New insights in establishing the structure-property relations of novel plasmonic nanostructures for clean energy applications
New insights in establishing the structure-property relations of novel plasmonic nanostructures for clean energy applications
Plasmonic nanostructures have provided unique opportunities for harvesting solar energy to facilitate various chemical reactions. In the past decade, localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) has been extensively explored in catalysis to increase the activity and selectivity of chemical transformation reactions under mild reaction conditions, however, they are still subjected to many challenges in terms of lower efficiency, stability and reaction mechanisms under light irradiation conditions. There have been numerous research efforts in exploring the catalytic trends, mechanisms, challenges and applications in plasmonic catalysis. Several cutting-edge characterization techniques (UV-vis, surface voltage spectroscopy, SERS, photoluminescence, photocurrent measurements and theoretical simulations) have been employed to characterize and establish the structure-property relationship of noble metal-based plasmonic hybrid nanostructures. In this review, we have attempted to correlate the operando techniques to understand the structural details and their plasmonic catalytic activities in emerging applications, hydrogen generation and CO2 reduction reactions.
Verma, Priyanka
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Kuwahara, Yasutaka
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Mori, Kohsuke
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Raja, Robert
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Yamashita, Hiromi
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20 January 2022
Verma, Priyanka
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Kuwahara, Yasutaka
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Mori, Kohsuke
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Raja, Robert
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Yamashita, Hiromi
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Verma, Priyanka, Kuwahara, Yasutaka, Mori, Kohsuke, Raja, Robert and Yamashita, Hiromi
(2022)
New insights in establishing the structure-property relations of novel plasmonic nanostructures for clean energy applications.
EnergyChem, 4 (1), [100070].
(doi:10.1016/j.enchem.2022.100070).
Abstract
Plasmonic nanostructures have provided unique opportunities for harvesting solar energy to facilitate various chemical reactions. In the past decade, localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) has been extensively explored in catalysis to increase the activity and selectivity of chemical transformation reactions under mild reaction conditions, however, they are still subjected to many challenges in terms of lower efficiency, stability and reaction mechanisms under light irradiation conditions. There have been numerous research efforts in exploring the catalytic trends, mechanisms, challenges and applications in plasmonic catalysis. Several cutting-edge characterization techniques (UV-vis, surface voltage spectroscopy, SERS, photoluminescence, photocurrent measurements and theoretical simulations) have been employed to characterize and establish the structure-property relationship of noble metal-based plasmonic hybrid nanostructures. In this review, we have attempted to correlate the operando techniques to understand the structural details and their plasmonic catalytic activities in emerging applications, hydrogen generation and CO2 reduction reactions.
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The present work was partially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 19K15311, 26220911, 18K14056, and 19H00838) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and MEXT. YK, KM and HY acknowledge the MEXT program “Element Strategy Initiative” (No. JPMXP0112101003). Priyanka Verma gratefully acknowledges the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for the International Postdoctoral Fellowship (P21042) at Osaka University, Japan.
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Priyanka Verma is currently working as a JSPS International Postdoctoral Fellow at Osaka University, Japan. She received her B.Sc. Hons. (2012) and M.Sc. (2014) in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, respectively. She earned her Ph.D. (2017) in Engineering and later served as an assistant professor (2017–2019) at Osaka University. Dr. Verma's notable awards include the Institute Gold Medal at IIT-Hyderabad (2014), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Fellowship for Ph.D. (2014–2017), Early-Career Scientists Research Grant from JSPS (2019), Royal Society-Newton International Fellowship (2019–2021) and JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021–2023). Her research interest focuses on the development of unique photo-active plasmonic nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications (h-index 15).
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The present work was partially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 19K15311, 26220911, 18K14056, and 19H00838) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and MEXT. YK, KM and HY acknowledge the MEXT program ?Element Strategy Initiative? (No. JPMXP0112101003). Priyanka Verma gratefully acknowledges the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for the International Postdoctoral Fellowship (P21042) at Osaka University, Japan.
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