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Multi-node CdS hetero-nanowires grown with defect-rich oxygen-doped MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets for efficient visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution

Show Author's Information Haifeng Lin1,  Yanyan Li2,  Haoyi Li1,  Xun Wang1( )
Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of ChemistryTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and PhysicsFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of SciencesFuzhou350002China
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charge separation, active sites, visible-light photocatalysis, CdS hetero-nanowires, defect-rich oxygen-doped MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets
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Lin H, Li Y, Li H, et al. Multi-node CdS hetero-nanowires grown with defect-rich oxygen-doped MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets for efficient visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution. Nano Research, 2017, 10(4): 1377-1392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1497-3
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Developing low-cost and high-efficiency photocatalysts for hydrogen production from solar water splitting is intriguing but challenging. In this study, unique one-dimensional (1D) multi-node MoS2/CdS hetero-nanowires (NWs) for efficient visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution are synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method. Flower-like sheaths are assembled from numerous defect-rich O-incorporated {0001} MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets (NSs), and {1120}- facet surrounded CdS NW stems are grown preferentially along the c-axis. Interestingly, the defects in the MoS2 NSs provide additional active S atoms on the exposed edge sites, and the incorporation of O reduces the energy barrier for H2 evolution and increases the electric conductivity of the MoS2 NSs. Moreover, the recombination of photoinduced charge carriers is significantly inhibited by the heterojunction formed between the MoS2 NSs and CdS NWs. Therefore, in the absence of noble metals as co-catalysts, the 1D MoS2 NS/CdS NW hybrids exhibit an excellent H2-generation rate of 10.85 mmol·g–1·h–1 and a quantum yield of 22.0% at λ = 475 nm, which is far better than those of Pt/CdS NWs, pure MoS2 NSs, and CdS NWs as well as their physical mixtures. Our results contribute to the rational construction of highly reactive nanostructures for various catalytic applications.


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Multi-node CdS hetero-nanowires grown with defect-rich oxygen-doped MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets for efficient visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution

Show Author's information Haifeng Lin1, Yanyan Li2, Haoyi Li1, Xun Wang1( )
Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of ChemistryTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and PhysicsFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of SciencesFuzhou350002China

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Developing low-cost and high-efficiency photocatalysts for hydrogen production from solar water splitting is intriguing but challenging. In this study, unique one-dimensional (1D) multi-node MoS2/CdS hetero-nanowires (NWs) for efficient visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution are synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method. Flower-like sheaths are assembled from numerous defect-rich O-incorporated {0001} MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets (NSs), and {1120}- facet surrounded CdS NW stems are grown preferentially along the c-axis. Interestingly, the defects in the MoS2 NSs provide additional active S atoms on the exposed edge sites, and the incorporation of O reduces the energy barrier for H2 evolution and increases the electric conductivity of the MoS2 NSs. Moreover, the recombination of photoinduced charge carriers is significantly inhibited by the heterojunction formed between the MoS2 NSs and CdS NWs. Therefore, in the absence of noble metals as co-catalysts, the 1D MoS2 NS/CdS NW hybrids exhibit an excellent H2-generation rate of 10.85 mmol·g–1·h–1 and a quantum yield of 22.0% at λ = 475 nm, which is far better than those of Pt/CdS NWs, pure MoS2 NSs, and CdS NWs as well as their physical mixtures. Our results contribute to the rational construction of highly reactive nanostructures for various catalytic applications.

Keywords: charge separation, active sites, visible-light photocatalysis, CdS hetero-nanowires, defect-rich oxygen-doped MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets

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Received: 31 October 2016
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21431003 and 21521091) and China Ministry of Science and Technology (No. 2016YFA0202801). We also thank Dr. Lina Zhang and Ms. Xiaohua Gu for their kind help with the TEM measurements.

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