摘要
Nowadays,photocatalytic technologies are regarded as promising strategies to solve energy problems,and various photocatalysts have been synthesized and explored.In this paper,a novel CdS/MoO_(2)@Mo_(2)C-MXene photocatalyst for H_(2)production was constructed by a two-step hydrothermal method,where MoO_(2)@Mo_(2)C-MXene acted as a binary co-catalyst.In the first hydrothermal step,MoO_(2)crystals with an egged shape grew on the surface of two-dimensional(2D)Mo_(2)C MXene via an oxidation process in HCl aqueous solution.In the second hydrothermal step,CdS nanorods were uniformly assembled on the surface of MoO_(2)@Mo_(2)C-MXene in ethylenediamine with an inorganic cadmium source and organic sulfur source.The CdS/MoO_(2)@Mo_(2)C-MXene composite with MoO_(2)@Mo_(2)C-MXene of 5 wt%exhibits an ultrahigh visible-light photocatalytic H_(2)production activity of 22,672μmol/(g·h),which is~21%higher than that of CdS/Mo_(2)C-MXene.In the CdS/MoO_(2)@Mo_(2)C-MXene composite,the MoO_(2)with metallic nature separates CdS and Mo_(2)C MXene,which acts as an electron-transport bridge between CdS and Mo_(2)C MXene to accelerate the photoinduced electron transferring.Moreover,the energy band structure of CdS was changed by MoO_(2)@Mo_(2)C-MXene to suppress the recombination of photogenerated carriers.This novel compound delivers upgraded photocatalytic H_(2)evolution performance and a new pathway of preparing the low-cost photocatalyst to solve energy problems in the future.
基金
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51772077)
Program for Innovative Research Team(in Science and Technology)in the University of Henan Province(No.19IRTSTHN027)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities of Henan Province(No.NSFRF200101)
Henan Key Laboratory of Materials on Deep-Earth Engineering(No.MDE2019-02).
