Surface-plasmon-driven hot electron photochemistry

Y Zhang, S He, W Guo, Y Hu, J Huang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Visible-light-driven photochemistry has continued to attract heightened interest due to its
capacity to efficiently harvest solar energy and its potential to solve the global energy crisis …

Experimental characterization techniques for plasmon-assisted chemistry

E Cortés, R Grzeschik, SA Maier… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Plasmon-assisted chemistry is the result of a complex interplay between electromagnetic
near fields, heat and charge transfer on the nanoscale. The disentanglement of their roles is …

Photocatalysis: from fundamental principles to materials and applications

X Yang, D Wang - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis represents a unique class of chemical transformations. It utilizes the energy
delivered by light and drives reactions that are difficult, sometimes even impossible, to carry …

Surface modification and enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance of TiO2: a review

J Low, B Cheng, J Yu - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, the excessive consumption of fossil fuels has caused high emissions of the
greenhouse gases, CO 2 into atmosphere and global energy crisis. Mimicking the natural …

There is still plenty of room for layer-by-layer assembly for constructing nanoarchitectonics-based materials and devices

K Ariga, Y Lvov, G Decher - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoarchitectonics approaches can produce functional materials from tiny units through
combination of various processes including atom/molecular manipulation, chemical …

Cooperative syngas production and C− N bond formation in one photoredox cycle

C Han, YH Li, JY Li, MY Qi, ZR Tang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven syngas production by CO2 reduction provides a sustainable strategy to
produce renewable feedstocks. However, this promising reaction often suffers from tough …

Boosting hot electrons in hetero-superstructures for plasmon-enhanced catalysis

J Guo, Y Zhang, L Shi, Y Zhu, MF Mideksa… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hetero-nanostructures featured with both strong plasmon absorption and high catalytic
activity are believed to be ideal platforms to realize efficient light-driven catalysis. However …

Layer-by-layer assembly of versatile nanoarchitectures with diverse dimensionality: a new perspective for rational construction of multilayer assemblies

FX Xiao, M Pagliaro, YJ Xu, B Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past few decades, layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of multilayer thin films has
garnered considerable interest on account of its ability to modulate nanometer control over …

Stabilizing ultrasmall Au clusters for enhanced photoredox catalysis

B Weng, KQ Lu, Z Tang, HM Chen, YJ Xu - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Recently, loading ligand-protected gold (Au) clusters as visible light photosensitizers onto
various supports for photoredox catalysis has attracted considerable attention. However, the …

Layer-by-layer assembly of reduced graphene oxide and MXene nanosheets for wire-shaped flexible supercapacitors

J Yun, I Echols, P Flouda, Y Chen, S Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As the demand for wearable electronic devices increases, interest in small, light, and
deformable energy storage devices follows suit. Among these devices, wire-shaped …