%0 Thesis %A LIM, FANG SHENG %D 2020 %T Tunable Plasmon-induced Charge Transport and Photon Absorption of Bimetallic Au/Ag Nanoparticles on ZnO Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Enhancement under Visible Light %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Tunable_Plasmon-induced_Charge_Transport_and_Photon_Absorption_of_Bimetallic_Au_Ag_Nanoparticles_on_ZnO_Photoanode_for_Photoelectrochemical_Enhancement_under_Visible_Light/12746750 %R 10.26180/5f2436d8332a0 %2 https://bridges.monash.edu/ndownloader/files/24121802 %K Gold/Silver Bimetallic Nanoparticles, %K Solid-state Thermal Dewetting %K Photoelectrochemical %K Plasmonic Photocatalysis %K Nanophotonics %K Nanomaterials %X This thesis examines the fabrication process of noble metal bimetallic Au/Ag nanoparticles via solid-state thermal dewetting under different annealing temperature and composition ratio of bimetallic nanoparticles. Also, this thesis delivers a general approach to understand the plasmon-induced charge interaction, hence photochemistry of Au/Ag bimetallic nanoparticles/semiconductor photoanode by determining the optimal composition ratio of 0.25 Au/Ag bimetallic nanoparticles which is capable of exploiting the enhanced electrical conduction and localized surface plasmon resonance effect for photoelectrochemical water splitting. %I Monash University