Space-Confined Seeded Growth of Black Silver Nanostructures for Solar Steam Generation

• Published in: Nano letters Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 400 - 407
• Main Authors: Chen, Jinxing, Feng, Ji, Li, Zhiwei, Xu, Panpan, Wang, Xiaojing, Yin, Wenwen, Wang, Mozhen, Ge, Xuewu, Yin, Yadong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 09.01.2019
• Subjects: seeded growth; photothermal; Space-confined synthesis; black silver; steam generation; broadband absorption

Plasmonic metal nanostructures have attracted considerable attention for solar energy harvesting due to their capability in photothermal conversion. However, the narrow resonant band of the conventional plasmonic nanoparticles greatly limits their application as only a small fraction of the solar en...