Plasmon induced hot electron injection for photocatalysis

Plasmon induced photocatalysis opens ways for efficient solar energy conversion into chemical energy. The photons absorbed in the metal particles produce hot electrons that should be efficiently transferred into surrounding medium to drive chemical reactions. Different mechanisms for the transfer are investigated, the limiting factors are identified and the approaches to improve the transfer are proposed. 

Publikationen

• E. Blandre, D. Jalas, A.Y. Petrov, and M. Eich: Limit of efficiency of generation of hot electrons in metals and their injection inside a semiconductor using a semiclassical approach. ACS Photonics, 5: S. 3613–3620, 2018.