Monitoring Hot Holes in Plasmonic Catalysis on Silver Nanoparticles by Using an Ion Label.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Energetic carriers generated by localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) provide an efficient way to drive chemical reactions. However, their dynamics and impact on surface reactions remain unknown due to the challenge in observing hot holes. This makes it difficult to correlate the reduction and oxidation half-reactions involving hot electrons and holes, respectively. Here we detect hot holes in their chemical form, Ag(I), on a Ag surface using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of SO<sub>3</sub><sup>2-</sup> as a hole-specific label. It allows us to determine the dynamic correlations of hot electrons and holes. We find that the equilibrium of holes is the key factor of the surface chemistry, and the wavelength-dependent plasmonic chemical anode refilling (PCAR) effect plays an important role, in addition to the LSPR, in promoting the electron transfer. This method paves the way for visualizing hot holes with nanoscale spatial resolution toward the rational design of a plasmonic catalytic platform.