Direct Fabrication of 3D Metallic Networks and Their Performance

Fabrication of macroscopic nanoporous metallic networks is challenging, because it demands fine structures at the nanoscale over a large-scale. A technique to form pure scalable networks is introduced. The networked-metals (“Netals”) exhibit a strong interaction with light and indicate a large fraction of hot-electrons generation. These hot-electrons are available to derive photocatalytic processes.

Errata:
In the RhB Degradation part of the Experimental Section, the concentration of RhB used in the experiments was incorrectly reported. The concentration is hereby corrected to read 10−5 M. The text should thus read:
“The experiments were performed at ambient temperature and pressure using Xe lamp, 175 W (Lambda). The concentration of RhB in all solutions was C0 = 10−5 M.” The main conclusions are unaffected and the experiments will still work at the lower concentration.