Fabrication of quasi-metallic NixMoO3 nanodots for enhanced plasmon resonance and photothermal conversion†
Abstract
Quasi-metallic NixMoO3 nanodots with an enhanced localized surface plasmon resonance in the visible and NIR regions have been successfully fabricated. DFT calculations reveal the metallic nature of NixMoO3 nanodots. Thus, they exhibit an excellent photothermal conversion efficiency of 87.4%, and have a high water evaporation rate of 2.13 kg m−2 h−1.