@article{173d120a8ab0419bb9018dec44cac70e,
title = "Hierarchical CdS/m-TiO2/G ternary photocatalyst for highly active visible light-induced hydrogen production from water splitting with high stability",
abstract = "Hierarchical semiconductors are the most important photocatalysts, especially for visible light-induced hydrogen production from water splitting. We demonstrate herein a hierarchical electrostatic assembly approach to hierarchical CdS/m-TiO2/G ternary photocatalyst, which exhibits high photoactivity and excellent photostability (more than twice the activity of pure CdS while 82% of initial photoactivity remained after 15 recycles during 80 h irradiation). The ternary nanojunction effect of the photocatalyst has been investigated from orbitals hybrid, bonding energy to atom-stress distortion and nano-interface fusion. And a coherent separation mechanism of charge carriers in the ternary system has been proposed at an atomic/nanoscale. This work offers a promising way to inhibit the photocorrosion of CdS and, more importantly, provide new insights for the design of ternary nanostructured photocatalysts with an ideal heterojunction.",
keywords = "CdS, Graphene sheets, Mesoporous TiO, Ternary photocatalysis, Visible light-induced water splitting",
author = "Yi Lu and Xiu Cheng and Ge Tian and Heng Zhao and Li He and Jie Hu and Wu, {Si Ming} and Ying Dong and Chang, {Gang Gang} and Silvia Lenaerts and St{\'e}phane Siffert and {Van Tendeloo}, Gustaaf and Li, {Zhao Fei} and Xu, {Ling Ling} and Yang, {Xiao Yu} and Su, {Bao Lian}",
note = "Funding Information: Prof. Xiao-Yu Yang received his Ph.D. from Jilin University (co-educated at the University of Namur, Belgium). After a postdoctoral fellowship at the FUNDP, he worked as a “Charg{\'e} de Recherches” at the National Foundation of Scientific Research in Belgium. He is currently working as full professor at State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing at Wuhan University of Technology in 2010. His research is aimed at new synthesis pathways towards novel porous systems, catalysts, bio-nanoreactors, bio-inspired materials and biofuel cells. Funding Information: This work supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC1103800), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT_15R52), National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1663225, U1662134, 51472190, 51611530672, 21711530705, 51503166, 51602236, 21706199), International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2015DFE52870), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2016CFA033, 2017CFB487), Open Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control (PPC2016007) CNPC Research Institute of Safety and Environmental Technology, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2016M592400), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT: 2017IVB012). Funding Information: This work supported by National Key R&D Program of China ( 2017YFC1103800 ), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University ( IRT_15R52 ), National Natural Science Foundation of China ( U1663225 , U1662134 , 51472190 , 51611530672 , 21711530705 , 51503166 , 51602236 , 21706199 ), International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China ( 2015DFE52870 ), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province ( 2016CFA033 , 2017CFB487 ), Open Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control ( PPC2016007 ) CNPC Research Institute of Safety and Environmental Technology , China Postdoctoral Science Foundation ( 2016M592400 ), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities ( WUT: 2017IVB012 ). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.02.021",
language = "English",
volume = "47",
pages = "8--17",
journal = "Nano Energy",
issn = "2211-2855",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}