Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water Splitting Using Core-Shell Structured Cu/ZnS/COF Composites

Nanomaterials

Lakshmanan Gurusamy¹  Hsin-Ju Yang¹  Jerry J. Wu¹  Lakshmanan Karuppasamy¹  Wenmin Wang²  Bing Li²  Yuzhi Liu² 

[1] Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407, Taiwan;Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China;

关键词: photocatalysis;    water splitting;    hydrogen evolution;    composite materials;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nano11123380

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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