“…11,12 Significantly, when noble metal NPs are compounded with semiconductor NPs, the composite can override both metal and semiconductor NPs, resulting in novel electronic and optical properties. 13 The photogenerated carriers generated by the semiconductor material can be trapped by the noble metal NPs, which will increase the rate of photogenerated carrier separation and migration to reach the goal of improving the interfacial charge transfer efficiency. 14 Noble metal NPs can also act as the trapping centers for photogenerated electrons, thus inhibiting the compounding of photogenerated electron− hole pairs, which can effectively improve the photocatalytic performance of semiconductor materials.…”