Comparing the Reaction Rates of Plasmonic (Gold) and Non-Plasmonic (Palladium) Metal Particles in Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs): Properties, Synthesis and their Advanced Energy, Environmental and Biomedical Applications

“…When these resonances are excited, absorption and scattering intensities can be up to 40 × higher than identically sized particles that are not plasmonic. [6,7] Hence the importance of plasmonic properties can be judged from such outcomes. Further details about the mechanism of plasmonic are provided in section 2.…”

“…Few critical reviews on sensing applications such as the article of Sabela et al "A review of gold and silver nanoparticle-based colouri-metric sensing assays", [34] and Yaraki et al "Metal nanoparticlesenhanced biosensors: Synthesis, design, and applications in fluorescence enhancement and surface-enhanced Raman scattering", [13] where they discussed the plasmon-based bio and calorimetric sensors. Finally, there are few vital reviews and articles, which comprehensively describe the utilization of plasmonic AuNPs in various photocatalytic, [7] energy (hydrogen through photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic water splitting) [35,36] , and environmental applications (water decontamination, etc.). [37][38][39] In continuation of these efforts, the current review is mainly focusing on the various routes which can be efficiently used for the synthesis of AuNPs, and to tune their plasmonic properties.…”

“…For example, solutions of spherical AuNPs are ruby red. When these resonances are excited, absorption and scattering intensities can be up to 40× higher than identically sized particles that are not plasmonic [6,7] . Hence the importance of plasmonic properties can be judged from such outcomes.…”

“…“Metal nanoparticles‐enhanced biosensors: Synthesis, design, and applications in fluorescence enhancement and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering”, [13] where they discussed the plasmon‐based bio and calorimetric sensors. Finally, there are few vital reviews and articles, which comprehensively describe the utilization of plasmonic AuNPs in various photocatalytic, [7] energy (hydrogen through photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic water splitting) [35,36] , and environmental applications (water decontamination, etc.) [37–39] .…”

Advances in plasmon‐enhanced upconversion luminescence phenomena and their possible effect on light harvesting for energy applications

“…There are other alternative to use these high band gap materials, and the chief of them is TiO 2 because of its proven stability and ability to alter the light frequency from the sun to match its absorbance. Thus, using plasmon‐enhanced UC materials to convert the lower energy fraction of sun light to high energy may provide an alternative …”