Schottky Barrier and Surface Plasmonic Resonance Phenomena Towards the Photocatalytic Reaction: Study of Their Mechanisms to Enhance Photocatalytic Activity

• Main Authors: Khan, Maksudur R., Chuan, Tan Wooi, Yousuf, Abu, Chowdhury, M. N. K., Cheng, C. K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2015
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12608/1/Schottky%20barrier%20and%20surface%20plasmonic%20resonance%20phenomena%20towards%20the%20photocatalytic%20reaction.%20study%20of%20their%20mechanisms%20to%20enhance%20photocatalytic%20activity.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12608/7/Schottky%20barrier%20and%20surface%20plasmonic%20resonance%20phenomena%20towards%20the%20photocatalytic%20reaction.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/12608/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4CY01545B

Metals are doped on semiconductors to enhance the activity of photocatalysts and two possible phenomena can happen at the interfaces of the semiconductors: Schottky barrier formation and Surface Plasmonic Resonance (SPR). Schottky barriers can improve the photoactivity of a reaction by trapping and...