IPF/IWT-Project

Metal sulfides offer broad potential for renewable-based chemical production due to their tunable visible and NIR light absorption that enables photocatalytic H₂ generation and CO₂ reduction. However, their moderate photocatalytic activity remains a limitation. This can be addressed by enhancing light harvesting through plasmonic NPs positioned at an optimized distance to the photocatalytic sites. If plasmon resonance aligns with the metal-sulfide bandgap, enhanced photocatalytic performance is expected. We propose using polymeric linkers to control interparticle spacing and predict that matched plasmonic semiconductor systems will function as nanoantennas, boosting activity.