Plasmon Enhanced Solar-to-Fuel Energy Conversion

被引:453
作者
Thomann, Isabel [1 ]
Pinaud, Blaise A. [2 ]
Chen, Zhebo [2 ]
Clemens, Bruce M. [1 ]
Jaramillo, Thomas F. [2 ]
Brongersma, Mark L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Geballe Lab Adv Mat, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Plasmon; noble metal nanoparticles; iron oxide; water splitting; water oxidation; solar fuel; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; THIN-FILMS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; TIO2; FILMS; WATER; RESONANCE; OXIDATION;
D O I
10.1021/nl201908s
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Future generations of photoelectrodes for solar fuel generation must employ inexpensive, earth-abundant absorber materials in order to provide a large-scale source of clean energy. These materials tend to have poor electrical transport properties and exhibit carrier diffusion lengths which are significantly shorter than the absorption depth of light. As a result, many photoexcited carriers are generated too far from a reactive surface and recombine instead of participating in solar-to-fuel conversion. We demonstrate that plasmonic resonances in metallic nanostructures and multilayer interference effects can be engineered to strongly concentrate sunlight close to the electrode/liquid interface, precisely where the relevant reactions take place. On comparison of spectral features in the enhanced photocurrent spectra to full-field electromagnetic simulations, the contribution of surface plasmon excitations is verified. These results open the door to the optimization of a wide variety of photochemical processes by leveraging the rapid advances in the field of plasmonics.
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页码:3440 / 3446
页数:7
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