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ACS PHOTONICS
卷 10, 期 9, 页码 3181-3187出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00563
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plasmonic catalysis; Cu; hot electrons; interfacial chemistry; multielectron transfer; SERS
This study demonstrates the plasmonic catalysis of six-electron chemistry using cost-effective copper nanoparticles. The research reveals that in the absence of chemical reducing agents, copper nanoparticles can effectively catalyze the plasmonic conversion of 4-nitrothiophenol to 4-aminothiophenol, a transformation that noble gold and silver nanoparticles cannot achieve under identical conditions. The presence of interfacial water molecules compensates for the energetic hot holes generated on the plasmonic copper surface, providing an adequate supply of hot electrons for the photocatalytic reaction.
Plasmon-excitation-driven hot electrons have been demonstrated to initiate chemical transformations when exposed to visible light. Nevertheless, achieving six-electron plasmon photocatalysis remains both rare and challenging due to the inability to maintain the persistent utilization of hot electrons. Moreover, plasmonic photocatalysts predominantly rely on noble metal nanomaterials, such as gold (Au) and silver (Ag) nanostructures. In this study, we explore the plasmonic catalysis of six-electron chemistry utilizing non-noble copper (Cu) nanoparticles under visible-light irradiation. Intriguingly, our findings reveal that in the absence of chemical reducing agents, cost-effective Cu nanoparticles can effectively catalyze the plasmonic conversion of 4nitrothiophenol to 4-aminothiophenol a transformation that remains unattainable for noble Au and Ag nanoparticles under identical conditions. Drawing upon the insights gleaned from in situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, we postulate that interfacial water (H2O) molecules compensate for the energetic hot holes generated on the plasmonic Cu surface, thereby furnishing an adequate supply of hot electrons required to activate the six-electron photocatalytic reaction. This research showcases the feasibility of multielectron photocatalysis chemistry employing earth-abundant Cu nanoparticles, thereby presenting promising opportunities for efficient solar-to-chemical energy conversion.
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