Plasmon-driven sequential chemical reactions in an aqueous environment
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

Plasmon-driven sequential chemical reactions were successfully realized in an aqueous environment. In an electrochemical environment, sequential chemical reactions were driven by an applied potential and laser irradiation. Furthermore, the rate of the chemical reaction was controlled via pH, which provides indirect evidence that the hot electrons generated from plasmon decay play an important role in plasmon-driven chemical reactions. In acidic conditions, the hot electrons were captured by the abundant H+ in the aqueous environment, which prevented the chemical reaction. The developed plasmon-driven chemical reactions in an aqueous environment will significantly expand the applications of plasmon chemistry and may provide a promising avenue for green chemistry using plasmon catalysis in aqueous environments under irradiation by sunlight.

Multidisciplinary Sciences

MOLECULES

AMINOTHIOPHENOL

REDOX

DISSOCIATION

SPECTROSCOPY

NANOSTRUCTURES

NANOPARTICLES

ENHANCED RAMAN-SCATTERING

AG

Författare

X. Zhang

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Capital Normal University

P. J. Wang

Capital Normal University

Z. L. Zhang

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Leibniz-Institut Für Photonische Technologien E.V.

Yurui Fang

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Bionanofotonik

M. T. Sun

Capital Normal University

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientific Reports

2045-2322 (ISSN) 20452322 (eISSN)

Vol. 4 5407

Ämneskategorier

Nanoteknik

DOI

10.1038/srep05407

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