Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution in the Presence of Plasmonic Au-Photo-Sensitized g-C3N4 with an Extended Absorption Spectrum from 460 to 640 nm. by Lihong Xie, Zhuyu Ai, Meng Zhang, Runze Sun, Weirong Zhao

“…ESR characterization suggests that Au nanoparticles are able to absorb visible light of wavelengths higher than 460 nm and to generate hot electrons due to the SPR effect.…”
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Degradation mechanisms of GaN high electron mobility transistors by Joh, Jungwoo

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Plasma transport into the duskside magnetopause caused by Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices in response to the northward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field observed by THEMIS by G. Q. Yan, G. K. Parks, C. L. Cai, T. Chen, J. P. McFadden, Y. Ren, Y. Ren

“…The coexistence of magnetosheath ions with magnetospheric ions and enhanced energy flux of hot electrons is identified in the K–H vortices. These transport regions appear more periodic at the upstream spacecraft and more dispersive at the downstream location, indicating significant transport can occur and evolve during the tailward propagation of the K–H waves. …”
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Highly Uniform Spherical MoO₂-MoO₃/Polypyrrole Core-Shell Nanocomposite as an Optoelectronic Photodetector in UV, Vis, and IR Domains by Asmaa M. Elsayed, Fatemah H. Alkallas, Amira Ben Gouider Trabelsi, Mohamed Rabia

“…The photoresponsivity R values indicate the ability of the nanocomposite to generate hot electrons in response to incident photons. With an R value of 4.15 mA·W⁻¹ at 440 nm, this optoelectronic device exhibits considerable promise for integration into an advanced technological apparatus. …”
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Boosting the Photocatalysis of Plasmonic Au-Cu Nanocatalyst by AuCu-TiO₂ Interface Derived from O₂ Plasma Treatment by Bin Zhu, Xue Li, Yecheng Li, Jinglin Liu, Xiaomin Zhang

“…The catalyst’s characterizations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrated that boosted VL photocatalytic activity over O₂ plasma treated Au-Cu/TiO₂ nanocatalyst arose from the favorable transfer of hot electrons and a low barrier for the reaction between CO and O with the construction of large numbers of AuCu-TiO₂ interfacial sites. …”
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Direct Plasmonic Solar Cell Efficiency Dependence on Spiro-OMeTAD Li-TFSI Content by Xinjian Geng, Mohamed Abdellah, Robert Bericat Vadell, Matilda Folkenant, Tomas Edvinsson, Jacinto Sá

“…The Li-TFSI content did not affect the immediate charge extraction, as revealed by an analysis of electron–phonon lifetime. Hot electrons and holes were injected into the respective layers within 150 fs, suggesting simultaneous injection, as supported by the absence of hysteresis in the I–V curves. …”
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Multidiagnostics investigation of the role of the magnetic field profile in a simple mirror trap by G. Castro, D. Mascali, M. Mazzaglia, S. Briefi, U. Fantz, R. Miracoli

“…A general, systematic characterization of plasma density and temperature as a function of the magnetic scaling, and for different energy domains (i.e., for cold, warm, and hot electrons) is not yet available. This paper presents a multidiagnostics characterization of a hydrogen plasma heated by microwaves at around 6.8 GHz via Electron Cyclotron Resonance, and confined in an axisymmetric simple mirror magnetic trap. …”
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Visible-Light Active Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials with Bactericidal Properties by Chengzhu Liao, Yuchao Li, Sie Chin Tjong

“…Silver nanoparticles of doped TiO₂ NPs experience surface plasmon resonance under visible light excitation, leading to the injection of hot electrons into the conduction band of TiO₂ NPs to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) for bacterial killing. …”
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SPR effect of Au nanoparticles on the visible photocatalytic RhB degradation and NO oxidation over TiO2 hollow nanoboxes by Lianqing Chen, Lijun Tian, Xuan Zhao, Zhao Hu, Jiajie Fan, Kangle Lv

“…Upon visible irradiation, SPR effect induces the production of hot electrons from the Au nanoparticles, which can further transfer to the conduction band of TiO2-HNBs to produce superoxide radicals (·O2−), resulting in an efficient separation of photo-generated electron-hole pairs. …”
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Cr₂S₃-Cr₂O₃/Poly-2-aminobenzene-1-thiol as a Highly Photocatalytic Material for Green Hydrogen Generation from Sewage Water by Mohamed Rabia, Asmaa M. Elsayed, Maha Abdallah Alnuwaiser

“…This study highlights the utilization of the Cr₂S₃-Cr₂O₃/P2ABT nanocomposite photoelectrode for efficient and highly sensitive photon absorption, enabling the generation of green hydrogen through the production of hot electrons upon illumination. The nanocomposite is synthesized via a one-pot reaction using K₂Cr₂O₇ and 2-aminobenzene-1-thiol monomer, and the presence of Cr₂S₃-Cr₂O₃ is confirmed by XRD and XPS analysis within the composite. …”
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Electronics of Anion Hot Injection-Synthesized Te-Functionalized Kesterite Nanomaterial by Kelechi C. Nwambaekwe, Milua Masikini, Penny Mathumba, Morongwa E. Ramoroka, Samantha Duoman, Vivian Suru John-Denk, Emmanuel I. Iwuoha

“…High degradation rate and the production of hot electrons are very detrimental to the lifespan of photovoltaic cell (PVC) devices, and thus it is important to have PVC absorber layer materials that are thermally stable. …”
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Thermal Analysis of Photoelectron Emission (PE) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Data for Iron Surfaces Scratched in Air, Water, and Liquid Organics by Yoshihiro Momose, Takao Sakurai, Keiji Nakayama

“…Furthermore, the origin of the <i>&#945;A</i> was attributed to the escape depth of hot electrons across the overlayer.…”
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Constructing the Mo₂C@MoO_x Heterostructure for Improved SERS Application by Kui Lai, Kaibo Yuan, Qinli Ye, Anqi Chen, Dong Chen, Da Chen, Chenjie Gu

“…Under the Raman laser irradiation, considerable hole–electron pairs are generated in the heterojunction, and then the hot electrons move towards MoO_x and subsequently transfer to the molecules, which ultimately boosts the Raman signal intensity.…”
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Some new soliton solutions to the (3 + 1)-dimensional generalized KdV-ZK equation via enhanced modified extended tanh-expansion approach by Romana Ashraf, Farrah Ashraf, Ali Akgül, Saher Ashraf, B. Alshahrani, Mona Mahmoud, Wajaree Weera

“…In this article, The (3 + 1)-dimensional generalized Korteweg-de-Vries-Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation (gKdV-ZKe) which explains the influence of the magnetic field on the weak nonlinear ion-acoustic waves investigated in the field of plasma conjured up including both cold and hot electrons. GKdV-zk techniques solutions are obtained using the improved modified extended tanh expansion method, which is one of the most efficient algebraic methods for obtaining accurate solution to nonlinear partial differential equations. …”
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Electron Regulation in Pt-M (M = Cu, Co, and Ni) Decorated WO₃ Thin Films for Photocatalytic Degradation Performance by Jinkang Pan, Lihua Zhang, Cunxia Wang, Kangjie Gao, Pengyu Dong

“…Specifically, the photogenerated electrons migrate from the CB of WO₃ to Pt-Co or Pt-Ni nanoparticles in the samples of Pt-Co/WO₃ or Pt-Ni/WO₃ thin films, while the hot electrons from the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of Cu could transfer to the conduction band (CB) of WO₃ and other electrons generated from the photoexcitation of the WO₃ semiconductor itself in the sample of the Pt-Cu/WO₃ thin film. …”
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Enhanced coherent transition radiation from midinfrared-laser-driven microplasmas by P. B. Glek, A. M. Zheltikov

“…These findings provide a clear physical picture of THz generation in relativistic and subrelativistic laser plasmas, suggesting the THz yield W THz resolved as a function of I 0 and λ 0 as a meaningful measurable that can serve as a probe for the temperature T e of hot electrons in a vast class of laser–plasma interactions. …”
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Physics of electrical degradation in GaN high electron mobility transistors by Joh, Jungwoo

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Development of novel electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction by Mo, J

“…STEM-EELS, XAS, and DDA simulations suggest the hot electrons excited by LSPR are transferred from Au to the higher energy excited states of Ag for proton reduction under visible light, which gives a significant enhancement in current densities when compared with the light-off conditions.…”

Synergistic Effect of Dual Particle-Size AuNPs on TiO₂ for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Qian Zhao, Qiaoli Zhang, Cui Du, Shasha Sun, Jay D. Steinkruger, Chen Zhou, Shengyang Yang

“…Specifically, small-sized AuNPs can act as an electron sink to generate more electron-hole pairs, while the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of large-sized AuNPs concurrently injects hot electrons into the TiO₂ conduction band to enhance charge transfer. …”
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Double Perovskite LaFe_1−xNi_xO₃ Coated with Sea Urchin-like Gold Nanoparticles Using Electrophoresis as the Photoelectrochemical Electrode to Enhanc... by Hsiang-Wei Tsai, Yen-Hsun Su

“…Moreover, all the band gaps of the Au-coated LaFe_1−xN_ixO₃ samples were higher than 1.23 eV (H⁺/H₂). Then, the hot electrons from the Au NPs were injected via the SPR effect, the coupling effect between LaFe_1−xN_ixO₃ and Au NPs, and the more active sites from Au NPs into the conduction band of the semiconductor, improving the hydrogen efficiency. …”
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