Matthew J. Kale

TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental photophysics of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) excitation in the context of driving chemical transformations are discussed, and various demonstrated chemical conversions executed using direct plasmoric photocatalysis is reviewed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used quantitative in situ diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS) to investigate the influence of CO oxidation reaction conditions on the fraction of well-coordinated (WC) and under-coordinate (UC) Pt active sites on a series of four α-Al2O3-supported Pt catalysts with average Pt sizes ranging from ∼1.4 to 19 nm.

TL;DR: Activation of targeted adsorbate-metal bonds through direct photoexcitation of hybridized electronic states enabled selectivity control in preferential CO oxidation in H2 rich streams and opens new avenues to drive selective catalytic reactions that cannot be achieved using thermal energy.

TL;DR: Optimal photocatalytic performance was shown to be determined by a balance between maximized local field enhancements at the catalytically active Pt surface, minimized collective scattering of photons out of the catalyst bed by the complexes, and minimal light absorption in the Ag nanoparticle antenna.

TL;DR: Wu et al. (4) overcome this limitation by demonstrating a direct, instantaneous transfer of plasmon-derived electrons into interfacial semiconductors that allows for efficient solar energy harvesting across a broad range of photon energies.