Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Near infrared light induced plasmonic hot hole transfer at a nano-heterointerface

  • Zichao Lian,
  • Masanori Sakamoto,
  • Hironori Matsunaga,
  • Junie Jhon M. Vequizo,
  • Akira Yamakata,
  • Mitsutaka Haruta,
  • Hiroki Kurata,
  • Wataru Ota,
  • Tohru Sato,
  • Toshiharu Teranishi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04630-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Hot hole transfer has applications in plasmonics, photocatalysis, and light harvesting, but is often limited by low quantum yields and short-lived charge separation times. Here, Lian et al. overcome these limitations in heterostructured nanocrystals and proposed a new hot hole transfer mechanism.