Publication Date:
2017-04-20
Description:
Electron transport and visible light absorption in a plasmonic photocatalyst based on strontium niobate Nature Communications, Published online: 19 April 2017; doi:10.1038/ncomms15070 Metallic oxide SrNbO 3 has been identified as an efficient hydrogen evolution photocatalyst. Here, Venkatesan and co-workers show that its visible light absorption stems from plasmon resonance, thanks to its large carrier density (despite a large 4.1 eV bandgap), as opposed to from an interband transition.
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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