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Semiconductor-Based Plasmonic Nanohybrids: Synthesis, Characterization, Mechanistic Understanding of Structure–activity, and Their Multifunctional Applications

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Semiconductor-based plasmonic nanohybrids are gaining increasing interest as photocatalysts in healthcare, sustainable environment, and energy-related applications due to their tunable electronic and optical properties. Plasmonic nanostructures (Gold and silver nanostructures) can be integrated with semiconductors, such as 2D materials, graphene, quantum dots, etc. that aid in improving their electro-optical properties and thereby enhancing the photocatalytic efficiency of such integrated plasmonic nanohybrids. The integrated nanohybrids due to their unique structural and functional properties serve as better photocatalysts and photodetectors. Controlling the structure and morphology of these materials along with the fundamental understanding of their structure–property correlation are pivotal in improving their efficacy. These semiconducting plasmonic hybrids have also been efficiently used for water and air purification, pollutant degradation, solar cells, hydrogen production, and so forth. This chapter discusses the synthetic protocols, characterization, mechanistic understanding of structure–activity relating photocatalysis, and significant applications of semiconductor-based plasmonic nanohybrids with an emphasis on their challenges and future impact on society.

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Ghosh, A., Ahuja, T. (2023). Semiconductor-Based Plasmonic Nanohybrids: Synthesis, Characterization, Mechanistic Understanding of Structure–activity, and Their Multifunctional Applications. In: Prakash, J., Cho, J., Campos Janegitz, B., Sun, S. (eds) Multifunctional Hybrid Semiconductor Photocatalyst Nanomaterials. Advances in Material Research and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39481-2_15

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