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Degenerating Plasmonic Modes to Enhance the Performance of Surface Plasmon Resonance for Application in Solar Energy Conversion
Author(s) -
Zhan Zhibing,
Grote Fabian,
Wang Zhijie,
Xu Rui,
Lei Yong
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201501654
Subject(s) - surface plasmon resonance , plasmon , materials science , resonance (particle physics) , optoelectronics , degenerate energy levels , dipole , photocurrent , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , computer science , physics , particle physics , quantum mechanics
A new approach to enhance surface plasmon resonance (SPR) performance by degenerating the quadrupole and dipole SPR modes of highly ordered Ag nanoparticle arrays is proposed. The degenerate reason is confirmed to originate from the variation of refractive index in different wavelengths. The degenerate plasmonic modes strengthen SPR, which improves the photocurrent and photocatalytic activity in this incorporated system.