Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

L Zhu, L Tian, S Jiang, L Han, Y Liang, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

Plasmonic photocatalysis: activating chemical bonds through light and plasmon

V Jain, RK Kashyap, PP Pillai - Advanced Optical Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exceptionally large charge‐carrier density in photoexcited plasmonic nanoparticles
(NPs) can be used for the making and breaking of high‐energy chemical bonds, which forms …

Stable, Cost‐Effective TiN‐Based Plasmonic Nanocomposites with over 99% Solar Steam Generation Efficiency

Y Wang, X Liu, Q Zhang, C Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs), such as Au, Ag, and Cu, are considered as promising
photothermal materials and attract extensive attention for freshwater production by solar …

Advancing graphitic carbon nitride-based photocatalysts toward broadband solar energy harvesting

Q Zhang, X Liu, M Chaker, D Ma - ACS Materials Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent years, increasing efforts have been devoted to widening the light response range
of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) for photocatalytic environmental remediation and fuel …

Recent developments in plasmonic alloy nanoparticles: synthesis, modelling, properties and applications

V Coviello, D Forrer, V Amendola - ChemPhysChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the traditional plasmonic materials are counted on one hand, there are a lot of
possible combinations leading to alloys with other elements of the periodic table, in …

Self-supporting nanoporous copper film with high porosity and broadband light absorption for efficient solar steam generation

B Yu, Y Wang, Y Zhang, Z Zhang - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Solar steam generation (SSG) is a potential technology for freshwater production, which is
expected to address the global water shortage problem. Some noble metals with good …

N-doped carbon@ Cu core–shell nanostructure with nearly full solar spectrum absorption and enhanced solar evaporation efficiency

F Meng, Z Ding, Z Chen, K Wang, X Liu, J Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar steam generation has been considered an emerging technology for clean water
generation with low energy consumption. Cu-based nanostructures as inexpensive and …

Cu-based materials: Design strategies (hollow, core-shell, and LDH), sensing performance optimization, and applications in small molecule detection

W Cao, T Guo, J Wang, G Xu, J Jiang, D Liu - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review, we present an overview of different methods for preparing Cu-based materials
with a focus on the preparation of hollow structural materials using Kirkendall effect …

Plasmonic nanomaterials for solar-driven photocatalysis

Q Zhang, Z Zuo, D Ma - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmonic nanomaterials have spurred significant research interest in enhanced solar-
driven photocatalysis due to their strong localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). As …

Eco-friendly strategies for biological synthesis of green nanoparticles with promising applications

GS El-Sayyad, D Elfadil, MA Mosleh, YA Hasanien… - BioNanoScience, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, the principles of green chemistry have evolved to encompass the synthesis
and application of nanoparticles (NPs), giving rise to the concept of green NPs through the …