Aluminum Nanocrystals as a Plasmonic Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Dissociation

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1478-1484

  Zhou, Linan ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a,b   McClain, Michael J ^a   Manjavacas, Alejandro ^c   Krauter, Caroline M ^d   Tian, Shu ^a   Berg, Felix ^a,g   Everitt, Henry O ^b,f   Carter, Emily A ^d,e   Nordlander, Peter ^a,b   Halas, Naomi J ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Army Aviation and Missile RD and E Center   (United States)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

aluminum nanocrystals; hot electron; hydrogen dissociation; interband transition; Plasmonic photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DISSOCIATION; GAS ADSORPTION; HOT ELECTRONS; HYDROGENATION; NANOCRYSTALS; ORBITS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ALUMINUM NANOCRYSTAL; HOT ELECTRON TRANSFER; HYDROGEN DISSOCIATION; HYDROGENATION REACTIONS; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLATINUM AND PALLADIUMS; PRECIOUS METAL CATALYSTS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84958087844     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b05149     Document Type: Article

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