Journal
NANO RESEARCH
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 996-1002Publisher
TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3587-5
Keywords
ZnCdS solid solution; Li-EDA; disorder engineering; dual vacancies; photocatalytic H-2 reduction
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21902104, 21701135]
- Natural Science Foundation of Top Talent of SZTU [2019205, 2019108101003, 20200201]
- Foundation for Young Innovative Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong [2018KQNCX401]
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Project [JCYJ20180508152903208]
- Open Project Program of Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Ministry of Education [FS2004]
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This study reports on defect engineering of ZnCdS with surface disorder layer through a simple room temperature treatment, leading to the formation of rich S vacancies and Zn vacancies, which significantly improve photo charge carrier transfer and photocatalytic properties of ZnCdS for enhanced H-2 generation under visible light. The disordered ZnCdS exhibits a highest photocatalytic H-2 production rate of 33.6 mmol.g(-1).h(-1), surpassing pristine ZnCdS and Pt loaded ZnCdS.
Metal chalcogenide solid solution, especially ZnCdS, has been intensively investigated in photocatalytic H-2 generation due to their cost-effective synthetic procedure and adjustable band structures. In this work, we report on the defect engineering of ZnCdS with surface disorder layer by simple room temperature Li-ethylenediamine (Li-EDA) treatment. Experimental results confirm the formation of unusual Zn and S dual vacancies, where rich S vacancies (V-S) served as electron trapping sites, meanwhile Zn vacancies (V-Zn) served as hole trapping sites. The refined structure significantly facilitates the photo charge carrier transfer and improves photocatalytic properties of ZnCdS. The disordered ZnCdS shows a highest photocatalytic H-2 production rate of 33.6 mmol.g(-1).h(-1) under visible light with superior photocatalytic stabilities, which is 7.3 times higher than pristine ZnCdS and 7 times of Pt (1 wt.%) loaded ZnCdS.
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