Construction of two-dimensional MoS₂/CdS p-n nanohybrids for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Jian Zhang; Zhenping Zhu; Xinliang Feng

doi:10.1002/chem.201402522

Construction of two-dimensional MoS₂/CdS p-n nanohybrids for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Chemistry. 2014 Aug 18;20(34):10632-5. doi: 10.1002/chem.201402522. Epub 2014 Jun 24.

Authors

Jian Zhang¹, Zhenping Zhu, Xinliang Feng

Affiliation

¹ State Kay Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001 (P. R. China); Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz (Germany); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 (P. R. China).

PMID: 24961169
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402522

Abstract

2D MoS2 nanosheets have been utilized to fabricate 2D MoS2/CdS p-n nanohybrids through a one-pot solvothermal process. Due to the unique p-n junction heterostructure, large specific surface area, and decreased band gap, MoS2/CdS nanohybrids manifested a superior H2 -production rate of ~137 μmol h(-1) under visible-light irradiation and an apparent quantum yield of 10.5% at 450 nm.

Keywords: 2D nanohybrids; cadmium sulfide; molybdenum disulfide; p-n junction; photocatalysis.