Quantum Mode Selectivity of Plasmon-Induced Water Splitting on Gold Nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 5452-5458

  Yan, Lei ^a,b   Wang, Fangwei ^a,b   Meng, Sheng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

hot electron; photosplitting; quantum plasmon mode; time dependent density functional theory; ultrafast dynamics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; HOT ELECTRONS; LASER PULSES; LASER THEORY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLASMONS; REACTION RATES; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WATER ABSORPTION;

ELECTRON-NUCLEAR DYNAMICS; HOT ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOSPLITTING; PLASMON MODES; QUANTUM OSCILLATIONS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84973401363     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b01840     Document Type: Article

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