Following charge separation on the nanoscale in Cu2O-Au nanoframe hollow nanoparticles

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3285-3289

  Mahmoud, Mahmoud A ^a   Qian, Wei ^a,b   El Sayed, Mostafa A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cuprous oxide; electron and hole separation; femtosecond dynamics; gold; nanoframe; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COMPETING PROCESS; CUPROUS OXIDE; DYE DEGRADATION; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; EXCITON LIFETIME; FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS; FEMTOSECONDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HOLE TRANSFER; HOLE TRAPPING; HOLLOW NANOPARTICLES; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LAYER SEPARATION; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; NANO LAYERS; NANO SCALE; NANOFRAME; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY;

DEGRADATION; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; HOLE CONCENTRATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLUTIONS;

GOLD;

COPPER; CUPRIC OXIDE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; X-RAYS;

EID: 80051616028     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201642r     Document Type: Article

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