Elucidating the sole contribution from electromagnetic near-fields in plasmon-enhanced Cu2O photocathodes

DuChene, Joseph S.; Williams, Benjamin P.; Johnston-Peck, Aaron C.; Qiu, Jingjing; Gomes, Mathieu; Amilhau, Maxime; Bejleri, Donald; Weng, Jiena; Su, Dong; Huo, Fengwei; Stach, Eric A.; Wei, Wei David

doi:10.1002/aenm.201501250

Elucidating the sole contribution from electromagnetic near-fields in plasmon-enhanced Cu₂O photocathodes

Journal Article · Wed Nov 04 23:00:00 EST 2015 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201501250· OSTI ID:1224787

DuChene, Joseph S. ^[1]; Williams, Benjamin P. ^[1]; Johnston-Peck, Aaron C. ^[2]; Qiu, Jingjing ^[1]; Gomes, Mathieu ^[1]; Amilhau, Maxime ^[1]; Bejleri, Donald ^[1]; Weng, Jiena ^[3]; Su, Dong ^[2]; Huo, Fengwei ^[3]; Stach, Eric A. ^[2]; Wei, Wei David ^[1]

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Nanjing Tech Univ., Nanjing (China)

Despite many promising reports of plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis, the inability to identify the individual contributions from multiple enhancement mechanisms has delayed the development of general design rules for engineering efficient plasmonic photocatalysts. Herein, we construct a plasmonic photocathode comprised of Au@SiO₂ (core@shell) nanoparticles embedded within a Cu₂O nanowire network to exclusively examine the contribution from one such mechanism: electromagnetic near-field enhancement. The influence of the local electromagnetic field intensity is correlated with the overall light-harvesting efficiency of the device through variation of the SiO₂ shell thickness (5—22 nm) to systematically tailor the distance between the plasmonic Au nanoparticles and the Cu₂O nanowires. A three-fold increase in device photocurrent is achieved upon integrating the Au@SiO₂ nanoparticles into the Cu₂O nanowire network, further enabling a ~40% reduction in semiconductor film thickness while maintaining photocathode performance. Photoelectrochemical results are further correlated with photoluminescence studies and optical simulations to confirm that the near-field enhancement is the sole mechanism responsible for increased light absorption in the plasmonic photocathode.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI ID:: 1224787

Report Number(s):: BNL--108525-2015-JA; KC0403020

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 115; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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