Plasmonic metal nitrides for solar-driven water evaporation

Margeson, Matthew J.; Dasog, Mita

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“…Recent reports demonstrated the use of plasmonic metal nitrides for solar-vapor generation and waterdesalination; however, there is scarcity of reports exploring the photocatalytic applications of these newly emerging plasmonic materials. [288][289][290] Along with the focus on developing champion photocatalysts, efforts should be dedicated to optimize chemical transformations under continuous-flow mode for translating plasmonic photocatalysis from lab to industry. Overall, the efforts on expanding the pool of material kit are highly appealing and promising for the sustainable and industrial realization of solar-to-chemical energy conversion.…”

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Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Activating Chemical Bonds through Light and Plasmon

Jain

Kashyap

Pillai

2022

Advanced Optical Materials

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Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Activating Chemical Bonds through Light and Plasmon

Jain

Kashyap

Pillai

2022

Advanced Optical Materials

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“…Metal nitrides have been explored for solar driven water evaporation experiments to generate clean and desalinated drinking water and were recently reviewed. 31 TiN exhibits a spectrally broad LSPR that is well-suited for solar absorption, and most studies have focused on using this nitride for photothermal water evaporation. TiN has exhibited promising photothermal properties (Figure 4A and B): 92 light-to-water vapor conversion efficiencies above 90% have been achieved using interfaces with optimal porosity, NP loading, and low thermal conductivity.…”

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Transition Metal Nitrides Are Heating Up the Field of Plasmonics

Dasog

2022

Chem. Mater.

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Metal nitride nanostructures have been predicted to exhibit plasmonic responses in the UV to IR region, which can enable their potential use as low-cost, chemically, and thermally stable materials in several applications. In the case of photothermal applications, nitrides have been shown, both numerically and experimentally, to perform better than the noble metals. Additionally superior thermal stability of the metal nitride materials offers compatibility with high temperature device fabrication techniques. The plasmon frequency for transition metal nitride materials can be tuned from the UV to IR region by varying the type of metal in the nitride and metal/nitrogen ratio. Recently, studies have focused on developing and applying free-standing metal nitride nanostructures. Most investigations have focused on TiN, but as of late focus has been shifting to investigate other nanostructured nitrides such as ZrN and HfN. This Perspective will highlight recent key findings on the synthesis of plasmonic metal nitrides; associated thermal stability and photothermal properties; and application in photothermal therapy, solar-driven water evaporation, and chemical reactions. An outlook on current knowledge gaps and challenges and future directions to further this field is also presented.

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“…[ 1–7 ] Recently, transition metal carbides/nitrides (MXene‐TMCs/TMNs) have also demonstrated a promising application in photothermal conversion due to their excellent electromagnetic wave absorption capacity and a localized surface plasmon effect, resulting in broadband light (UV–vis–Infrared) absorption and excellent photothermal conversion efficiency. [ 8–12 ] Specifically, plasmonic TMN materials have displayed high melting points, excellent thermal and chemical stabilities, and are less expensive than noble metals such as Au. [ 13 ] Recently, group 4 TMNs (65% of HfN, 58% of ZrN, and 49% of TiN) exhibited higher photothermal transduction efficiencies than that of commercially Au (43%) samples because of their strong localized surface plasmon resonance effects.…”

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2D Higher‐Metal Nitride Nanosheets for Solar Steam Generation

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Yang

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excellent electromagnetic wave absorption capacity and a localized surface plasmon effect, resulting in broadband light (UVvis-Infrared) absorption and excellent photothermal conversion efficiency. [8][9][10][11][12] Specifically, plasmonic TMN materials have displayed high melting points, excellent thermal and chemical stabilities, and are less expensive than noble metals such as Au. [13] Recently, group 4 TMNs (65% of HfN, 58% of ZrN, and 49% of TiN) exhibited higher photothermal transduction efficiencies than that of commercially Au (43%) samples because of their strong localized surface plasmon resonance effects. [14,15] However, most of these TMN compounds are usually formed from non-or sub-stoichiometric compositions and contain low nitrogen content. [16] Specifically, when the metallic atoms are in higher oxidation states, their corresponding metal nitride compounds are expected to form higher-metal (HM) nitrogen-rich (Nitrogen:Metal ratio >1) nitrides. These characteristics can result in some nitrides, such as HM-Mo 5 N 6 , posessing metallic properties resulting in improved electrocatalytic performance compared to nitrogen-poor nitrides. This can be attributed to the more complicated electron orbital hybridization state in Mo 5 N 6 compared to MoN. [17] For instance, the d band center positions of HM-Mo 5 N 6 and MoN are −1.96 and −2.28 eV. Therefore, the high valence state of Mo atoms in HM-Mo 5 N 6 and strong plasmon effect result in better catalytic activity and demonstrate great potential for solar-driven water generation. Alternatively, other HM nitrides, such as Ta 3 N 5 , demonstrate semiconductivity, which is advantageous for applications such as photoelectrochemical water splitting. [18] Furthermore, due to their higher oxidation states, HM-nitrides exhibit excellent corrosion resistance and high conductivity resulting in electrochemical catalytic behavior under harsh environments such as extremes of pH. [17,19] To date, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has been explored to synthesize graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), and has also been used to obtain Mo 2 C, MoN, and Mo 5 N 6 nanosheets through the selection of specific precursors. [20][21][22][23][24][25] Furthermore, other researchers have also obtained metal nitrides via either the salt-template-assisted or atomic substitution methods under an ammonia atmosphere. [26][27][28][29][30] Although there has been Higher-metal (HM) nitrides are a fascinating family of materials being increasingly researched due to their unique physical and chemical properties. However, few focus on investigating their application in a solar steam generation because the controllable and large-scale synthesis of these materials remains a significant challenge. Herein, it is reported that higher-metal molybdenum nitride nanosheets (HM-Mo 5 N 6 ) can be produced at the gramscale using amine-functionalized MoS 2 as precursor. The first-principles calculation confirms amine-functionalized MoS 2 nanosheet effectively lengthens...

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Plasmonic metal nitrides for solar-driven water evaporation

Abstract: This frontier review highlights recent advances in solar-driven water evaporation using plasmonic metal nitride nanostructures, the current challenges, and future opportunities.

Cited by 22 publications

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Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Activating Chemical Bonds through Light and Plasmon

Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Activating Chemical Bonds through Light and Plasmon

Transition Metal Nitrides Are Heating Up the Field of Plasmonics

2D Higher‐Metal Nitride Nanosheets for Solar Steam Generation

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