Plasmonic Aerogels as a Three-Dimensional Nanoscale Platform for Solar Fuel Photocatalysis

We use plasmonic Au-TiO2 aerogels as a platform in which to marry synthetically thickened particle-particle junctions in TiO2 aerogel networks to Au∥TiO2 interfaces and then investigate their cooperative influence on photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) generation under both broadband (i.e., UV + visible li...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 33(2017), 37 vom: 19. Sept., Seite 9444-9454
1. Verfasser: DeSario, Paul A (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Pietron, Jeremy J, Dunkelberger, Adam, Brintlinger, Todd H, Baturina, Olga, Stroud, Rhonda M, Owrutsky, Jeffrey C, Rolison, Debra R
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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