A Plasmonic Molybdenum Oxide Hybrid with Reversible Tunability for Visible-Light-Enhanced Catalytic Reactions.

Cheng, Hefeng; Qian, Xufang; Kuwahara, Yasutaka; Mori, Kohsuke; Yamashita, Hiromi · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A plasmonic hybrid having Pd nanoparticles on plasmonic MoO(3-x) is developed by a facile solution process, and its plasmonic resonance displays reversible tunability upon oxidation/reduction. Under visible-light irradiation, the Pd/MoO(3-x) hybrid exhibits plasmon-enhanced catalysis toward H2 evolution from ammonia borane hydrolysis and the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction relative to dark conditions.