The discovery of the photoelectric effect by Heinrich Hertz in 1887 set the foundation for over
125 years of hot carrier science and technology. In the early 1900s it played a critical role in …

Role of Hot Electrons and Metal–Oxide Interfaces in Surface Chemistry and Catalytic
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Planar metal–oxide–metal structures can serve as photodetectors that do not rely on the
usual electron–hole pair generation in a semiconductor. Instead, absorbed light in one of the …

Conversion of light into direct current is important for applications ranging from energy
conversion to photodetection, yet often challenging over broad photon frequencies. Here we …

An optical rectenna—a device that directly converts free-propagating electromagnetic waves
at optical frequencies to direct current—was first proposed over 40 years ago, yet this …

Collection of hot electrons generated by the efficient absorption of light in metallic
nanostructures, in contact with semiconductor substrates can provide a basis for the …

One major strategy that has been used to inject carriers into wide-band-gap materials
involves exciting hot carriers from a nanostructured metal using low-energy photons. Here …

There are currently extensive interests on the hot-electron-mediated photoconversion.
However, the device quantum yield is fundamentally low due to the existences of various hot …

Plasmonic resonators are widely used for the manipulation of light on subwavelength scales
through the near-field electromagnetic wave produced by the collective oscillation of free …

Wavelength separation and detection is generally performed by spatial dispersal of incident
light onto separate detectors, or by appropriate wavelength-selective filters. Here we …