One-pot synthesis of MoS2/CdS nanosphere heterostructures for efficient H2 evolution under visible light irradiation

Exploration of cost-efficient and high-performance photocatalyst for H-2 evolution by using a facile approach is of great importance. In this manuscript, a facile one -pot method was employed to fabricate MoS2/CdS heterostructures with MoS2 intimately grown on the surface of CdS resulting in the formation of well-defined heterostructures. Screen experiment reveals the optimized photocatalytic H-2 evolution performance of MoS2/CdS is far exceeding that of pristine CdS by a factor of more than 162. The outstanding performance can be ascribed to the formation of heterostructures which accelerate charge transportation and separation, and the MoS2 serving as a cocatalyst for the decrease of H-2 overpotential. Moreover, the photocatalytic mechanism of the MoS2/CdS was carefully investigated, which contributes to the deep understanding of the photocatalytic process and the designation of other low-cost and high-efficient photocatalyst. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.