Recently,the combination of plasmonic noble metallic nanostructures with semiconductors for plasmonenhanced visible light-driven water splitting(WS)has attracted considerable attention.This review first presents three...Recently,the combination of plasmonic noble metallic nanostructures with semiconductors for plasmonenhanced visible light-driven water splitting(WS)has attracted considerable attention.This review first presents three prime enhancement mechanisms for plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic WS,and then some state-of-the-art representative studies are introduced according to different enhancement mechanisms.Furthermore,the design parameters of plasmonic-metal/semiconductor photocatalysts are discussed in detail,focusing on the effect of shape,size and geometric position of metallic nanostructures on the photocatalytic activity of visible light-driven WS.Finally,the challenges and perspectives for plasmon-enhanced solar WS are proposed.展开更多
基金Financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(RGPIN-2015-06756)Canada Research Chairs Program(950-212323)+3 种基金le Fonds de recherche du Quebec-Nature et technologies(FRQNT)is greatly appreciated.In addition,Q.Zhang acknowledges the support under State Scholarship Fund from the China Scholarship Council(CSC,NO.201506220152)D.Thrithamarassery Gangadharan acknowledges the support from FRQNT Merit scholarship program for foreign students(199772)Dr.Z.Xu acknowledges the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 51402198)Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province(201602592)for financial support.
文摘Recently,the combination of plasmonic noble metallic nanostructures with semiconductors for plasmonenhanced visible light-driven water splitting(WS)has attracted considerable attention.This review first presents three prime enhancement mechanisms for plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic WS,and then some state-of-the-art representative studies are introduced according to different enhancement mechanisms.Furthermore,the design parameters of plasmonic-metal/semiconductor photocatalysts are discussed in detail,focusing on the effect of shape,size and geometric position of metallic nanostructures on the photocatalytic activity of visible light-driven WS.Finally,the challenges and perspectives for plasmon-enhanced solar WS are proposed.