Surface plasmon-driven photocatalysis in ambient, aqueous and high-vacuum monitored by SERS and TERS

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue , 2016, Pages 100-112

  Zhang, Zhenglong ^a,c,d   Xu, Ping ^b   Yang, Xianzhong ^a   Liang, Wenjie ^a   Sun, Mengtao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Plamon driven catalytic reaction; Surface catalysis; Surface plasmon; Surface enhanced raman scattering (SERS); Tip enhanced Raman scattering (TERS)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; HOT ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMONS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

CATALYTIC REACTIONS; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; HIGH-VACUUM ENVIRONMENTS; HYDROCARBON CONVERSION; SURFACE CATALYSIS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE-CATALYTIC REACTION; TIP-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERINGS;

SURFACE SCATTERING;

EID: 84963613090     PISSN: 13895567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2016.04.001     Document Type: Review

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