Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X Xia, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …

Plate-like colloidal metal nanoparticles

L Scarabelli, M Sun, X Zhuo, S Yoo, JE Millstone… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The pseudo-two-dimensional (2D) morphology of plate-like metal nanoparticles makes them
one of the most anisotropic, mechanistically understood, and tunable structures available …

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 …

Nanoporous metals: From plasmonic properties to applications in enhanced spectroscopy and photocatalysis

AN Koya, X Zhu, N Ohannesian, AA Yanik, A Alabastri… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The field of plasmonics is capable of enabling interesting applications in different
wavelength ranges, spanning from the ultraviolet up to the infrared. The choice of plasmonic …

Heterometallic antenna− reactor complexes for photocatalysis

DF Swearer, H Zhao, L Zhou, C Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Metallic nanoparticles with strong optically resonant properties behave as nanoscale optical
antennas, and have recently shown extraordinary promise as light-driven catalysts …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmon-induced selective carbon dioxide conversion on earth-abundant aluminum-cuprous oxide antenna-reactor nanoparticles

H Robatjazi, H Zhao, DF Swearer, NJ Hogan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The rational combination of plasmonic nanoantennas with active transition metal-based
catalysts, known as 'antenna-reactor'nanostructures, holds promise to expand the scope of …

Carbon nitrides and metal nanoparticles: from controlled synthesis to design principles for improved photocatalysis

IF Teixeira, ECM Barbosa, SCE Tsang… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of sunlight to drive chemical reactions via photocatalysis is of paramount
importance towards a sustainable future. Among several photocatalysts, earth-abundant …

Plasmonic solar cells: from rational design to mechanism overview

YH Jang, YJ Jang, S Kim, LN Quan, K Chung… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic effects have been proposed as a solution to overcome the limited light absorption
in thin-film photovoltaic devices, and various types of plasmonic solar cells have been …

Broadband hot‐electron collection for solar water splitting with plasmonic titanium nitride

A Naldoni, U Guler, Z Wang, M Marelli… - Advanced Optical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The use of hot electrons generated from the decay of surface plasmons is a novel concept
that promises to increase the conversion yield in solar energy technologies. Titanium nitride …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid nanostructures of metal/two-dimensional nanomaterials for plasmon-enhanced applications

X Li, J Zhu, B Wei - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid nanostructures composed of graphene or other two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials
and plasmonic metal components have been extensively studied. The unusual properties of …