Dataset to accompany publication "Distinguishing Inner and Outer-Sphere Hot Electron Transfer in Au/p-GaN Photocathodes"

This dataset accompanies the publication "Distinguishing Inner and Outer-Sphere Hot Electron Transfer in Au/p-GaN Photocathodes" published in Nano Letters. The data can be used to reproduce the original plots in figures 2-4 in the main text and all original plots in figures S1-S13 in the supporting information. All files are in .xlsx and easily readable.  The abstract for the associated paper is as follows:Exploring nonequilibrium hot carriers from plasmonic metal nanostructures is a dynamic field in optoelectronics, with applications including photochemical reactions for solar fuel generation. The hot carrier injection mechanism and the reaction rate are highly impacted by the metal/molecule interaction. However, determining the primary type of the reaction and thus the injection mechanism of hot carriers has remained elusive. In this work, we reveal an electron injection mechanism deviating from a purely outer-sphere process for the reduction of ferricyanide redox molecule in a gold/p-type gallium nitride (Au/p-GaN) photocathode system. Combining our experimental approach with ab-initio simulations, we discover that an efficient inner-sphere transfer of low-energy electrons leads to an enhancement in the photocathode device performance in the interband regime. These findings provide important mechanistic insights, showing our methodology as a powerful tool for analyzing and engineering hot-carrier-driven processes in plasmonic photocatalytic systems and optoelectronic devices.