Synergetic enhancement of plasmonic hot-electron injection in Au cluster-nanoparticle/C3N4 for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Synergetic enhancement of plasmonic hot-electron injection in Au cluster-nanoparticle/C3N4 for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Fumin Tang, Yong Jiang, Shiqiang Wei, Qinghua Liu, Jinkun Liu, Weiren Cheng, Tao Yao, Hui Su, Xusheng Zheng, Yuanyuan Huang, Fengchun Hu, Wei Che

We report a newly designed Au cluster-nanoparticle/C₃N₄ photocatalyst for realizing efficient plasmonic hot-electron injection, which could effectively improve the hydrogen production rate by 6-20 times in the 400-900 nm range.

Publisher URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/TA/C7TA03808A

DOI: 2017/TA/C7TA03808A

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