Efficient Hot Electron Transfer from Small Au Nanoparticles

Liu, Yawei; Chen, Qiaoli; Cullen, David A.; Xie, Zhaoxiong; Lian, Tianquan

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01050

Efficient Hot Electron Transfer from Small Au Nanoparticles

Journal Article · Wed May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01050· OSTI ID:1706266

Liu, Yawei ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[1]

Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States); Xiamen Univ. (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
Xiamen Univ. (China)

Many important chemical transformations enabled by plasmonic hot carrier photocatalysis have been reported, although their efficiencies are often too low for practical applications. Here, we examine how the efficiency of plasmon-induced hot electron transfer depends on the Au particle size in Au-tipped CdS nanorods. We show that with decreasing Au size, the plasmon width increases due to enhanced surface damping contributions. The excitation of Au nanoparticles leads to an instrument response time-limited ultrafast hot electron transfer process to CdS ($$\ll$$140 fs). The quantum efficiency of this process increases from ~1% to ~18% as the particle size decreases from 5.5 ± 1.1 to 1.6 ± 0.5 nm due to both enhanced hot electron generation and transfer efficiencies in small Au particles. Our finding suggests that decreasing plasmonic particle size is an effective approach for improving plasmon-induced hot carrier transfer efficiency and provides important insight for the rational improvement of plasmonic hot carrier-based devices.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0008798

OSTI ID:: 1706266

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 20; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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