[P-CM16] C16. Plasmonics and Metamaterials

[P-CM16-13] Plasmon-Enhanced Solar-Driven Hydrogen Evolution Using Plasmonic Metasurface Broadband Absorbers

*Tzu Yu Peng^1,2, Meng-Ju Yu¹, Chih-Li Chang³, Hao-Yu Lan¹, Zong-Yi Chiao^1,2, Yu-Chia Chen¹, Ho Wai Howard Lee⁴, Yia-Chung Chang¹, Shu-Wei Chang¹, Takuo Tanaka^5,6,7, Vincent Tung⁸, Ho-Hsiu Chou⁴, Yu-Jung Lu^1,2 (1. Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), 2. Department of Physics, National Taiwan University (Taiwan), 3. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California (United States of America), 5. Metamaterials Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (Japan), 6. Innovative Photon Manipulation Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (Japan), 7. Institute of Post-LED Photonics, Tokushima University (Japan), 8. Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (Saudi Arabia))

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We report that plasmonic metasurface exhibits broadband absorption with an average absorption of more than 92% over visible range, achieving 300% increase in the hydrogen evolution rate due to the LSPR that enhances the rates of light absorption.