Energy transfer in plasmonic photocatalytic composites

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ma, Xiang Chao ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Yu, Lin ^a   Huang, Bai Biao ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hot electron injection; near field enhancement; plasmonic photocatalyst; resonance energy transfer; surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOT ELECTRONS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RESONANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ENERGY TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84958087662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2016.17     Document Type: Article

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