Evidence of Plasmonic Induced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production on Pd/TiO2 Upon Deposition on Thin Films of Gold

Strongly enhanced visible light photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction in an n-doped MoS2 /TiO2(B) heterojunction by selective decoration of platinum nanoparticles at the MoS2 edge sites

“…Materials Chemistry A PAPER and increase the catalytic activity, numerous strategies have been explored, including impurity doping, [8][9][10][11] staggered-type HSs, 12,13 TiO 2 -based plasmonic HSs with noble metal nanoparticles (NPs), [14][15][16][17][18] etc. In a heterostructured system, the presence of a heterojunction modies the band positions as well as the inclination at the interface facilitating the migration of photogenerated charge carriers through the heterojunctions, which makes a highly efficient electrocatalyst.…”

Operational Conditions Affecting Hydrogen Production by the Photoreforming of Organic Compounds using Titania Nanoparticles with Gold

“…[95] In recent years,c atalysis and photocatalysis processesi n which Au NPs are used have become popular because of their effectivenessi nt he degradation and mineralizationo f organic compounds [41] because they are comparatively cheaper than Pt and because their inherent plasmonic oscillation makest hem photoactive in the visible region, [95] which depends upon the particle size,m orphology,a nd dielectric constant of the medium. [146,147] In this state,e lectronsa re transferred from surface-plasmon-stimulatedA uN Ps to the conduction band of TiO 2 . [148][149][150] Thef low of electrons is different underU Vl ight.…”

Improving solar hydrogen production with photonic band gap materials

“…Our future research will focus on the role of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in PBG materials with nanostructured Au layers, as the merits of combining PBG materials and LSPR is a current area of interest 10 and we have recently shown that LSPR can increase photocatalytic reaction rates. 11…”