Making light work: designing plasmonic structures for the selective photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide
Yi Zhu, Bingqiao Xie, Jodie A. Yuwono, Priyank V. Kumar, Abhinav S. Sharma, Michael P. Nielsen, Avi Bendavid, Rose Amal, Jason Scott, Emma C. Lovell
Abstract
The Ni–TiN structure generates plasmonic heating and/or hot charge carriers, with Ni deposit size influencing the prevalent plasmonic effect and its impact on activity/selectivity for CO 2 methanation.
Topics & Concepts
MethanationPhotothermal therapyPlasmonCarbon dioxideMaterials sciencePhotothermal effectWork (physics)NanotechnologyOptoelectronicsMechanical engineeringChemistryCatalysisEngineeringOrganic chemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells