Fig. 3: Construction of the cocatalyst/GaN system with strong electronic interaction.

a Schematic diagram of the synthesis of Au nanoparticle/GaN NW system via the photoelectron deposition method. b FDTD simulations of the electric field intensity (|E|) over Au/GaN NWs at 655 nm. c PL spectra of GaN/Si, Au/GaN/Si, and Au/Faceted-GaN/Si. d TEM light-field image of Au/Faceted-GaN/Si. e The TEM dark-field image of Au/Faceted-GaN/Si. f The aberration-corrected HAADF-STEM image of Au/Faceted-GaN/Si. g EDS elemental mapping of Au/Faceted-GaN/Si. h N K-edge spectrum of GaN/Si, Au/GaN/Si, Faceted-GaN/Si, and Au/Faceted-GaN/Si. i High-resolution N 1s XPS spectrum of GaN/Si, Au/GaN/Si, Faceted-GaN/Si, and Au/Faceted-GaN/Si. j High-resolution Au 4f XPS spectrum of Au/GaN/Si and Au/Faceted-GaN/Si.