Hot plasmonic electrons for generation of enhanced photocurrent in gold-TiO2 nanocomposites

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brennan, Lorcan J ^a   Purcell Milton, Finn ^a   Salmeron, Aurélien S ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Govorov, Alexander O ^b   Fedorov, Anatoly V ^c   Gun’ko, Yurii K ^a,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Au TiO2 nanocomposite; Hot electrons; Surface plasmon resonance; TiO2 films

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HOT ELECTRONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PLASMONICS; SINTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AU-TIO2 NANOCOMPOSITES; ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; PLASMON RESONANCES; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; THEORETICAL MODELLING; TIO2 FILM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE FILMS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84923815969     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-014-0710-5     Document Type: Article

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