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Self-sacrificing template synthesis of CdS quantum dots/Cd-Hap composite photocatalysts for excellent H2 production under visible light
- Source :
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43:20616-20626
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Well dispersive CdS quantum dots (QDs) were successfully in-situ grown on cadmium hydroxyapatite (Cd5(PO4)3OH, Cd-Hap) assembled rods through a self-sacrificing hydrothermal method. No any nocuous organic ligands were used in such self-sacrificing route, allowing for a green approach to prepare CdS QDs with clean surfaces and enough active sites. The deposition of CdS QDs onto Cd-Hap surfaces led to a dramatically enhanced performance in H2 production under visible light irradiation as compared to bulk CdS nanoparticles. The optimal CdS QDs/Cd-Hap composite displayed a H2 evolution rate of 14.1 μmol h−1 without using any noble metal cocatalyst, which was about 4.2 times higher than that of pristine CdS. The apparent quantum efficiency for CdS QDs/Cd-Hap composite was up to 18%. It was also found that CdS QDs/Cd-Hap composite can continuously generate H2 from water in the presence of electron donors for more than 125 h. The enhanced photocatalytic performance of CdS QDs/Cd-Hap composites could be attributed to the high charge separation efficiency resulting from the efficient capture of photoinduced electrons by oxygen vacancies in Cd-Hap rods and the quantum confinement effect of CdS QDs with strong redox capacity as well as the increased active sites.
- Subjects :
- Potential well
Materials science
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Composite number
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Nanoparticle
02 engineering and technology
engineering.material
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Fuel Technology
Chemical engineering
Quantum dot
Photocatalysis
engineering
Quantum efficiency
Noble metal
0210 nano-technology
Visible spectrum
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Details
- ISSN :
- 03603199
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........556b6b3aee7923addf1c089b85d9fde4