Key Factors for Controlling Plasmon-Induced Chemical Reactions on Metal Surfaces

E Kazuma - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmon-induced chemical reactions based on direct interactions between the plasmons of
metal nanostructures and molecules have attracted increasing attention as a means of …

[HTML][HTML] Solar fuel production through concentrating light irradiation

Y Fu, Y Wang, J Huang, K Lu, M Liu - Green Energy & Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The climate crisis necessitates the development of non-fossil energy sources. Harnessing
solar energy for fuel production shows promise and offers the potential to utilize existing …

Plasmon‐Driven Highly Selective CO2 Photoreduction to C2H4 on Ionic Liquid‐Mediated Copper Nanowires

H Liu, B Sun, Z Li, D Xiao, Z Wang, Y Liu… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Selective CO2 photoreduction to value‐added multi‐carbon (C2+) feedstocks, such as
C2H4, holds great promise in direct solar‐to‐chemical conversion for a carbon‐neutral …

Uncovering the role of chemical and electronic structures in plasmonic catalysis: the case of homolysis of alkoxyamines

D Votkina, P Petunin, E Miliutina, A Trelin… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The local surface plasmon resonances of gold nanoparticles have the potential to create
alternative pathways for organic chemical reactions. These transformations depend on …

CO2 adsorption and activation on Ag (1 1 1) surfaces in the presence of surface charge density: A static gas phase DFT study

MG Sandoval, J Walia, MSE Houache… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
The CO 2 reduction reaction on Ag in the presence of surface plasmons are of strong
interest in photocatalysis. Here, two Density Functional Theory (DFT) approaches are …

Theoretical approaches for the description of plasmon generated hot carriers phenomena

M Vanzan, M Marsili - npj Computational Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Plasmonic-driven photocatalysis is one of the most vibrant and promising field in
nanoscience. Out of the various mechanisms known to activate chemical reactions in …

Why Does Single-Atom Photocatalysis Work Better Than Conventional Photocatalysis? A Study on Ultrafast Excited Carrier and Structure Dynamics

Z Xu, Y Zhang, Z Wang, D Chen, P You, S Li, H Guo… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the introduction of single atoms in photocatalysis, a small change in the electronic and
geometric structure of the substrate can result in higher energy conversion efficiency …

Plasmon-induced hot carrier dynamics and utilization

J Luo, Q Wu, L Zhou, W Lu, W Yang… - Photonics Insights, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Plasmonics has aroused tremendous interest in photophysics, nanophotonics, and
metamaterials. The extreme field concentration of plasmonics offers the ultimate spatial and …

Strong-field effects in the photo-induced dissociation of the hydrogen molecule on a silver nanoshell

NE Koval, JI Juaristi, M Alducin - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.03850, 2024 - arxiv.org
Plasmonic catalysis is a rapidly growing field of research, both from experimental and
computational perspectives. Experimental observations demonstrate an enhanced …

Real-time dynamic simulation of laser-induced N 2 dissociation on two-dimensional graphene sheets

J Chen, XL Cheng, H Zhang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to its relatively high inertness, nitrogen dissociation at ambient temperature and
pressure has always been a challenging task. Plasmon driven photocatalysis has proved to …