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Back Cover: Integration of Plasmonic Effects and Schottky Junctions into Metal–Organic Framework Composites: Steering Charge Flow for Enhanced Visible‐Light Photocatalysis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 4/2018)
Author(s) -
Xiao JuanDing,
Han Lili,
Luo Jun,
Yu ShuHong,
Jiang HaiLong
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201713194
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , nanorod , schottky barrier , metal organic framework , materials science , surface plasmon resonance , semiconductor , plasmon , photochemistry , nanotechnology , visible spectrum , optoelectronics , catalysis , chemical engineering , chemistry , nanoparticle , adsorption , diode , engineering , biochemistry
Based on a semiconductor‐like metal–organic framework (MOF), the Pt@MOF/Au catalyst integrates the surface plasmon resonance excitation of Au nanorods with a Pt‐MOF Schottky junction, which extends the light absorption of the MOF from the UV to the visible region and greatly accelerates charge transfer. H.‐L. Jiang et al. show in their Communication on page 1103 ff. that the spatial separation of Pt and Au particles by the MOF further steers the formation of charge flow and expedites electron migration, leading to a very high photocatalytic H 2 production rate.