Volume 214, 2019

Direct hot-carrier transfer in plasmonic catalysis

Abstract

Plasmonic metal nanoparticles can concentrate optical energy and enhance chemical reactions on their surfaces. Plasmons can interact with adsorbate orbitals and decay by directly exciting a carrier from the metal to the adsorbate in a process termed the direct-transfer process. Although this process could be useful for enhancing the efficiency of a chemical reaction, it remains poorly understood. Here, we report a preliminary investigation employing time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) calculations to capture this process at a model metal–adsorbate interface formed by a silver nanoparticle (Ag147) and a carbon monoxide molecule (CO). Direct hot-electron transfer is observed to occur from the occupied states of Ag to the unoccupied molecular orbitals of CO. We determine the probability of this process and show that it depends on the adsorption site of CO. Our results are expected to aid the design of more efficient metal–molecule interfaces for plasmonic catalysis.

Graphical abstract: Direct hot-carrier transfer in plasmonic catalysis

Associated articles

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 okt 2018
Accepted
15 nov 2018
First published
27 feb 2019

Faraday Discuss., 2019,214, 189-197

Direct hot-carrier transfer in plasmonic catalysis

P. V. Kumar, T. P. Rossi, M. Kuisma, P. Erhart and D. J. Norris, Faraday Discuss., 2019, 214, 189 DOI: 10.1039/C8FD00154E

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements