Plasmon-Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution on Au-InVO4 Hybrid Microspheres

We demonstrate plasmon-enhanced hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic water reduction using Au-InVO4 hybrid microspheres. The surface plasmons of gold nanoparticles enhance the sub-band gap excitation of InVO4 and promote charge separation on its surface through plasmon-exciton coupling, thereby significantly improving their photocatalytic efficiency.

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