CONTENTS
Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Principles and Applications
CONTENTS
Chapter 1Introduction
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Chapter 2Electromagnetic Properties of Materials
2.1Electromagnetic properties of the materials
2.2Electromagnetic wave propagation
2.3The dielectric function of Drude model
2.4Dielectric function of Drudeª²Lorentz model
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Chapter 3Fundamentals of Surface Plasmons
3.1Surface plasmon polaritons
3.1.1Properties of surface plasmon polaritons
3.1.2Excitation of surface plasmon polaritons
3.2Localized surface plasmons
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Chapter 4Surface Plasmon Relaxation Effects
4.1Energy distribution of free electrons
4.1.1Sommerfeld freeª²electron model
4.1.2The momentum and energy of free electrons in
metal materials
4.1.3The statistical distribution of free electrons in
metallic materials
4.2Plasmonª²induced hot electrons
4.3Thermal effect of surface plasmons
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Chapter 5Principles of Plasmonª²Driven Photocatalysis
5.1Local fieldª²effectª²driven photocatalysis
5.2Hotª²electronª²driven photocatalysis
5.2.1Indirect electron transfer
5.2.2Direct electron transfer
5.3Plasmonª²exciton coª²driven photocatalysis
5.4Thermalª²effectª²driven photocatalysis
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Chapter 6Measurement and Analysis of Plasmonª²Driven Photocatalysis
6.1Design of surface plasmon structures
6.2Measurement by chromatography and electron microscopy
6.3Analytical methods for Raman spectra
6.4Analytical methods of surfaceª²plasmonª²enhanced spectra
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Chapter 7Plasmonª²Driven Catalysis of Molecular Reactions
7.1Gas dissociation catalytic reactions
7.2Surface molecular catalytic reactions
7.3Singleª²molecule catalytic reactions
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Chapter 8Water Decomposition and Phase Transition of Plasmonª²Driven
Photocatalysis
8.1Water splitting
8.2Seawater desalination
8.3Steam sterilization
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Chapter 9Plasmonª²Driven Catalysis of Material Growth
9.1Growth of metal structures
9.2Growth of polymers
9.3Growth of crystal
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Acknowledgements