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Plasmonic Photocatalysts with Wide Light Absorption Spectra and High Charge Separation Efficiencies

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Plasmonic photocatalysts have recently attracted increasing interests due to its superior photocatalytic performances and potential applications on solving energy and environmental problems. Due to the unique localized surface plasmon resonance effects (LSPRs), plasmonic photocatalysts exhibit wide light absorption spectra and high charge carriers separation efficiencies. In this chapter, we briefly introduced the basic principles of LSPRs, and reviewed recent development of plasmonic photocatalysts.

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 Parts of work described in Sect. 4 were financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (the 973 Program: No. 2013CB632401) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 21333006, 11374190, and 51021062). Peng Wang thanks the Center for Nanoscale Materials, a US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences user facility under contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

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Wang, Z. et al. (2015). Plasmonic Photocatalysts with Wide Light Absorption Spectra and High Charge Separation Efficiencies. In: Rozhkova, E., Ariga, K. (eds) From Molecules to Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13800-8_9

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