This book highlights the principles research advances and applications of plasmonic
photocatalysis. As a new class of catalysts plasmonic nanostructures with the unique ability
to harvest solar energy across the entire visible spectrum and produce effective photocatalysis
are viewed as a promising pathway for the energy crisis. Although plasmonic catalysis has been
widely reported the excitation mechanism and energy transfer pathway are still controversial.
Meanwhile the latest discovery of catalysis on nanomaterials is less reported. This book
outlines the basics of plasmonic photocatalysis including the electromagnetic properties of
metal materials and surface plasmon and discusses the catalytic mechanisms including the
nearfield enhancements hot electron and thermal effects. In addition the measurement methods
and current advances on molecules and nanocrystals are presented in detail. Suitable for
graduate students and researchers in physics optics and optical engineering and materials
science the book will deepen readers' understanding of the interaction between light and
nanomaterials and expand their knowledge of the principles and applications of nanophotonics.
