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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 267, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.124702
Keywords
LSPR; SnS2@AuNPs; Janus structure; Core-shell structure
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- National Key Technologies R&D Program of China [2019YFA0705202]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31701296, 11474076, 12074093]
- Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Water Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology [ES202116]
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Comparing Janus and core-shell structures, it was found that Janus structures exhibit better visible light response and extinction behavior in narrow bandgap semiconductors. This is attributed to enhanced localized surface plasmon resonance and increased lifetime of photo generated carriers, leading to improved visible light catalytic performance in Janus structures.
We compare the visible light extinction difference of Janus and core-shell structures for several typical semiconductors and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and found out better extinction behavior of the Janus type with visible light response for narrow bandgap semiconductors. Following the predictions, we designed and prepared the Janus and core-shell heterostructures of SnS2 (Eg = 2.1-2.4 eV) and AuNPs (SnS2@AuNPs). Excellent visible light catalytic performance in Janus structures compared with SnS2 and the core-shell structures can be observed, which was attributed to the enhanced localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and the increased lifetime of photo generated carriers. The absorption spectrum revealed more significant LSPR intensities for the Janus structures compared to SnS2 and the core-shell structures. The Photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of the core-shell and Janus structures showed a half and a quarter the intensities of the SnS2. The shorter lifetime in Janus structures (1.16 ns) may result from the fast depopulation of photo-generated electrons from SnS2 into Au. Due to the LSPR enhancement and the photo generated carriers separation in the Janus structures, the visible light catalytic performance of SnS2 has been improved effectively.
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