Gold-plasmon enhanced solar-to-hydrogen conversion on the {001} facets of anatase TiO2 nanosheets

  • Jinlin Long
  • , Hongjin Chang
  • , Quan Gu
  • , Jie Xu
  • , Lizhou Fan
  • , Shuchao Wang
  • , Yangen Zhou
  • , Wei Wei
  • , Ling Huang
  • , Xuxu Wang
  • , Ping Liu
  • , Wei Huang

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Abstract

A 64-fold improved efficiency of solar-to-hydrogen conversion (SHC) was achieved via exposing Au nanoparticles (NPs) on the {001} facets of anatase TiO2 nanosheets. The SHC follows a surface plasmon resonance-mediated electron injection mechanism, where Au NPs can not only harvest visible light and convert them to free energetic electrons, but promote the SHC by increasing the electron-hole pair formation rate driven by the electromagnetic field formed nearby the semiconductor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)973-977
Number of pages5
JournalEnergy and Environmental Science
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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