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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 40, Pages 9308-9314Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02804h
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- National Natural Science Foundation [21327902, 21535003, 21605079]
- Excellent Research Program of Nanjing University [ZYJH004]
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Plasmonic photocatalysts have opened up a new direction in utilization of visible light and promoting photocatalytic efficiency. An electrochemical deposition method is reported to synthesise metal@semiconductor (M@SC) core-shell nanocrystals. Due to the strong affinity of Au atoms to S2- and Se2- reduced at negative potential, CdS, CdSe and ZnS were selectively deposited on the surface of the Au core to form a uniform shell with a clear metal/semiconductor interface, which conquered the barrier caused by the large lattice mismatch between the two components. Plasmonic effects increased the photocatalytic performance, as well as provided a chance to in situ monitor the surface nucleation and growth. The structure formation process could be observed under dark-field microscopy (DFM) in real-time and precisely controlled via the scattering color, intensity and wavelength. The proof-of-concept strategy combines the electrochemical deposition and plasmonic imaging, which provides a universal approach in controllable synthesis of core-shell heterostructures, and leads to the improvement of plasmonic photocatalysts.
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