CoSe2 Clusters as Efficient Co-Catalyst Modified CdS Nanorod for Enhance Visible Light Photocatalytic H2 Evolution
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Result and Discussion
3. Experiment
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Preparation of Catalysts
3.2.1. Preparation of CdS
3.2.2. Preparation of CoSe2
3.2.3. Preparation of CoSe2/CdS
3.3. Characterization
3.4. Photoelectrochemical Measurements
3.5. Photocatalytic Activity Measurements
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Semiconductor | Band Energy Eg (eV) | Valence Band EVB (eV) | Conduction Band ECB (eV) |
---|---|---|---|
CdS (n-type) | 2.4 | 2.0 | −0.4 |
CoSe2 (n-type) | −0.1 |
System | Lifetime <λ> (ns) | Pre-Exponential Factor A% | Average Lifetime <λ> (ns) | X2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
CoSe2 | 0.0059/4.1735/153.6543 | 99.76/0.05/0.18 | 0.00 | 1.48080 |
CdS | 4.1953/0.5532/79.9562 | 25.00/15.06/59.94 | 2.94 | 1.77483 |
30% | 3.2128/0.4006/41.0649 | 27.26/15.61/57.13 | 2.04 | 1.75398 |
Sample | SBET/(m2·g−1) | Pore Volume/(cm3·g−1) | Average Pore Size/nm |
---|---|---|---|
CdS | 50.1874 | 0.211466 | 15.1348 |
CoSe2/CdS | 13.0324 | 0.039481 | 13.2311 |
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Gan, R.; Ma, X.; Wang, G.; Jin, Z. CoSe2 Clusters as Efficient Co-Catalyst Modified CdS Nanorod for Enhance Visible Light Photocatalytic H2 Evolution. Catalysts 2019, 9, 616. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9070616
Gan R, Ma X, Wang G, Jin Z. CoSe2 Clusters as Efficient Co-Catalyst Modified CdS Nanorod for Enhance Visible Light Photocatalytic H2 Evolution. Catalysts. 2019; 9(7):616. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9070616
Chicago/Turabian StyleGan, Ruizhou, Xiaohua Ma, Guorong Wang, and Zhiliang Jin. 2019. "CoSe2 Clusters as Efficient Co-Catalyst Modified CdS Nanorod for Enhance Visible Light Photocatalytic H2 Evolution" Catalysts 9, no. 7: 616. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9070616