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MDPI, Materials, 10(16), p. 3675, 2023

DOI: 10.3390/ma16103675

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Plasmonic Nanodomains Decorated on Two-Dimensional Oxide Semiconductors for Photonic-Assisted CO2 Conversion

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Abstract

Plasmonic nanostructures ensure the reception and harvesting of visible lights for novel photonic applications. In this area, plasmonic crystalline nanodomains decorated on the surface of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials represent a new class of hybrid nanostructures. These plasmonic nanodomains activate supplementary mechanisms at material heterointerfaces, enabling the transfer of photogenerated charge carriers from plasmonic antennae into adjacent 2D semiconductors and therefore activate a wide range of visible-light assisted applications. Here, the controlled growth of crystalline plasmonic nanodomains on 2D Ga2O3 nanosheets was achieved by sonochemical-assisted synthesis. In this technique, Ag and Se nanodomains grew on 2D surface oxide films of gallium-based alloy. The multiple contribution of plasmonic nanodomains enabled the visible-light-assisted hot-electron generation at 2D plasmonic hybrid interfaces, and therefore considerably altered the photonic properties of the 2D Ga2O3 nanosheets. Specifically, the multiple contribution of semiconductor–plasmonic hybrid 2D heterointerfaces enabled efficient CO2 conversion through combined photocatalysis and triboelectric-activated catalysis. The solar-powered acoustic-activated conversion approach of the present study enabled us to achieve the CO2 conversion efficiency of more than 94% in the reaction chambers containing 2D Ga2O3-Ag nanosheets.