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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Tailoring the aluminum nanocrystal surface oxide for all-aluminum-based antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts.

Aaron Bayles, Catherine J Fabiano, Chuqiao Shi, Lin Yuan, Yigao Yuan, Nolan Craft, Christian R Jacobson, Parmeet Dhindsa, Adebola Ogundare, Yelsin Mendez Camacho and 7 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Atomistic Theory of Hot-Carrier Generation in Aluminum Nanoparticles.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2026
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  3. Deciphering the Photocatalysis Mechanism of Semimetallic Bismuth Nanoparticles.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2024
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17 authors.

Aaron BaylesDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Catherine J FabianoDepartment of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306.
Chuqiao ShiDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Lin YuanDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Yigao YuanDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Nolan CraftDepartment of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Christian R JacobsonDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Parmeet DhindsaDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Adebola OgundareDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Yelsin Mendez CamachoDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Banghao ChenDepartment of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306.
Hossein RobatjaziDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Yimo HanDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Geoffrey F StrouseDepartment of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306.
Peter NordlanderLaboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0002-1633-2937
Henry O EverittDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Naomi J HalasDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0002-8461-8494

Funding

DOD | Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) HDTRA1-16-1-0042DOD | USAF | AMC | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) FA9550-15-1-0022Fulbright Colombia 12334National Science Foundation (NSF) DMR-1905757NSF | Directorate for Engineering (ENG) CMMI-2239545NSF | Directorate for Engineering (ENG) EEC-1449500Welch Foundation (The Welch Foundation) C-1220Welch Foundation (The Welch Foundation) C-1222Welch Foundation (The Welch Foundation) C-2065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aluminum nanocrystals (AlNCs) are of increasing interest as sustainable, earth-abundant nanoparticles for visible wavelength plasmonics and as versatile nanoantennas for energy-efficient plasmonic photocatalysis. Here, we show that annealing AlNCs under various gases and thermal conditions induces substantial, systematic changes in their surface oxide, modifying crystalline phase, surface morphology, density, and defect type and concentration. Tailoring the surface oxide properties enables AlNCs to function as all-aluminum-based antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts, with the modified surface oxides providing varying reactivities and selectivities for several chemical reactions.

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aluminaaluminumsurface oxide

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PMID38442156
PMCPMC10945844

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