Construction of graphdiyne/CoMoO4 type II heterojunction for efficiently enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Cost-effective bimetallic oxide catalysts are gradually replacing noble metal catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen production . This study used a two-step method to synthesize CoMoO 4 with a rod-shaped structurea. CuBr is a catalytic base synthesis graphdiyne material. The graphdiyne that serves to anchor CoMoO 4 rods through a solvent-thermal synthesis method, thereby enhancing the photocatalytic performance of the resultant composite catalyst. The results show that the 5 h hydrogen evolution capacity of the optimized CoMoO 4 /graphdiyne composite catalyst is 187.47 μmol, which is 2.9 times higher than that of CoMoO 4 monomer and 41.7 times higher than that of graphdiyne monomer. The addition of graphdiyne provides a larger comparison area for CoMoO 4 , giving composite catalyst more active sites, and enhancing the optical hydrogenation effect of catalysts. Through the Mott-Schottky test, the UV–visible diffuse reflectance test and band gap calculation can be speculated that the CoMoO 4 and graphdiyne construct the type II heterojunction which promotes the rapid transfer of photogonic carriers. This work provides a good prospect and opportunity for studying graphdiyne in the application of graphdiyne in the application of dualmetal oxides.