Plasmonic harvesting of light energy for Suzuki coupling reactions

F Wang, C Li, H Chen, R Jiang, LD Sun…

Index: Wang, Feng; Li, Chuanhao; Chen, Huanjun; Jiang, Ruibin; Sun, Ling-Dong; Li, Quan; Wang, Jianfang; Yu, Jimmy C.; Yan, Chun-Hua Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 135, # 15 p. 5588 - 5601

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Citation Number: 173

Abstract

The efficient use of solar energy has received wide interest due to increasing energy and environmental concerns. A potential means in chemistry is sunlight-driven catalytic reactions. We report here on the direct harvesting of visible-to-near-infrared light for chemical reactions by use of plasmonic Au–Pd nanostructures. The intimate integration of plasmonic Au nanorods with catalytic Pd nanoparticles through seeded growth enabled ...