Photon Energy Threshold in Direct Photocatalysis with Metal Nanoparticles: Key Evidence from the Action Spectrum of the Reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2526-2534

  Sarina, Sarina ^a   Jaatinen, Esa ^a   Xiao, Qi ^a,b   Huang, Yi Ming ^a   Christopher, Philip ^c   Zhao, Jin Cai ^d   Zhu, Huai Yong ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c University of California Riverside   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; IRRADIATION; METALS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTONS;

EFFICIENCY OF REACTION; ELECTRON EXCITATIONS; IRRADIATION WAVELENGTH; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; NEAR-AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOTHERMAL EFFECTS; REACTION TEMPERATURE;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 85019991273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00941     Document Type: Article

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