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Published on: October 5, 2019
Cd0.8Mn0.2S/MoO3 composites with an S-scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Guoping Jiang1, Chaoyue Zheng1, Teng Yan1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Solar Chemical Conversion Technology, Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, P.R.China. zl-jin@nun.edu.cn.
Abstract:
High-performance and noble metal-free MoO3/Cd0.8Mn0.2S nanocomposites were synthesized via a simple direct physical mixing process. Consequently, from the many characterization methods, the obtained MoO3/Cd0.8Mn0.2S composites exhibited excellent photocatalytic hydrogen production performance and stability. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the MoO3/Cd0.8Mn0.2S catalyst could be ascribed to the close contact interfaces and well-matched band structure of MoO3 and Mn0.8Cd0.2S, which is beneficial to the transport and separation of photonic excitons. Besides, the hydrogen production performance of the MoO3/Cd0.8Mn0.2S composite catalyst was 1.7 times higher than that of the pure MoO3. Based on the results of time-resolved fluorescence (TRPL) and electrochemical measurements, the possible S-scheme heterojunction mechanism of the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of MoO3/Cd0.8Mn0.2S was proposed. This work has contributed to the transformation of solar energy into chemical energy.
