Artigo Revisado por pares

Photocatalytic hydrogen production over carbon nitride loaded with WS2 as cocatalyst under visible light

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 156-157; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.03.002

ISSN

1873-3883

Autores

Yidong Hou, Yongsheng Zhu, Yan Xu, Xinchen Wang,

Tópico(s)

MXene and MAX Phase Materials

Resumo

Mesoporous graphitic$ carbon nitride (mpg-CN) was loaded with WS2 via an impregnation–sulfidation approach. The resultant surface heterojunctions between WS2 and mpg-CN were evidently confirmed with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Photocatalytic H2 production on WS2/mpg-CN under visible light (λ > 420 nm) shows that WS2 plays an important role in catalyzing H2 production. The rate of hydrogen evolution reaches an optimum when the loading amount of WS2 is about 0.3 at.%. Combined with the physicochemical and electrocatalytic properties of WS2/mpg-CN, it can be concluded that the enhanced photocatalytic H2 production activity on WS2/mpg-CN is mainly attributed to the thin layered junctions formed between WS2 and mpg-CN and the great performance of WS2 as a cocatalyst in H2 evolution reaction.

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