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ArticleScience advances2024

The role of the plasmon in interfacial charge transfer.

Behnaz Ostovar, Stephen A Lee, Arshad Mehmood, Kieran Farrell, Emily K Searles, Briley Bourgeois, Wei-Yi Chiang, Anastasiia Misiura, Niklas Gross, Alexander Al-Zubeidi and 5 more

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15 authors.

Behnaz OstovarCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6522-1806
Stephen A LeeCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2614-286X
Arshad MehmoodCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7819-3648
Kieran FarrellCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4075-1311
Emily K SearlesCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8621-0110
Briley BourgeoisCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6988-783X
Wei-Yi ChiangCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1131-0536
Anastasiia MisiuraCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Niklas GrossCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2425-1029
Alexander Al-ZubeidiCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Jennifer A DionneCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5287-4357
Christy F LandesCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4163-6497
Martin ZanniCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7191-9768
Benjamin G LevineCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0356-0738
Stephan LinkCenter for Adopting Flaws as Features, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4781-930X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of a detailed mechanistic understanding for plasmon-mediated charge transfer at metal-semiconductor interfaces severely limits the design of efficient photovoltaic and photocatalytic devices. A major remaining question is the relative contribution from indirect transfer of hot electrons generated by plasmon decay in the metal to the semiconductor compared to direct metal-to-semiconductor interfacial charge transfer. Here, we demonstrate an overall electron transfer efficiency of 44 ± 3% from gold nanorods to titanium oxide shells when excited on resonance. We prove that half of it originates from direct interfacial charge transfer mediated specifically by exciting the plasmon. We are able to distinguish between direct and indirect pathways through multimodal frequency-resolved approach measuring the homogeneous plasmon linewidth by single-particle scattering spectroscopy and time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy with variable pump wavelengths. Our results signify that the direct plasmon-induced charge transfer pathway is a promising way to improve hot carrier extraction efficiency by circumventing metal intrinsic decay that results mainly in nonspecific heating.

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PMCPMC11225779

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