title: Plasmon-enhanced near-infrared-active materials in photoelectrochemical water splitting.
abstract: We report the near-infrared-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting using a ZnO nanorod-array decorated with CdTe quantum dots and plasmon-enhanced upconversion nanoparticles. The plasmon enhanced the intensity of the upconversion emission, which improved the photocurrent and the gas evolution rate of the photoelectrochemical reaction greatly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih Kai
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hao Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chih-Jung
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ru-Shi
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Liu