2D and 3D photonic crystal materials for photocatalysis and electrochemical energy storage and conversion

Gillian Collins, Eileen Armstrong, David McNulty, Sally O’Hanlon, Hugh Geaney, Colm O’Dwyer

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Abstract

This perspective reviews recent advances in inverse opal structures, how they have been developed, studied and applied as catalysts, catalyst support materials, as electrode materials for batteries, water splitting applications, solar-to-fuel conversion and electrochromics, and finally as photonic photocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts. Throughout, we detail some of the salient optical characteristics that underpin recent results and form the basis for light-matter interactions that span electrochemical energy conversion systems as well as photocatalytic systems. Strategies for using 2D as well as 3D structures, ordered macroporous materials such as inverse opals are summarized and recent work on plasmonic–photonic coupling in metal nanoparticle-infiltrated wide band gap inverse opals for enhanced photoelectrochemistry are provided.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)563-582
Number of pages20
JournalScience and Technology of Advanced Materials
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

  • Li-ion battery
  • Photonic crystal
  • catalysis
  • energy conversion
  • energy storage
  • inverse opal
  • photoelectrochemistry

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