Engineering Colloidal Metal-Semiconductor Nanorods Hybrid Nanostructures for Photocatalysis†

Abstract

Emerging engineering strategies of colloidal metal-semiconductor nanorod hybrid nanostructures spanning from type, size, dimension, and location of both metal nanoparticles and semiconductors, co-catalyst, band gap structure, surface ligand to hole scavenger are elaborated symmetrically to rationalize the design of this type of intriguing materials for efficient photocatalytic applications. (Figure presented.). Show more