Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Size-Controllable Gold Nanodot Arrays (original) (raw)

in 2004. Her research focuses on nanophotonics, optical materials, plasmonics, metamaterials, and quantum plasmonics. Radek Zbořil (*1973) received his Ph.D. degree at the Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. After his doctoral studies, he spent some time at universities around the world in locations such as Tokyo, Delaware, and Johannesburg. Currently, he is a General Director of the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials at the Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. His research interests focus on nanomaterial research for applications in catalysis, water treatment, antimicrobial technologies, medicine, energy storage, and biotechnologies. Alberto Naldoni is co-leader of the nano-photoelectrochemistry group at the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials of Palacký University Olomouc. He obtained his Ph.D. (2010) in chemical sciences from University of Milan before moving to the Italian National Research Council to study photocatalysis and photoelectrochemical water splitting. He spent 3 years as visiting faculty in the Nanophotonics group at the Birck Nanotechnology Center of Purdue University. His research interests focus on solar energy conversion with emphasis on plasmonics, photoelectrochemistry, and photocatalysis. of plasmons and a description of the interaction mechanisms between plasmonic and semiconductor materials (Section 2). The optical properties of both traditional and alternative plasmonic materials employed for PEC water splitting are discussed in parallel to device costs, as well as material integration and