Twinned Mn0.5Cd0.5S (T-MCS) solid solution was prepared by a hydrothermal method, and then Zn0.76Co0.24S/T-MCS heterojunction was fabricated by an in-situ hydrothermal method. The results show that Mn0.5Cd0.5S solid solutions is a twinned homojunction consisting of wurtzite Mn0.5Cd0.5S (WZ-MCS) and zinc-blende Mn0.5Cd0.5S (ZB-MCS) alternately. The introduction of Zn0.76Co0.24S can enhance the light harvesting ability of the system and increase the number of the surface charge carriers, the H2 production rate of 3% Zn0.76Co0.24S/T-MCS reaches 132.9 mmol·g−1·h−1 in Na2S/Na2SO3 mixture solution (300 W Xe lamp, λ > 420 nm), which is 332.2 and 1.9 times greater than those of Zn0.76Co0.24S and T-MCS, respectively. According to the results by energy band structure analysis, the type-II twinned homojunction between WZ-MCS and ZB-MCS can improve the bulk phase charge separation, the S-scheme heterojunction between T-MCS and Zn0.76Co0.24S can accelerate the interfacial charge transfer, and the REDOX capacity of the holes in T-MCS valence band and electrons in Zn0.76Co0.24S conduction band is retained, therefore resulting in a faster H2 production.
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Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society 2023, 51(1): 4-13
Published: 02 December 2022
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