New insights into plasmonic hot-electron dynamics

Dangyuan Lei, Dong Su, Stefan A. Maier

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Abstract

Recent advances in understanding the hot-electron dynamics in plasmonic nanostructures have significantly impacted a variety of plasmonically powered physical, chemical, and even biological processes. New insights into their quantum properties and complex relaxation mechanisms enable the efficient generation, transport, and manipulation of hot carriers, making them promising for technological applications such as wavelength-specific sub-bandgap photodetection, plasmon-enhanced solar cells, solar-driven photocatalysis, and ultrafast nonlinear optical devices.

Original languageEnglish
Article number243
Number of pages4
JournalLight: Science and Applications
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2024

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