The indispensable requirement for sustainable development of human society has forced
almost all countries to seek highly efficient and cost‐effective ways to harvest and convert …

Plasmonics offer unprecedented control over light and stimulate fundamental research and
engineering applications in solar energy. The surface plasmon resonance is responsible for …

Over the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of plasmonic
nanoparticles as sources of heat remotely controlled by light, giving rise to the field of …

Solar energy is a major source of renewable energy with the potential to meet the energy
demand and to support the sustainable development of the world. The efficient harvesting …

Materials that exhibit photothermal effect have attracted enormous research interests due to
their ability to strongly absorb light and effectively transform it into heat for a wide range of …

The nonradiative conversion of light to heat by plasmonic nanostructures, the so‐called
plasmonic photothermal effect, has attracted enormous attention due to their widespread …

All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Thermoelectric materials convert waste heat into electricity, making sustainable power
generation possible when a temperature gradient is applied. Solar radiation is one potential …

A macro centimeter-scale Au–CuS combination nanoparticle system integrated with a sub-
micrometer antireflection quasi-photonic structure (SAPS) was synthesized for the first time …

Plasmonic nanostructures with strong light-matter interactions have been intensively
explored in the past decades. The plasmonic photothermal effect has garnered significant …