Spectral Response of Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles to Capacitive Charging: Morphology Effects

Hoener, Benjamin S.; Zhang, Hui; Heiderscheit, Thomas S.; Kirchner, Silke R.; De Silva Indrasekara, Agampodi S.; Baiyasi, Rashad; Cai, Yiyu; Nordlander, Peter; Link, Stephan; Landes, Christy F.; Chang, Wei-Shun

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00945

Spectral Response of Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles to Capacitive Charging: Morphology Effects

Journal Article · Tue May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00945· OSTI ID:1595367

Hoener, Benjamin S. ^[1]; Zhang, Hui ^[2]; Heiderscheit, Thomas S. ^[2]; Kirchner, Silke R. ^[2]; De Silva Indrasekara, Agampodi S. ^[2]; Baiyasi, Rashad ^[2]; Cai, Yiyu ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]

Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Rice University
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

Here, we report a study of the shape-dependent spectral response of the gold nanoparticle surface plasmon resonance at various electron densities to provide mechanistic insight into the role of capacitive charging, a topic of some debate. We demonstrate a morphology-dependent spectral response for gold nanoparticles due to capacitive charging using single-particle spectroscopy in an inert electrochemical environment. A decrease in plasmon energy and increase in spectral width for gold nanospheres and nanorods was observed as the electron density was tuned through a potential window of -0.3 to 0.1 V. The combined observations could not be explained by existing theories. A new quantum theory for charging based on the random phase approximation was developed. Furthermore, the redox reaction of gold oxide formation was probed using single-particle plasmon voltammetry to reproduce the reduction peak from the bulk cyclic voltammetry. These results deepen our understanding of the relationship between optical and electronic properties in plasmonic nanoparticles and provide insight toward their potential applications in directed electrocatalysis.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0016534

OSTI ID:: 1595367

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1534724

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 8; ISSN 1948-7185

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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