Evidence and implications of direct charge excitation as the dominant mechanism in plasmon-mediated photocatalysis

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Boerigter, Calvin ^a   Campana, Robert ^a   Morabito, Matthew ^a   Linic, Suljo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; RESONANCE; TRANSFORMATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; KINETICS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; OPTICS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84956708412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10545     Document Type: Article

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