Recent Progress on Metal-Enhanced Photocatalysis: A Review on the Mechanism

Metal-enhanced photocatalysis has recently received increasing interest, mainly due to the ability of metal to directly or indirectly degrade pollutants. In this review, we briefly review the recent breakthroughs in metal-enhanced photocatalysis. We discussed the recent progress of surface plasmon r...

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Published inResearch (Washington) Vol. 2021; p. 9794329
Main Authors Fang, Ming, Tan, Xiaoli, Liu, Zhixin, Hu, Baowei, Wang, Xiangke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published AAAS 10.06.2021
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Summary:Metal-enhanced photocatalysis has recently received increasing interest, mainly due to the ability of metal to directly or indirectly degrade pollutants. In this review, we briefly review the recent breakthroughs in metal-enhanced photocatalysis. We discussed the recent progress of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect and small size effect of metal nanoparticles on photocatalysis; in particular, we focus on elucidating the mechanism of energy transfer and hot electron injection/transfer effect of metal nanoparticles and clusters while as photocatalysts or as cophotocatalysts. Finally, we discuss the potential applications of metal-enhanced photocatalysis, and we also offer some perspectives for further investigations.
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ISSN:2639-5274
2639-5274
DOI:10.34133/2021/9794329