ArticleNature communications2025
The dynamics of plasmon-induced hot carrier creation in colloidal gold.
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- NbN Broadband Plasmonic Absorbers for Efficient Hot-Carrier Injection Toward Improved Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Hot Carrier Injection-Driven Nano-Interface Assembly for Hydrogen Generation.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Article
- Plasmonic Hot-Carrier Redox Enables Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at C─H Bonds.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Morphology-modified contributions of electronic transitions to the optical response of plasmonic nanoporous gold metamaterial.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Picosecond Stabilization of Transferred Charge Carriers at Plasmonic Metal-Molecule Interfaces.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Plasmon-Enhanced Asymmetry in the Charge Distribution Explains the Increased HThe journal of physical chemistry letters · 2025Article
- Direct Visualization of Plasmon- Induced Hole Injection in Electroactive Luminescent Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Synthesis of synergistic catalysts: integrating defects, SMSI, and plasmonic effects for enhanced photocatalytic COChemical science · 2025Article
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Abstract
The generation and dynamics of plasmon-induced hot carriers in gold nanoparticles offer crucial insights into nonequilibrium states for energy applications, yet the underlying mechanisms remain experimentally elusive. Here, we leverage ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to directly capture hot carrier dynamics with sub-50 fs temporal resolution, providing clear evidence of plasmon decay mechanisms. We observe the sequential processes of Landau damping (~25 fs) and hot carrier thermalization (~1.5 ps), identifying hot carrier formation as a significant decay pathway. Energy distribution measurements reveal carriers in non-Fermi-Dirac states persisting beyond 500 fs and observe electron populations exceeding single-photon excitation energy, indicating the role of an Auger heating mechanism alongside traditional impact excitation. These findings deepen the understanding of hot carrier behavior under localized surface plasmon resonance, offering valuable implications for applications in photocatalysis, photovoltaics, and phototherapy. This work establishes a methodological framework for studying hot carrier dynamics, opening avenues for optimizing energy transfer processes in nanoscale plasmonic systems.
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