Non-noble plasmonic metal-based photocatalysts

M Sayed, J Yu, G Liu, M Jaroniec - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar-to-chemical energy conversion via heterogeneous photocatalysis is one of the
sustainable approaches to tackle the growing environmental and energy challenges. Among …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals and applications of photo-thermal catalysis

D Mateo, JL Cerrillo, S Durini, J Gascon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-thermal catalysis has recently emerged as an alternative route to drive chemical
reactions using light as an energy source. Through the synergistic combination of photo-and …

Direct Bottom-Up In Situ Growth: A Paradigm Shift for Studies in Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

GA Vinnacombe-Willson, Y Conti, A Stefancu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic gold nanoparticles have been used increasingly in solid-state systems because
of their applicability in fabricating novel sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, metamaterials …

Light-driven methane dry reforming with single atomic site antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts

L Zhou, JMP Martirez, J Finzel, C Zhang, DF Swearer… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Syngas, an extremely important chemical feedstock composed of carbon monoxide and
hydrogen, can be generated through methane (CH4) dry reforming with CO2. However …

Cocatalysts for Selective Photoreduction of CO2 into Solar Fuels

X Li, J Yu, M Jaroniec, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoreduction of CO2 into sustainable and green solar fuels is generally believed to be an
appealing solution to simultaneously overcome both environmental problems and energy …

Near field scattering optical model-based catalyst design for artificial photoredox transformation

MY Qi, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
The sun offers a clean and renewable energy cornucopia, whereas how to utilize this
inexhaustible yet decentralized energy with the assistance of appropriate media is an …

Plasmonic Hot Electrons from Oxygen Vacancies for Infrared Light‐Driven Catalytic CO2 Reduction on Bi2O3−x

Y Li, M Wen, Y Wang, G Tian, C Wang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Current plasmonic photocatalysts are mainly based on noble metal nanoparticles and rarely
work in the infrared (IR) light range. Herein, cost‐effective Bi2O3− x with oxygen vacancies …

Applications of plasmon-enhanced nanocatalysis to organic transformations

A Gelle, T Jin, L de la Garza, GD Price… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a physical phenomenon exhibited by
nanoparticles of metals including coinage metals, alkali metals, aluminum, and some …

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 …

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 …