Comment on “Thermal effects – an alternative mechanism for plasmon-assisted photocatalysis” by Y. Dubi, I. W. Un and Y. Sivan, <i>Chem. Sci.</i>, 2020, <b>11</b>, 5017
Prashant K. Jain
Abstract
A range of chemical reactions occurring on the surfaces of metal nanoparticles exhibit enhanced rates under plasmonic excitation. It is not straightforward to distinguish between photochemical and photothermal effect using Arrhenius fitting of the reaction rates alone.
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PhotocatalysisPlasmonArrhenius equationPhotothermal therapyPhotochemistryExcitationChemistryAtmospheric temperature rangeReaction mechanismThermalRange (aeronautics)Mechanism (biology)Physical chemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsPhysicsCatalysisActivation energyOrganic chemistryThermodynamicsComposite materialQuantum mechanicsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsSolar-Powered Water Purification MethodsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques