a Tethering Group to Gold Surfaces: Stark Response and Comparison to Benzenethiol

S Menachekanian, C Mora Perez… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the adsorption of organic molecules on metals is important in numerous
areas of surface science, including electrocatalysis, electrosynthesis, and biosensing. While …

Quantification of the real plasmonic field transverse distribution in a nanocavity using the vibrational Stark effect

S Chen, YH Xiao, M Qin, G Zhou, R Dong… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quantifying the real plasmonic field strength experimentally has been long pursued in
expanding the applications related to plasmonic enhancement. However, it is still an …

The Near-Sightedness of Many-Body Interactions in Anharmonic Vibrational Couplings

RJ Spencer, AA Zhanserkeev, EL Yang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Couplings between vibrational motions are driven by electronic interactions, and these
couplings carry special significance in vibrational energy transfer, multidimensional …