In-situ synthesis of Ni2P co-catalyst decorated Zn0.5Cd0.5S nanorods for high-quantum-yield photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light irradiation

Facile synthesis of MoS 2 QDs/TiO 2 nanosheets via a self‐assembly strategy for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

“…Generally, the separation and transfer of photo‐excited electron‐hole pairs and surface redox reactions are the most critical steps in heterogeneous photocatalytic reaction, which decides whether these photocatalysts can reach to high quantum efficiency . For the sake of addressing this problem, a great amount of effort has devoted to coupling cocatalyst on the surface of semiconductor, which can decrease the activation barriers and provide more active sites to enhance the photocatalytic activity . Therefore, it is important to seek a suitable and low‐cost cocatalyst for improving the solar conversion efficiency of semiconductor photocatalyst.…”

“…21,22 For the sake of addressing this problem, a great amount of effort has devoted to coupling cocatalyst on the surface of semiconductor, which can decrease the activation barriers and provide more active sites to enhance the photocatalytic activity. [23][24][25][26] Therefore, it is important to seek a suitable and low-cost cocatalyst for improving the solar conversion efficiency of semiconductor photocatalyst.Recently, molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) as a costeffective cocatalyst to take place of precious metals has received considerable attention for hydrogen evolution…”

Triethanolamine-mediated photodeposition formation of amorphous Ni-P alloy for improved H2-evolution activity of g-C3N4

“…Actually, the above result is reasonable because the work function of the g-C 3 N 4 (5.32 eV) is higher compared with the value of Ni-P (4.94 eV), which can induce the free-electron transfer from the Ni-P alloy cocatalyst to g-C 3 N 4 until their Fermi levels are identical (Fig. 7c) [66][67][68]. Herein, the above electron transfer between the Ni-P alloy and g-C 3 N 4 can create an internal electric field pointing from the Ni-P alloy to g-C 3 N 4 , which can greatly induce the orientation shift of photo-induced electrons from the conduction band (CB) of g-C 3 N 4 to the Ni-P alloy cocatalyst (Fig.…”

Construction of Defective Zinc–Cadmium–Sulfur Nanorods for Visible‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution Without the Use of Sacrificial Agents or Cocatalysts

“…[3] Therefore, photocatalytic systemsi nt he presence of hole sacrificial agentsc an only be considereda ss ourceso f" partial solar fuel". Accordingly,H 2 evolution in pure water systems( without hole sacrificiala gents) has been achieved by using several inorganic and organic semiconductors, such as Al-SrTiO 3 /RhCrO x , [4] NaTaO 3 /NiO x , [5] Ni 2 P-Zn 0.5 Cd 0.5 S, [6] CoP/P-CdS, [7] Co 3 O 4 /HCNS/Pt, [8] Co-g-C 3 N 4 [9] and CoP/BP. [10] However,m ost of thesep hotocatalysts have weak visible-light absorption.…”