Plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production on Au/TiO2 hybrid nanocrystal arrays

Wu, Bao-Hsien; Liu, Wei-Ting; Chen, Tzu-Yu; Perng, Tsong-Pyng; Huang, Jer-Hsing; Chen, Lih-Juann

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.07.029

Plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production on Au/TiO₂ hybrid nanocrystal arrays

Journal Article · Tue Jul 26 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nano Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.07.029· OSTI ID:1480731

Wu, Bao-Hsien ^[1]; Liu, Wei-Ting ^[1]; Chen, Tzu-Yu ^[2]; Perng, Tsong-Pyng ^[1]; Huang, Jer-Hsing ^[2]; Chen, Lih-Juann ^[1]

National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Dept. of Chemistry

In recent years, hybrid nanostructure consisted of plasmonic metals and different dielectrics have attracted much attention for their intriguing plasmonic properties. Recent studies have also shown that by introducing plasmonic metals, the photocatalytic efficiency of semiconductor can improve via plasmon-enhanced light absorption. We have demonstrated excellent photocatalytic properties for hydrogen production using hexagonal close-packed core-shell Au/TiO₂ hybrid nanocrystal arrays. Under both ultra-violet and visible light, significant increase in the hydrogen production from methanol (20%) solution splitting was achieved with the hybrid Au/TiO₂ nanocrystal arrays in comparison with bare TiO₂ thin film as well as randomly distributed Au/TiO₂ nanocrystals. From the finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation, the significant increase (up to 60%) in hydrogen production can be correlated to strong and optimum coupling of the enhanced electric field from localized surface plasmon resonance in Au/TiO₂ nanocrystal arrays. In addition to allowing more accurate measurement of plasmonic enhancement, the ordered nanostructures have been shown to be especially amenable to the systematic analysis of lateral coupling of plasmonically enhanced electric field. Finally, as a result, optimal structures with appropriate spacing of core-shell metal-dielectric nanocrystals, metal core size and dielectric shell thickness for maximum enhancement can be designed.

Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) (Taiwan)

OSTI ID:: 1480731

Journal Information:: Nano Energy, Journal Name: Nano Energy Vol. 27; ISSN 2211-2855

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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