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ArticleNature communications2026

Defective indium oxide as plasmonic catalyst for efficient photo-driven methanol steam reforming.

Chiran Wang, Pengfei Yan, Lin Wang, Ye Tao, Tian Zhang, Ninghao Zhai, Congyan Liu, Yan Xu, Xiaolin Tai, Yue Lin and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chiran Wang *Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3397-9695
Pengfei Yan *Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Lin Wang *Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Ye TaoHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Tian ZhangHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Ninghao ZhaiHenan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Congyan LiuHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Yan XuHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Xiaolin TaiHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Yue LinHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. linyue@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5333-511X
Qun XuHenan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. qunxu@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2264-0266
Bo LiuHefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China. liuchem@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1150-3709

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 21571167, 51502282 and 22075266
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expanding plasmonic catalysis from noble metals to earth-abundant oxides is important for sustainable solar-to-chemical conversion, but mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we show that lithium-reduction-induced defects modulate the electronic structure of indium oxide, increasing free-carrier concentration 2.5-fold and producing a near-infrared plasmon-like response. Computational and spectroscopic analyses suggest that oxygen vacancies act as preferential hot-electron traps, enhance near fields, and shift the kinetically sensitive step from methoxy dehydrogenation on pristine surfaces to intermediate dehydrogenation on defective surfaces. Injection of plasmon-induced hot electrons into intermediate antibonding orbitals may reduce the apparent activation energy from 75.7 to 27.8 kJ mol

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PMID42693116
PMCPMC13542126

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