Plasmon-Mediated Electrocatalytic Oxidation Reaction
By: Tucker Forbes, Lenimar Marques, Alexiz Romero, Timothy Lin
Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jingjing Qiu
Plasmon-mediated electrocatalysis, i.e., the strategic combination of electrocatalysts and plasmonic nanostructures, is emerging as a novel paradigm for improving the overall performance of electrocatalytic processes and has attracted significant interest in the past few years due to its promise for enhancing the efficiency and/or selectivity of electrochemical reactions. Our research investigates the use of plasmonic nanostructured gold electrodes for (photo)electrocatalytic reaction such as alcohol oxidation and water oxidation. These oxidation reaction could be coupled with water reduction to produce hydrogen gas in a green approach.