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Enhanced plasmonic absorption of Pt cuboctahedra-WO3 nanohybrids used as visible light photocatalysts for overall water splitting

Show Author's Information Qiaoling Chen,  Yiwei Tan( )
State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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localized surface plasmon resonance, overall water splitting, plasmonic photocatalysis, WO3, plasmonic Pt nanoparticles
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Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effects of nanoscale plasmonic metals/semiconductor composites have been extensively applied into visible light photocatalysis. However, Pt nanoparticles (NPs) with the visible LSPR absorption maxima have rarely been used as a photosensitizer to facilitate photocatalytic reactions, especially the photocatalytic overall water splitting (POWS) reaction, presumably because they feature weak light absorption. Herein, we present that the increased plasmonic absorption and local field enhancement can be achieved in the wide visible range by exploiting the simulated and experimental expressions of Pt nanocuboctahedra and Pt cuboctahedra-WO3 nanohybrids (Pt-WO3). First, monodisperse Pt cuboctahedra with different sizes, a hierarchical WO3 nanoarchitecture composed of radially patterned WO3 nanopillars, and Pt-WO3 were systematically synthesized. Subsequently, visible plasmonic Pt-WO3 photocatalysts were employed in the POWS tests and exhibited the significant activity enhancement in the visible light region. The apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of greater than 7% within the range of visible light has been achieved for the optimal Pt-WO3.


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Enhanced plasmonic absorption of Pt cuboctahedra-WO3 nanohybrids used as visible light photocatalysts for overall water splitting

Show Author's information Qiaoling Chen, Yiwei Tan( )
State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China

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Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effects of nanoscale plasmonic metals/semiconductor composites have been extensively applied into visible light photocatalysis. However, Pt nanoparticles (NPs) with the visible LSPR absorption maxima have rarely been used as a photosensitizer to facilitate photocatalytic reactions, especially the photocatalytic overall water splitting (POWS) reaction, presumably because they feature weak light absorption. Herein, we present that the increased plasmonic absorption and local field enhancement can be achieved in the wide visible range by exploiting the simulated and experimental expressions of Pt nanocuboctahedra and Pt cuboctahedra-WO3 nanohybrids (Pt-WO3). First, monodisperse Pt cuboctahedra with different sizes, a hierarchical WO3 nanoarchitecture composed of radially patterned WO3 nanopillars, and Pt-WO3 were systematically synthesized. Subsequently, visible plasmonic Pt-WO3 photocatalysts were employed in the POWS tests and exhibited the significant activity enhancement in the visible light region. The apparent quantum efficiency (AQE) of greater than 7% within the range of visible light has been achieved for the optimal Pt-WO3.

Keywords: localized surface plasmon resonance, overall water splitting, plasmonic photocatalysis, WO3, plasmonic Pt nanoparticles

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Received: 01 August 2022
Revised: 09 October 2022
Accepted: 10 October 2022
Published: 15 November 2022
Issue date: April 2023

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This work was financially supported by the Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province (No. JNHB-043) and the Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering (No. ZK201713).

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