Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104810
Keywords
Pyroelectric effect; Pyroelectro-catalytic; Hydrogen evolution; Molecular co-catalyst; CdS
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21773096]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [lzujbky-2018-k08]
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu [17JR5RA186]
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Hexagonal cadmium sulfide (CdS) with a noncentro-symmetric structure exhibits piezoelectric and pyroelectric effect due to spontaneous polarization changes companied by temperature variation. However, its pyroelectric effect in pyroelectro-catalytic hydrogen evolution has not been well identified. Herein, we found that CdS nanorods decorated with an organic molecule 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (2MBI) can greatly enhance the pyroelectro-catalytic hydrogen evolution activity. The 2MBI acted as a molecular co-catalyst improves the pyroelectric property of CdS and enhances the separation of pyroelectro-induced charges. Under thermal cycling between 25 degrees C and 55 degrees C, CdS-2MBI shows apparently improved pyroelectro-catalytic H-2 evolution activity, which is about 5 folds of that for CdS alone. This work may initiate a new prospect for pyroelectric effect in photocatalysis, such as the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under natural temperature fluctuations.
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