Enhanced optical absorption of the plasmonic nanoshell suspension based on the solar photocatalytic hydrogen production system

Applied Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-29

  Duan, Huiling ^a   Xuan, Yimin ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

LSPR; Particle dispersion system; Plasmonic nanoshell

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DISPERSED NANOPARTICLES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; INTER-PARTICLE COUPLING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; LSPR; PARTICLE DISPERSION; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PLASMONIC NANOSHELL;

NANOSHELLS;

ABSORPTION; CATALYSIS; DISPERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84885734425     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.09.035     Document Type: Article

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