Designing and fabricating highly efficient photocatalysts for water splitting is a promising strategy to address energy and environmental issues.Cadmium sulfide(CdS)has received significant interest as a photocatalyst...Designing and fabricating highly efficient photocatalysts for water splitting is a promising strategy to address energy and environmental issues.Cadmium sulfide(CdS)has received significant interest as a photocatalyst for visible‐light‐induced hydrogen(H2)generation.However,the severe photocorrosion,high overpotential,rapid charge recombination,and sluggish surface reaction kinetics drastically hinder its practical application in water splitting.Herein,uniform zinc cadmium sulfide(Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S)nanoparticles were anchored on ultrathin Ni(OH)_(2)nanosheets via a facile solution‐phase approach to form an intimate two‐dimensional(2D)/zero‐dimensional(0D)heterojunction.Under visible light irradiation,the 7%Ni(OH)_(2)/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S composite exhibited the highest H2 production rate of 6.87 mmol·h^(–1)·g^(–1)with an apparent quantum yield of 16.8%at 420 nm,which is almost 43 times higher than that of pristine Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S and considerably higher than that of the Pt/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S photocatalyst.The high photoactivity of the 2D/0D Ni(OH)_(2)/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S heterojunction can be ascribed to its unique and robust structure,wherein the ultrathin Ni(OH)_(2)nanosheets not only provide an excellent platform for the incorporation of Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S nanoparticles but also serve as an effective cocatalyst to promote photoinduced electron transfer and offer more active sites for photocatalytic H_(2) generation.This work paves the way toward the development of versatile,low‐cost,and highly efficient 2D/0D heterojunction photocatalysts for solar energy conversion.展开更多
文摘Designing and fabricating highly efficient photocatalysts for water splitting is a promising strategy to address energy and environmental issues.Cadmium sulfide(CdS)has received significant interest as a photocatalyst for visible‐light‐induced hydrogen(H2)generation.However,the severe photocorrosion,high overpotential,rapid charge recombination,and sluggish surface reaction kinetics drastically hinder its practical application in water splitting.Herein,uniform zinc cadmium sulfide(Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S)nanoparticles were anchored on ultrathin Ni(OH)_(2)nanosheets via a facile solution‐phase approach to form an intimate two‐dimensional(2D)/zero‐dimensional(0D)heterojunction.Under visible light irradiation,the 7%Ni(OH)_(2)/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S composite exhibited the highest H2 production rate of 6.87 mmol·h^(–1)·g^(–1)with an apparent quantum yield of 16.8%at 420 nm,which is almost 43 times higher than that of pristine Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S and considerably higher than that of the Pt/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S photocatalyst.The high photoactivity of the 2D/0D Ni(OH)_(2)/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S heterojunction can be ascribed to its unique and robust structure,wherein the ultrathin Ni(OH)_(2)nanosheets not only provide an excellent platform for the incorporation of Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S nanoparticles but also serve as an effective cocatalyst to promote photoinduced electron transfer and offer more active sites for photocatalytic H_(2) generation.This work paves the way toward the development of versatile,low‐cost,and highly efficient 2D/0D heterojunction photocatalysts for solar energy conversion.
