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Meng X, Liu L, Ouyang S, Xu H, Wang D, Zhao N, Ye J. Nanometals for Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion: From Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysis to Plasmon-Mediated Photocatalysis and Photo-Thermocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:6781-803. [PMID: 27185493 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Nanometal materials play very important roles in solar-to-chemical energy conversion due to their unique catalytic and optical characteristics. They have found wide applications from semiconductor photocatalysis to rapidly growing surface plasmon-mediated heterogeneous catalysis. The recent research achievements of nanometals are reviewed here, with regard to applications in semiconductor photocatalysis, plasmonic photocatalysis, and plasmonic photo-thermocatalysis. As the first important topic discussed here, the latest progress in the design of nanometal cocatalysts and their applications in semiconductor photocatalysis are introduced. Then, plasmonic photocatalysis and plasmonic photo-thermocatalysis are discussed. A better understanding of electron-driven and temperature-driven catalytic behaviors over plasmonic nanometals is helpful to bridge the present gap between the communities of photocatalysis and conventional catalysis controlled by temperature. The objective here is to provide instructive information on how to take the advantages of the unique functions of nanometals in different types of catalytic processes to improve the efficiency of solar-energy utilization for more practical artificial photosynthesis.
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- Xianguang Meng
- TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) and Environmental Remediation Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0814, Japan
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- TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Tianjin Key Lab Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Tianjin Key Lab Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Tianjin Key Lab Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Tianjin Key Lab Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Lab Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) and Environmental Remediation Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
- Graduate School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0814, Japan
- Tianjin Key Lab Composite and Functional Materials, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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Wang Z, Jia X, Wang R. Dynamic Study of O2 Adsorption and Dissociation on Pd Low-Index Surfaces. J Phys Chem A 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0377174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Zexin Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 250014
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- Department of Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 250014
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- Department of Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 250014
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Affiliation(s)
- Micha Asscher
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Farkas Center for Light Induced Processes, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel, and Department of Chemistry, Nuclear Research Center Negev, P.O.B. 9001, Beer-Sheva 84190, Israel
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Farkas Center for Light Induced Processes, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel, and Department of Chemistry, Nuclear Research Center Negev, P.O.B. 9001, Beer-Sheva 84190, Israel
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