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Hydrogen Generation: Plasmonic ZnO/Ag Embedded Structures as Collecting Layers for Photogenerating Electrons in Solar Hydrogen Generation Photoelectrodes (Small 17/2013)
Author(s) -
Chen Hao Ming,
Chen Chih Kai,
Tseng Ming Lun,
Wu Pin Chieh,
Chang Chia Min,
Cheng LiangChien,
Huang Hsin Wei,
Chan Ting Shan,
Huang DingWei,
Liu RuShi,
Tsai Din Ping
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201370099
Subject(s) - plasmon , materials science , surface plasmon resonance , semiconductor , optoelectronics , charge carrier , plasmonic solar cell , nanotechnology , hydrogen , surface plasmon , nanostructure , photocatalysis , nanoparticle , absorbance , fabrication , electron , energy conversion efficiency , optics , polymer solar cell , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , medicine , biochemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , catalysis
A new fs‐laser fabrication technique is applied to generate patternable plasmonic nanostructures, in which both localized surface plasmon resonance in metal nanoparticles and plasmon polaritons propagating at the metal/semiconductor interface are available for improving the capture of sunlight and collecting of charge carriers. As reported by R. S. Liu, D. P. Tsai, and co‐workers on page 2926 , plasmoninduced effects simultaneously enhance the photoresponse, by both improving optical absorbance and facilitating the separation of charge carriers. This strategy can be used to improve the effectiveness of embedded plasmonic nanostructures in hydrogen generation.