title: Visible-light photodecomposition of acetaldehyde by TiO2-coated gold nanocages: plasmon-mediated hot electron transport via defect states.
abstract: Skeletal gold nanocages (Au NCs) are synthesized and coated with TiO2 layers (TiO2-Au NCs). The TiO2-Au NCs exhibit enhanced photodecomposition activity toward acetaldehyde under visible light (>400 nm) illumination because hot electrons are generated over the Au NCs by local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and efficiently transported across the metal/semiconductor interface via the defect states of TiO2.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Remediation Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. KODIYATH.Rajesh@nims.go.jp ABE.Hideki@nims.go.jp.
authors.forename: Rajesh
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authors.lastname: Kodiyath
authors.forename: Maidhily
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authors.lastname: Manikandan
authors.forename: Lequan
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gubbala V
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authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: Satoshi
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authors.lastname: Koyasu
authors.forename: Masahiro
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authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Yoshiki
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authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Toyokazu
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authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Takao
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authors.lastname: Gunji
authors.forename: Thang
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authors.lastname: Duy Dao
authors.forename: Shigenori
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authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Tadaaki
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authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Hideki
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authors.lastname: Abe