Molybdenum disulfide quantum dots directing zinc indium sulfide heterostructures for enhanced visible light hydrogen production

Yang Liu; Chao Fan Li; Xiao Yun Li; Wen Bei Yu; Wen Da Dong; Heng Zhao; Zhi Yi Hu; Zhao Deng; Chao Wang; Si Jia Wu; Hao Chen; Jing Liu; Zhao Wang; Li Hua Chen; Yu Li; Bao Lian Su

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.001

Molybdenum disulfide quantum dots directing zinc indium sulfide heterostructures for enhanced visible light hydrogen production

Yang Liu, Chao Fan Li, Xiao Yun Li, Wen Bei Yu, Wen Da Dong, Heng Zhao, Zhi Yi Hu, Zhao Deng, Chao Wang, Si Jia Wu, Hao Chen, Jing Liu, Zhao Wang, Li Hua Chen, Yu Li, Bao Lian Su

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Abstract

Photocatalytic hydrogen (H ₂ )production based on semiconductors is important to utilize solar light for clean energy and environment. Herein, we report a visible light responsive heterostructure, designed and constructed by molybdenum disulfide quantum dots (MoS ₂ -QDs)in-situ seeds-directing growth and self-assemble of zinc indium sulfide (ZnIn ₂ S ₄ )nanosheet to ensure their full contact through a simple one-step solvothermal method for highly improved visible light H ₂ production. The MoS ₂ -QDs in-situ seeds-directing ZnIn ₂ S ₄ heterostructure not only builds heterojunctions between MoS ₂ and ZnIn ₂ S ₄ to spatially separate the photogenerated electrons and holes, but also serves as the active sites trapping photogenerated electrons to facilitate H ₂ evolution. As a result, MoS ₂ -QDs/ZnIn ₂ S ₄ exhibits high photocatalytic activity for H ₂ production, and the optimized 2 wt% MoS ₂ -QDs/ZnIn ₂ S ₄ (2MoS ₂ -QDs/ZnIn ₂ S ₄ )heterostructure exhibits the highest H ₂ evolution rate of 7152 umol·h ⁻¹ ·g ⁻¹ under visible light, ∼9 times of pure ZnIn ₂ S ₄ . Our strategy here could shed some lights on developing noble-metal free heterostructures for highly efficient photocatalytic H ₂ production.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111-118
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of colloid and interface science
Volume	551
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.001
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

Funding

Y. Li acknowledges Hubei Provincial Department of Education for the “Chutian Scholar” program. B. L. Su acknowledges the Chinese Central Government for an “Expert of the State” position in the Program of the “Thousand Talents”. This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China ( U1663225 , 21671155 , 21805216 , 21805220 ), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province ( 2018CFB242 , 2018CFA054 ), Major programs of technical innovation in Hubei ( 2018AAA012 ) and Program for Changjiang Scholars Innovative Research Team in University ( IRT_15R52 ). Appendix A

Funders	Funder number
Program for Changjiang Scholars Innovative Research Team in University	IRT_15R52
National Natural Science Foundation of China	21805216, U1663225, 21805220, 21671155
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province	2018AAA012, 2018CFA054, 2018CFB242
Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Heterostructure
MoS
Photocatalytic hydrogen production
Quantum dots
ZnIn S

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Liu, Y., Li, C. F., Li, X. Y., Yu, W. B., Dong, W. D., Zhao, H., Hu, Z. Y., Deng, Z., Wang, C., Wu, S. J., Chen, H., Liu, J., Wang, Z., Chen, L. H., Li, Y., & Su, B. L. (2019). Molybdenum disulfide quantum dots directing zinc indium sulfide heterostructures for enhanced visible light hydrogen production. Journal of colloid and interface science, 551, 111-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.05.001

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