Imperial College London
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Professor James Durrant, CBE, FRS

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Photochemistry
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5321j.durrant Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Lisa Benbow +44 (0)20 7594 5883

 
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Location

 

G22CMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Collado:2018:10.1038/s41467-018-07397-2,
author = {Collado, L and Reynal, A and Fresno, F and Barawi, M and Escudero, C and Perez-Dieste, V and Coronado, JM and Serrano, DP and Durrant, JR and de, la Pena O'Shea VA},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-018-07397-2},
journal = {Nature Communications},
title = {Unravelling the effect of charge dynamics at the plasmonic metal/semiconductor interface for CO2 photoreduction},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07397-2},
volume = {9},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Sunlight plays a critical role in the development of emerging sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies. Light-induced CO2 reduction by artificial photosynthesis is one of the cornerstones to produce renewable fuels and environmentally friendly chemicals. Interface interactions between plasmonic metal nanoparticles and semiconductors exhibit improved photoactivities under a wide range of the solar spectrum. However, the photo-induced charge transfer processes and their influence on photocatalysis with these materials are still under debate, mainly due to the complexity of the involved routes occurring at different timescales. Here, we use a combination of advanced in situ and time-resolved spectroscopies covering different timescales, combined with theoretical calculations, to unravel the overall mechanism of photocatalytic CO2 reduction by Ag/TiO2 catalysts. Our findings provide evidence of the key factors determining the enhancement of photoactivity under ultraviolet and visible irradiation, which have important implications for the design of solar energy conversion materials.
AU  - Collado,L
AU  - Reynal,A
AU  - Fresno,F
AU  - Barawi,M
AU  - Escudero,C
AU  - Perez-Dieste,V
AU  - Coronado,JM
AU  - Serrano,DP
AU  - Durrant,JR
AU  - de,la Pena O'Shea VA
DO  - 10.1038/s41467-018-07397-2
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 2041-1723
TI  - Unravelling the effect of charge dynamics at the plasmonic metal/semiconductor interface for CO2 photoreduction
T2  - Nature Communications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07397-2
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000451176100011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65088
VL  - 9
ER  -
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