P-Tu-4 Hematite Films for Photo-catalytic Hydrogen Production: Using Plasmonic Nanoparticles to Enhance Water Splitting Activity

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Michelle Przybylek, David Ingram and Suljo Linic, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
In order to use hematite as a photo-catalyst for the production of hydrogen from water, its short diffusion length of electron/hole pairs must be overcome.  We hypothesize that surface plasmons, which create electron/hole pairs near the surface of the semiconductor material, greatly enhance the rate of the water splitting reaction.

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