posted on 2021-03-02, 14:03authored byTaraka
Prabhu Yendrapati, Jella Soumya, Sreedhar Bojja, Ujjwal Pal
We
construct here a highly active and stable Co9S8@CdIn2S4 heterostructure for photocatalytic
H2 evolution under visible light. In a hierarchical hollow
construction with closely connected heterogeneous shells, two photoactive
sulfide semiconductors are incorporated rationally. This unique architecture
can efficiently allow photoinduced charges to be separated and transferred
and provide a broad surface area and exposure of rich sites for photocatalytic
redox reactions. The Co9S8@CdIn2S4 hierarchical hollow heterostructure shows enhanced light-harvesting
ability and remarkable catalytic activity because of its distinctive
structural and compositional advantages. The photocatalyst shows a
high hydrogen evolution rate of 4604 μmol h–1 g–1 without any noble metal as a cocatalyst under
1.5 AM simulated light irradiation. In this work, using the two-dimensional
ultrathin subunits with distinct structural and compositional benefits,
we show how this material can be interfaced successfully to give intriguing
photophysical properties.