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Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume 6, Issue 21, Pages 4352-4359Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01883
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- OBOR Material Networks program
- NSF Award [CBET-1510503, CHE-1465052]
- McMaster Fellowship
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [1465052] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Recent progress in the colloidal synthesis of inorganic nanocrystals has led to the realization of complex, multidomain nanoparticle morphologies that give rise to advanced optoelectronic properties. Such nanocomposites are particularly appealing for photocatalytic applications where tunable absorption, extensive charge separation, and large surface-to-volume ratios are important. To date, heterostructured nanocrystals featuring a metal catalyst and a semiconductor chromophore component have shown compelling efficiencies in photoreduction reactions, including sacrificial hydrogen production. Time-resolved optical studies have attributed their success to a near-complete separation of photoinduced charges across dissimilar nanoparticle domains. The spectroscopy approach has also identified the key performance-limiting factors of nanocrystal catalysts that arise from inefficient extraction of photoinduced charges to catalytic sites. Along these lines, the main scope of present-day efforts targets the improvement of interstitial charge transfer pathways across the chromophore-catalyst assembly through the design of high-quality stoichiometric interfaces.
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