Catalysis Science & Technology
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 23
·7683-7693
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IF 6.119
Jialiang Sheng,Chunqiang Wang,Fang Duan,Shengrong Yan,Shuanglong Lu,Han Zhu,Mingliang Du,Xin Chen,Mingqing Chen
The reasonable construction of Z-scheme heterojunctions is an effective pathway to enhance the photocatalytic performance. In this work, a direct Z-scheme cadmium sulfide–nickel phthalocyanine (CdS–NiPc) heterojunction was successfully constructed by a one-step solvothermal method, which exhibited highly efficient photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution and good cyclic stability under visible light irradiation. An optimal sample CdS–10%NiPc with 10 wt% NiPc was obtained, and the photocatalytic hydrogen production rate could reach 17.74 mmol h−1 g−1, which was 19.1 times higher than that of the pure CdS sample. The reasons for the improvement and the photocatalytic mechanism were studied in detail. The result indicated that the formation of a direct Z-scheme heterojunction made a close contact between CdS and NiPc, which effectively accelerated the separation and migration of charges. This study enriches the CdS-based composite photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and provides a simple method for the construction of efficient Z-scheme inorganic–organic heterojunctions.
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CRYSTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
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2022
·Vol. 57
·期 7
·2100291
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IF 1.599
Shuang Wang,Minghui Yu,Hao Yu,Yuye Cheng,Minghao Dou,Xiaoyu Gong,Zhiqiang Li,Hongyu Shao,Guangyu Chen,Shenjie Li,Yanyan Chen
The design and construction of Ag 2 S heterostructures capable of significantly separating photocarriers is a significant challenge in photocatalysis. In this study, CdS/Ag 2 S heterojunction composite photocatalyst is fabricated through a simple one-step hydrothermal method. The composite structure is characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and UV-visible diffuse reflection spectroscopy. Under visible light irradiation, the photocatalytic activity of the sample is evaluated by degradation of methyl orange. The photoelectric chemical performance of the CdS nanoparticles modified by Ag 2 S is closely related to the ratio of Cd/Ag cation. The experimental results show that the sample ACS-2 (CdS-Ag 2 S = 1:1) composite has higher charge transfer/separation efficiency and longer carrier life. The degradation efficiency reaches 74.4% within 30 min, and the degradation rate constant is 0.047 min −1 . After four cycles, the degradation efficiency of the catalyst only decreases slightly, indicating that the CdS/Ag 2 S catalyst has good stability and repeatability. Meanwhile, the study of the photocatalytic mechanism shows that •O 1 − is the primary active substance in the catalytic process, and h + and •OH play a secondary role. This work provides a great significance for constructing efficient Ag 2 S-based heterojunction photocatalyst systems.
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Small
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2024
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IF 13
Qiaona Liu,Xin Han,An Qian,Jiayu Qian,Xin Pu,Lei Ye,Jinshan Zhan,Jian Zhang,Qiang Yang,Jichang Liu
Building heterojunctions and exposing more catalytic active sites are effective strategies to enhance the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity. Herein, TiO 2 nanosheets are oxidized in situ on Ru-loaded MXene as carriers and subsequently loaded with uniform 2D CdS via hydrothermal method to obtain 2D Ru/Ti 3 C 2 -TiO 2 /CdS composite photocatalysts that integrate heterojunctions and cocatalysts. The formation of heterojunction between CdS and TiO 2 is conducive to promoting the separation and transfer of photogenerated charges, simultaneously, Ru/Ti 3 C 2 with the fully exposed Ru and Ti 3 C 2 can act as effective active sites of photocatalytic hydrogen production reaction. The composite photocatalyst exhibits an improved hydrogen production rate with 5479 µmol g −1 h −1 , which is 5, 3, and four times more than that of pristine CdS, CdS loaded Ti 3 C 2 -TiO 2 and CdS loaded Ru-TiO 2 respectively. The results reveal that the notable enhancement in performance can primarily be ascribed to the introduction of the TiO 2 /CdS heterojunction and the efficient cocatalysts of Ru/Ti 3 C 2 . Moreover, the 2D Ti 3 C 2 with high conductivity as carriers can increase charge transfer, and its 2D structure can serve as a template for growing 2D photocatalysts with higher activity. The interface engineering with multiple interfaces can offer novel insights for the advancement of efficient hydrogen evolution reaction catalysts.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2022
·Vol. 46
·期 41
·19915-19926
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IF 3.925
Xuhong Jiang,Mengmeng Sun,Zhuoyuan Chen
Clean and sustainable photoelectric technology has been developed rapidly in many fields. One of which is the novel marine corrosion protection technology that directly utilizes the abundant solar energy falling on the ocean to provide photoinduced cathodic protection for metallic structures, and has received increasing attention year by year. Improving the photoelectrochemical conversion and photoelectric cathodic protection performance for metals under sunlight is vital for achieving effective protection. In particular, optimizing the multi-dimensional nanostructured photoanode to accelerate the collection and transfer of photogenerated electrons and to improve the photoelectric and cathodic protection performance is a promising method. Here, an ultrafine branched anatase TiO2 nanolawn (NL) photoanode co-decorated with CdS nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide quantum dots (rGO QDs) was prepared. Compared with single CdS modified TiO2 NL, the three-phase junction CdS/rGO QDs/TiO2 NL shows further enhanced photoelectrochemical conversion performance under simulated sunlight and visible light irradiation, increased by 66.7% and 83.3% compared to that of CdS/TiO2 NL, respectively. The rGO QDs, which acted as a high-efficiency electron transporter, are uniformly deposited on the TiO2 NL, and further promote the transport efficiency of photogenerated electrons. CdS as a visible-light responder is responsible for broadening the spectral response, and the ultrafine branched TiO2 NL substrate greatly expands the photon capture area and increases the electron collection sites. Finally, the synergy of the above three aspects ensures that the ternary CdS/rGO QDs/TiO2 NL photoanode exhibits further enhanced simulated sunlight-driven and visible light-driven photoelectric conversion efficiency and a photoinduced cathodic protection effect on 316L stainless steel and pure copper.
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海洋腐蚀防护
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光电化学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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Lei Zhang,Zhiyuan Jiang,Jingru Guo,Chao Zhang,Xiaolong Xu,Dong Shi,Yongliang Shao,Zizheng Ai,Yongzhong Wu,Xiaopeng Hao
An in-depth understanding of structure-activity relationship between the phase constitution and solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency is conducive to guiding the optimization route of targeted photocatalyst candidates, further establishing advanced photocatalytic systems. Herein, based on the concept of phase engineering, we encompassed the crystalline phase of CdS and achieved precise regulation of phase proportion as well as phase boundary width in the phase junction for the first time. The above cooperative effect not only modifies energy band distribution for sufficient redox potentials, but also guarantees the reverse migration orientation of photogenerated carriers in phase junction, thereby endowing photocarriers with a prolonged lifetime. Compared to pure cubic or hexagonal phase (72.6 or 101.1 μmol h −1 g −1 ), this CdS system with optimized phase junction demonstrates an improved photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of 1.04 mmol h −1 g −1 and favorable stability without cocatalyst assistance, which mainly stems from an efficient protons reduction process interacting with long-lived photogenerated electrons. This research explores the mechanism behind phase regulation and its relationship with junction capability, providing a powerful strategy to manipulate crystal phase distribution and paving a feasible avenue for other phase-dependent photocatalysts towards rational design of heterostructures based on different phases in solar energy conversion field.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2021
·Vol. 32
·期 15
·20891-20902
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IF 2.478
Peng Long-Gui,Ni Fu-Rong,Liu Jun,Sun Meng,Chang Meng-Jie,Xi Tong,Li Hui-Lu,Du Hui-Ling,Yang Jie,Li Ying
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) is a promising photocatalyst material for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutions. However, the fast recombination of photo-induced charge and insufficient light absorption often lead to poor photocatalytic performance. Herein, novel fibrous BiVO 4 /CdS (BVO/CdS) heterostructures are constructed by uniformly modifying caterpillar shaped electrospun BiVO 4 nanofibers with controllable quantity of CdS nanoparticles through hydrothermal reaction. The absorption of visible light and separation efficiency of photo-generated charge of BiVO 4 are significantly promoted after the decoration of CdS nanoparticles. As a result, the photocatalytic efficiency of the optimized BVO/CdS sample (BVO/CdS-2 stands for the sample synthesized with 0.05 mmol Cd(CH 3 COO) 2 and CH 4 N 2 S) is 90.43%, which is 3.3 times as high as that of pure BiVO 4 after 180 min irradiation under visible light, respectively. Moreover, the .O 2 − and .OH are the predominant active species for the degradation process indicated by scavengers added photocatalytic experiments. Due to the simple, low-cost and controllable synthetic process, the BVO/CdS heterojunctions are suitable for practical usage.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2023
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Xiutong Yan,Biyun Lin,Chuangyu Ning,Xin Wang,Zhihong Chen
CdS is a promising candidate for visible-light-driven photocatalytic H 2 -evolution, but its practical application is still limited by self-photo-corrosion and noble co-catalysts needing. Herein, CdS/NiCo-MOFs (CM) heterojunction was synthesized by an in-situ hydrothermal method , where NiCo-MOFs (BMOFs) acted as platform to inhibit the aggregation of CdS nanoparticles . Furthermore, BMOFs provided dual-reaction sites to improve the photocatalytic H 2 -evolution speed and suppress the photo-corrosion of CdS by taking its Ni-linker as catalytic active sites for water splitting and Co-linker as hole trapping sites to suppress the self-oxidation between S 2− and holes. Therefore, the optimal CM-20% exhibited a remarkable photocatalytic H 2 -evolution rate of 1.810 mmol g −1 h −1 under sunlight irradiation, which is 4.55 times higher than that of CdS. Moreover, CM-20% maintained this high photocatalytic H 2 -evolution rate for 100 h reaction, which for CdS is just 50 h. This research provides insight into designing high-efficiency and photo-stable sulfide-based photocatalyst systems for H 2 -evolution.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2020
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Yi Zhao,Yongfeng Lu,Lu Chen,Xiaofeng Wei,Jiefang Zhu,Yuanhui Zheng
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) as one of the most common visible-light-responsive photocatalysts has been widely investigated for hydrogen generation. However, its low solar–hydrogen conversion efficiency caused by fast carrier recombination and poor catalytic activity hinders its practical applications. To address this issue, we develop a novel and highly efficient nickel–cobalt phosphide and phosphate cocatalyst-modified CdS (NiCoP/CdS/NiCoPi) photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. The dual-cocatalysts were simultaneously deposited on CdS during one phosphating step by using sodium hypophosphate as the phosphorus source. After the loading of the dual-cocatalysts, the photocurrent of CdS significantly increased, while its electrical impedance and photoluminescence emission dramatically decreased, which indicates the enhancement of charge carrier separation. It was proposed that the NiCoP cocatalyst accepts electrons and promotes hydrogen evolution, while the NiCoPi cocatalyst donates electrons and accelerates the oxidation of sacrificial agents (e.g., lactic acid). Consequently, the visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution of this composite photocatalyst greatly improved. The dual-cocatalyst-modified CdS with a loading content of 5 mol % showed a high hydrogen evolution rate of 80.8 mmol·g–1·h–1, which was 202 times higher than that of bare CdS (0.4 mmol·g–1·h–1). This is the highest enhancement factor for metal phosphide-modified CdS photocatalysts. It also exhibited remarkable stability in a continuous photocatalytic test with a total reaction time of 24 h.
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Catalysis Science & Technology
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 17
·5859-5867
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IF 6.119
Yiqing Wei,Huichao He,Chang Liu,Liuqing Yang,Xiaoyong Wang,Aidong Li,Yujie Xiong,Qing Shen,Yong Zhou,Zhigang Zou
The photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation performance of α-Fe2O3 photoanodes is jointly restricted by their high charge recombination and sluggish water oxidation kinetics. Herein, through coupling Ag and CdS nanoparticles with an α-Fe2O3 nanorod film, a new kind of α-Fe2O3/Ag/CdS ternary heterojunction film was constructed and investigated as a photoanode for solar water oxidation. The resultant α-Fe2O3/Ag/CdS photoanode can take full advantages of the α-Fe2O3/CdS heterojunction and the properties of Ag nanoparticles. Specifically, the formation of the α-Fe2O3/CdS heterojunction improves the charge separation and transfer efficiency of the α-Fe2O3 photoanode through band potential differences. Meanwhile, the presence of Ag nanoparticles enlarges the absorption edge of α-Fe2O3/CdS and decreases the electron–hole recombination through their surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect. In addition, the electrocatalytic properties of Ag nanoparticles could initiate the water oxidation on the α-Fe2O3/Ag/CdS photoanode jointly. As a result, a higher photocurrent density of 3.25 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE was achieved on the α-Fe2O3/Ag/CdS photoanode during water oxidation, which is 2.5 times higher relative to the photocurrent of the α-Fe2O3 photoanode. Furthermore, the onset potential of water oxidation on the α-Fe2O3/Ag/CdS photoanode was negatively shifted about 220 mV relative to the α-Fe2O3 photoanode due to its faster kinetics. With the protection of the amorphous TiO2 layer, the water oxidation activity of the α-Fe2O3/Ag/CdS photoanode can be steadily maintained even after 10 h of reaction at 1.23 V vs. RHE. The present work provides an efficient strategy for the development of α-Fe2O3-based ternary heterojunction photoanodes for solar water oxidation.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2025
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Nuo Zhang,Bingzhu Wang,Pengcheng Hu,Zhenxing Gao,Haiwang Wang
MCNTs-CdS has been identified as a promising material for photocatalytic hydrogen production due to its strong visible-light responsiveness and suitable energy band structure. However, the rapid complexation of its photogenerated electrons and holes makes its photocatalytic hydrogen production unsatisfactory. To address the above problem, MCNTs-CdS/Pt/ZnFe 2 O 4 composites were designed in this paper, and Pt was used as an electronic bridge to realize the fast transfer of electrons between the two semiconductors. The results show that the carrier transport resistance of MCNTs-CdS/Pt/ZnFe 2 O 4 system is greatly reduced, and the electron-hole separation rate is significantly better than that of MCNTs-CdS. In addition, the results of the photolysis of water hydrogen production demonstrated that when the deposition amount of Pt was 8 % and the mass ratio of MCNTs-CdS to ZnFe 2 O 4 was 1:0.1, the hydrogen production rate reached its maximum (1100.82 μmol/g/h), which was 35.51 times higher than that of MCNTs-CdS. The metal Pt functions as an electronic bridge to realize rapid electron transfer and MCNTs-CdS/Pt/ZnFe 2 O 4 form a Z-scheme carrier transport mechanism.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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Fang Wang,Yun Liao,Tingting Li,Liangshu Xia
Uranium (VI) removal and recovery from wastewater is crucial for sustainable development of nuclear energy and environmental remediation. Among various techniques, the photocatalytic reducing uranium (VI) to immobile uranium (IV) has been regarded as one of the most effective strategies. As a result, the design and fabrication of photocatalysts have attracted extensive attention. In this study, g-C 3 N 4 decorated dendritic fibrous nano-silica was fabricated first and then coupled with CdS. The fibrous photocatalyst showed high surface area and extended visible light absorption. More importantly, it exhibited a satisfying performance for the photocatalytic reduction of uranium (VI) under air atmosphere with solar irradiation. The SEM images and XPS spectrum confirmed that uranium (VI) was indeed photo-reduced to uranium (IV). Meanwhile, quenching experiments showed that O 2− played a key role in uranium (VI) reduction.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2013
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Qian Mi,Daiquan Chen,Juncheng Hu,Zhengxi Huang,Jinlin Li
A novel N-doped graphene/CdS hollow sphere nanocomposite photocatalyst was synthesized by a simple, template-free one-pot method. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, N 2 adsorption-desorption, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Photocatalytic degradations of methylene blue and salicylic acid were carried out to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposites under visible light irradiation. The N-graphene/CdS nanocomposites exhibited excellent stability and high photocatalytic activity, exceeding those of graphene oxide/CdS hollow sphere nanocomposites and pure CdS hollow spheres. This excellent photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposite was due to N-graphene acting as an excellent electron acceptor and transporter, thus reducing charge carrier recombination. It was also found that • OH acted as the main reactive species in the degradation of methylene blue under visible-light irradiation.
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