Citation: LIU Jia, PAN Rongrong, ZHANG Erhuan, LI Yuemei, LIU Jiajia, XU Meng, RONG Hongpan, CHEN Wenxing, ZHANG Jiatao. Mechanistic Understanding of Plasmon-induced Hot Electron Injection for Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Solar-to-Fuel Generation[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, ;2018, 35(8): 890-901. doi: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2018.08.180133 shu

Mechanistic Understanding of Plasmon-induced Hot Electron Injection for Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Solar-to-Fuel Generation

Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Corresponding author: ZHANG Jiatao, zhangjt@bit.edu.cn
Received Date: 26 April 2018
Revised Date: 14 June 2018
Accepted Date: 15 June 2018

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51631001Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51702016, No.51631001, No.91323301, No.51501010)the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51501010the National Natural Science Foundation of China 91323301the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51702016

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Hot electrons derived from the surface plasmon resonance of metallic nanocrystals have been demonstrated to play a promising role in promoting the efficiency of photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical solar-to-fuel generation. In this review, we try to describe the underlying mechanisms of the generation and relaxation process of hot electrons, give a discussion on the key factors that affect the efficiency of hot electron injection from metal to semiconductor, and provide an overview of the research progress on hot electron-mediated photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting. This review also outlines the critical limitations in current studies and sheds light on the possible future developments in this research field.
- metal/semiconductor heteronanocrystals,
- surface plasmon resonance,
- photocatalysis,
- photoelectrochemical catalysis,
- hot electron injection
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