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ADVANCED SCIENCE
Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201600024
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- National Science Foundation [NSF ECCS-1305087]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21321062, 51072170]
- International Technology Collaboration Program [2014DFG52350]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB932900]
- China Scholarship Council
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Plasmonics has remained a prominent and growing field over the past several decades. The coupling of various chemical and photo phenomenon has sparked considerable interest in plasmon-mediated photocatalysis. Given plasmonic photocatalysis has only been developed for a relatively short period, considerable progress has been made in improving the absorption across the full solar spectrum and the efficiency of photo-generated charge carrier separation. With recent advances in fundamental (i.e., mechanisms) and experimental studies (i.e., the influence of size, geometry, surrounding dielectric field, etc.) on plasmon-mediated photocatalysis, the rational design and synthesis of metal/semiconductor hybrid nanostructure photocatalysts has been realized. This review seeks to highlight the recent impressive developments in plasmon-mediated photocatalytic mechanisms (i.e., Schottky junction, direct electron transfer, enhanced local electric field, plasmon resonant energy transfer, and scattering and heating effects), summarize a set of factors (i.e., size, geometry, dielectric environment, loading amount and composition of plasmonic metal, and nanostructure and properties of semi-conductors) that largely affect plasmonic photocatalysis, and finally conclude with a perspective on future directions within this rich field of research.
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