Annealing temperature effects on monolayer WS₂-veiled Ag nanoparticle array for surface catalytic reaction

Plasmonic-WS₂ hybrids have attracted widespread interest for plasmon driven catalytic reactions. In this work, a Ag nanoparticles (NPs)/WS₂ hybrid was fabricated by utilizing a one-step anodized Al template-assisted vacuum thermal evaporation technique and wet transfer method. To optimize the catalytic performance, the morphological evolution and corresponding changes in the catalytic properties of the Ag NPs/WS₂ hybrid at different thermal annealing temperatures were investigated. It was found that the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and catalytic activity of the hybrid were optimized by tuning the annealing temperature, with the optimal SERS and catalytic properties observed at 290 °C. These results may open new avenues for improving the efficiency and expanding the research field of plasmon-driven reactions.