Unique properties of photon-assisted catalysis at metal nanocrystal surfaces

Photon driven chemical reactions at metal surfaces have been studied for over forty years with a focus on non-adiabatic, electron driven chemical processes in the context of controlling reaction selectivity. A majority of these studies have been executed on metal single crystals, where surface electric fields have small magnitudes and chemistry is typically driven through substrate-mediated excitation of adsorbate-metal bonds that competes with hot charge carrier diffusion into the bulk.

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