Probing nanoscale spatial distribution of plasmonically excited hot carriers

Sheng-Chao Huang; Xiang Wang; Qing-Qing Zhao; Jin-Feng Zhu; Cha-Wei Li; Yu-Han He; Shu Hu; Matthew M. Sartin; Sen Yan; Bin Ren

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18016-4

Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Probing nanoscale spatial distribution of plasmonically excited hot carriers

Sheng-Chao Huang,
Xiang Wang,
Qing-Qing Zhao,
Jin-Feng Zhu,
Cha-Wei Li,
Yu-Han He,
Shu Hu,
Matthew M. Sartin,
Sen Yan,
Bin Ren

Affiliations

Sheng-Chao Huang: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Xiang Wang: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Qing-Qing Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Jin-Feng Zhu: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics, Xiamen University
Cha-Wei Li: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics, Xiamen University
Yu-Han He: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Shu Hu: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Matthew M. Sartin: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Sen Yan: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Bin Ren: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18016-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Revealing the spatial distribution of hot carriers in real space is crucial to their efficient utilization. Here, the authors show that in-situ electrochemical tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is able to resolve the spatial distribution of reactive hot carriers with a nanometer spatial resolution.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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