Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 5, Issue 16, Pages 8088-8092Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am4021654
Keywords
Au particles; TiO2; CdS; ternary nanostructure; H-2 generation; efficient electron transfer
Funding
- NTU start-up grant (SUG)
- NTU seed funding for the Solar Fuels Laboratory, MOE AcRF [RG 44/11, MOE2012-T2-2-041, ARC 5/13]
- CRP from NRF Singapore [NRF-CRP5-2009-04]
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We report a new type of Au@TiO2-CdS ternary nanostructure by decorating CdS nanopartides onto Au@TiO2 core-shell structures. In comparison to that of binary structures such as CdS-TiO2 and Au@TiO2, these ternary nanostructures exhibit a remarkably high photocatalytic H-2-generation rate under visible-light irradiation. The enhanced photocatalytic activity is attributed to the unique ternary design, which builds up a transfer path for the photoexcited electrons of CdS to the core Au particles via the TiO2 nanocrystal bridge and thus effectively suppresses the electron-hole recombination on the CdS photocatalyst. This internal electron-transfer pathway (CdS -> TiO2 -> Au) eliminates the need for the postdeposition of the metal cocatalyst because the core Au nanoparticles can act as the interior active catalyst for proton reduction toward hydrogen evolution. We believe that our work demonstrates a promising way for the rational design of metal semiconductor hybrid photocatalysts that can achieve a high photocatalytic efficiency for use in solar fuels production.
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