期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 38, 期 18, 页码 7224-7231出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.03.173
关键词
Hydrogen; Cadmium sulfide; Shape effect; Morphology; Ethylenediamine
资金
- NSFC (gs1) [21103106, 21107069]
- Construction Capacity Project (gs2) [10160502300]
- Shanghai Rising-Star Program (gs3) [10QA1402800]
- Dawn (gs4) Program of Shanghai Education Commission [11SG52]
Granular and lamellar structured cadmium sulfide (CdS) with the shapes of branches, cauliflower and nanorods, were synthesized via a hydrothermal process. During the synthesis, ethylenediamine (EN) was used as a template and deionized water (DIW) as a coordination agent. Experimental results show that the morphology of CdS nanoparticles was controlled by EN concentration, CdS precursor concentration and molar ratio of Cd(NO3)(2)center dot 4H(2)O to thiourea (NH2CSNH2). It was found that the key shape-controlling step is the formation of CdS nuclei via the decomposition of the cadmium-ethylenediamine complex. Various shapes of CdS nanoparticles were obtained based on the concentrations of EN in water. CdS particles synthesized in pure water show granular and lamellar shapes with a mixture of hexagonal and cubic crystal structures. When EN concentration was increased to 30%, branched morphology of CdS particles was observed. Further increasing EN concentration to 70% CdS catalyst particles resulted in a cauliflower-like shape. Finally, CdS nanorod particles with a hexagonal structure were developed when synthesized in a pure EN solution. Although EN concentration plays an important role in the shapes of CdS particles, experimental observation showed that the diameter and aspect ratio of as prepared CdS nanorods were determined by concentrations of CdS precursors. In the course of photocatalytic hydrogen production, nearly 2577 mu mol H-2 was produced over 0.05 g CdS nanorods in 4.0 h. The rate of hydrogen evolution over the CdS nanorods based photocatalyst was approximately 42.6 times higher than that over granular and agglomerated lamellar CdS. Copyright (c) 2013, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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