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SUBMITTER: Xie W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4506517 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Wei W Schlücker Sebastian S
Nature communications 20150703
Noble metals are important photocatalysts due to their ability to convert light into chemical energy. Hot electrons, generated via the non-radiative decay of localized surface plasmons, can be transferred to reactants on the metal surface. Unfortunately, the number of hot electrons per molecule is limited due to charge-carrier recombination. In addition to the reduction half-reaction with hot electrons, also the corresponding oxidation counter-half-reaction must take place since otherwise the ov ...[more]