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 …

Bimetallic nanocrystals: syntheses, properties, and applications

KD Gilroy, A Ruditskiy, HC Peng, D Qin, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Achieving mastery over the synthesis of metal nanocrystals has emerged as one of the
foremost scientific endeavors in recent years. This intense interest stems from the fact that …

Plasmonic hot electrons for sensing, photodetection, and solar energy applications: A perspective

H Tang, CJ Chen, Z Huang, J Bright, G Meng… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In plasmonic metals, surface plasmon resonance decays and generates hot electrons and
hot holes through non-radiative Landau damping. These hot carriers are highly energetic …

Al–Pd nanodisk heterodimers as antenna–reactor photocatalysts

C Zhang, H Zhao, L Zhou, AE Schlather, L Dong… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis uses light energy to drive chemical reactions. Conventional industrial
catalysts are made of transition metal nanoparticles that interact only weakly with light, while …

Direct plasmon-driven photoelectrocatalysis

H Robatjazi, SM Bahauddin, C Doiron, I Thomann - Nano letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
Harnessing the energy from hot charge carriers is an emerging research area with the
potential to improve energy conversion technologies. 1− 3 Here we present a novel …

Plasmonic hydrogen sensing with nanostructured metal hydrides

C Wadell, S Syrenova, C Langhammer - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this review, we discuss the evolution of localized surface plasmon resonance and surface
plasmon resonance hydrogen sensors based on nanostructured metal hydrides, which has …

Review of optical hydrogen sensors based on metal hydrides: Recent developments and challenges

K Chen, D Yuan, Y Zhao - Optics & Laser Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
As a clean and sustainable energy source, hydrogen gas is highly demanded in industrial
and commercial fields. Accordingly, the swift and accurate detection of hydrogen gas is …

Engineering plasmonic hot carrier dynamics toward efficient photodetection

Y Zhu, H Xu, P Yu, Z Wang - Applied physics reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Nonradiative decay of surface plasmons (SPs) is usually considered an unwanted process.
However, recent studies have proven that hot carriers generated from nonradiative SP …

Hot-electron dynamics and thermalization in small metallic nanoparticles

JRM Saavedra, A Asenjo-Garcia… - Acs …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The important role played by hot electrons in photocatalysis and light harvesting has
attracted great interest in their dynamics and mechanisms of generation. Here, we …