Manipulation of charge transfer and transport in plasmonic-ferroelectric hybrids for photoelectrochemical applications

Abstract

Photoelectrochemical systems based on plasmonics require control of band bending at the interface as well as transport of hot carriers. Here, Wang et al. employ a ferroelectric material, Pb(Zr,Ti)O3, with gold on ITO to capture hot electrons from the metal and manipulate the photoexcited charges for energy conversion.