Photoinduced Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Imaging of Plasmonic Photoelectrochemistry at Single Nanocatalysts.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
In this study, we proposed a novel imaging technique, photoinduced electrogenerated chemiluminescence microscopy (PECLM), to monitor redox reactions driven by hot carriers on single gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on TiO<sub>2</sub>. Under laser irradiation, plasmon-generated hot carriers were separated by an electric field, leaving hot holes on the surface of AuNPs to drive ECL reactions. PECL intensity was highly sensitive to the number of hot carriers. Through quantitative image analysis, we found that PECL density on individual AuNPs decreased significantly with an increase in particle diameter, indicating that particle size has a significant impact on photoelectrochemical conversion efficiency. For the first time, we verified the feasibility of PECLM in mapping the catalytic activity of single photocatalysts. PECLM opens a new prospect for the in situ imaging of photocatalysis in a high-throughput way, which not only facilitates the optimization of plasmonic photocatalysts but also contributes to the dynamic study of photocatalytic processes on micro/nanointerfaces.