Two-Dimensional Palladium Nanosheet Intercalated with Gold Nanoparticles for Plasmon-Enhanced Electrocatalysis

Plasmon-enhanced electrocatalysis holds great promise for converting solar energy into chemical energy by efficiently harvesting photons for electrocatalytic reactions. Here, we report a unique two-dimensional (2D) “Egg Waffle”-like heterostructure, i.e., gold nanoparticles intercalated in a palladium nanosheet (AuNP-in-PdNS), effectively interfacing Au NPs with 2D Pd for greatly enhancing electrocatalytic activity under light illumination. A...