“…Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) was accidentally discovered by Fleischmann and co-workers in 1974, which has been rapidly growing over the past 40 years and has now become a valuable technique in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, etc. − The main drawback of the application of SERS technology is the use of effective substrates, which not only supply high electromagnetic enhancement but also provide stable, uniform, and reproducible performance. , Several methods have been successfully utilized to improve the performance of SERS substrates. Many of them are made from noble metals with multiple shapes, such as nanorods, nanoparticles (NPs), nanotriangles, nanocubes, and core–shell nanoparticles. , Recently, semiconductor materials have been applied to synthesize semiconductor–noble metal SERS substrates that have attracted tremendous attention due to their low cost, high sensitivity, uniformity, and reproducibility. − …”