We demonstrate a bottom-up approach to fabricating a visible light-driven titania photocatalyst device bearing an embeddedtwo-dimensional (2D) array of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as a near-field light-generating layer...We demonstrate a bottom-up approach to fabricating a visible light-driven titania photocatalyst device bearing an embeddedtwo-dimensional (2D) array of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as a near-field light-generating layer. The device is a layered structureprepared by depositing a 2D array of AuNPs on a transparent conductive substrate (10 nm indium tin oxide (ITO) layer on quartz),coating the 2D array of AuNPs with a monolayer of trimethoxyoctylsilane (TMOS), and depositing titania nanocrystals on the anchoringmolecule (TMOS) layer. The visible light activity of the device was tested using photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) byilluminating the device with visible light (700 nm light) and ultraviolet (UV) light (250–380 nm). The localized surface plasmonresonance peak of the 36 nm AuNP 2D array is around 700 nm with a full-width at half-maximum of 350 nm. In comparison with othercontrol samples, the device showed the highest photocatalytic activity with visible irradiation, which was 1.7 times higher than that oftitania with UV irradiation. The origin of the visible light activity was confirmed by both quadratic incident light power dependency andaction spectrum to be plasmon-induced (near-field enhancement by AuNPs) two-photon absorption.展开更多
基金We thank the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology of Japan for financial supportGrant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research(KM,24656040)+4 种基金Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas‘Integrated Organic Synthesis’(KM,22106545 and 24106746)Grant-inAid for Young Scientists(KI,30455274)Japan Science and Technology Agency for financial support of e-ASIA JRPsupported by the Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technologyby Grant for Environmental Research Projects from The Sumitomo Foundation and the Collaborative Research Program of the Institute for Chemical Research,Kyoto University(grant 2012-14)
文摘We demonstrate a bottom-up approach to fabricating a visible light-driven titania photocatalyst device bearing an embeddedtwo-dimensional (2D) array of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as a near-field light-generating layer. The device is a layered structureprepared by depositing a 2D array of AuNPs on a transparent conductive substrate (10 nm indium tin oxide (ITO) layer on quartz),coating the 2D array of AuNPs with a monolayer of trimethoxyoctylsilane (TMOS), and depositing titania nanocrystals on the anchoringmolecule (TMOS) layer. The visible light activity of the device was tested using photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) byilluminating the device with visible light (700 nm light) and ultraviolet (UV) light (250–380 nm). The localized surface plasmonresonance peak of the 36 nm AuNP 2D array is around 700 nm with a full-width at half-maximum of 350 nm. In comparison with othercontrol samples, the device showed the highest photocatalytic activity with visible irradiation, which was 1.7 times higher than that oftitania with UV irradiation. The origin of the visible light activity was confirmed by both quadratic incident light power dependency andaction spectrum to be plasmon-induced (near-field enhancement by AuNPs) two-photon absorption.
