TY - JOUR
T1 - 2D and 3D photonic crystal materials for photocatalysis and electrochemical energy storage and conversion
AU - Collins, Gillian
AU - Armstrong, Eileen
AU - McNulty, David
AU - O’Hanlon, Sally
AU - Geaney, Hugh
AU - O’Dwyer, Colm
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s). Published by National Institute for Materials Science in partnership with Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Li-ion battery
KW - Photonic crystal
KW - catalysis
KW - energy conversion
KW - energy storage
KW - inverse opal
KW - photoelectrochemistry
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U2 - 10.1080/14686996.2016.1226121
DO - 10.1080/14686996.2016.1226121
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85014421634
SN - 1468-6996
VL - 17
SP - 563
EP - 582
JO - Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
JF - Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
IS - 1
ER -