Multichannel-improved charge-carrier dynamics in well-designed hetero-nanostructural plasmonic photocatalysts toward highly efficient solar-to-fuels conversion

Zhenyi Zhang; Yingzhou Huang; Kuichao Liu; Lijiao Guo; Qing Yuan; Bin Dong

doi:10.1002/adma.201502203

Multichannel-improved charge-carrier dynamics in well-designed hetero-nanostructural plasmonic photocatalysts toward highly efficient solar-to-fuels conversion

Adv Mater. 2015 Oct 21;27(39):5906-14. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502203. Epub 2015 Aug 26.

Authors

Zhenyi Zhang¹, Yingzhou Huang², Kuichao Liu¹, Lijiao Guo¹, Qing Yuan¹, Bin Dong¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Nationalities University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian, 116600, P. R. China.
² Department of Applied Physics, Chongqing University No. 174 Shazhengjie, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, P. R. China.

PMID: 26308559
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502203

Abstract

The charge-carrier dynamics process in well-designed hetero-nanostructural plasmonic photocatalysts is greatly improved through a multichannel sensitization effect, which therefore results in a significant enhancement of the efficiencies of solar-to-fuels conversion.

Keywords: charge separation; heterojunction interfaces; photocatalysis; solar-to-fuels conversion; surface plasmon resonance.