One-dimensional CdS/ZnO core/shell nanofibers via single-spinneret electrospinning: tunable morphology and efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

Nanoscale ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (24) ◽  
pp. 12432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guorui Yang ◽  
Wei Yan ◽  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Shaohua Shen ◽  
Shujiang Ding
Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3380
Author(s):  
Wenmin Wang ◽  
Bing Li ◽  
Hsin-Ju Yang ◽  
Yuzhi Liu ◽  
Lakshmanan Gurusamy ◽  
...  

Hydrogen is considered to be a very efficient and clean fuel since it is a renewable and non-polluting gas with a high energy density; thus, it has drawn much attention as an alternative fuel, in order to alleviate the issue of global warming caused by the excess use of fossil fuels. In this work, a novel Cu/ZnS/COF composite photocatalyst with a core-shell structure was synthesized for photocatalytic hydrogen production via water splitting. The Cu/ZnS/COF microspheres formed by Cu/ZnS crystal aggregation were covered by a microporous thin-film COF with a porous network structure, where COF was also modified by the dual-effective redox sites of C=O and N=N. The photocatalytic hydrogen production results showed that the hydrogen production rate reached 278.4 µmol g−1 h−1, which may be attributed to its special structure, which has a large number of active sites, a more negative conduction band than the reduction of H+ to H2, and the ability to inhibit the recombination of electron-hole pairs. Finally, a possible mechanism was proposed to effectively explain the improved photocatalytic performance of the photocatalytic system. The present work provides a new concept, in order to construct a highly efficient hydrogen production catalyst and broaden the applications of ZnS-based materials.


Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijun Zhang ◽  
Zhiliang Jin ◽  
Noritatsu Tsubaki

As an important artificial photosynthesis, the construction of core-shell heterojunction materials is considered to be one of the effective strategies for designing highly active photocatalysts. Here, the Step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunction...


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1598-1602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zijun Sun ◽  
Bihu Lv ◽  
Jingshi Li ◽  
Min Xiao ◽  
Xiaoyong Wang ◽  
...  

We report that a photocatalyst made of amorphous cobalt phosphide (CoPx) integrated with CdS NRs for H2 production under visible light. The CoPx/CdS NRs gave an apparent quantum yield at ∼35% (λ = 450 nm).


ChemCatChem ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2107-2114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijie Bai ◽  
Xiaotong Cai ◽  
Jingjing Lu ◽  
Luna Li ◽  
Shuxian Zhong ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (51) ◽  
pp. 26967-26978
Author(s):  
Xinying Yang ◽  
Haixia Liu ◽  
Tianduo Li ◽  
Baibiao Huang ◽  
Wei Hu ◽  
...  

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