Traditional bulk MoS_(2) as an effective H_(2)-evolution cocatalyst is mainly subjected to the weak hydrogen-adsorption ability of highporpotion saturated S,resulting in a slow interfacial H_(2)-evolution reaction.In ...Traditional bulk MoS_(2) as an effective H_(2)-evolution cocatalyst is mainly subjected to the weak hydrogen-adsorption ability of highporpotion saturated S,resulting in a slow interfacial H_(2)-evolution reaction.In this paper,an efficient strategy for enhancing hydrogen adsorption of saturated S by manipulating electron density through O atoms is proposed to boost photocatalytic performance of CdS.Simultaneously,amorphization of MoS_(2) can further increase the unsaturated active S sites.Herein,oxygencontained amorphous MoS_(x)(a-MoOS_(x))nanoparticles(10-30 nm)were tightly loaded on the CdS surface through a mild photoinduced deposition method by using(NH_(4))_(2)[MoO(S_(4))_(2)]solution as the precursor at room temperature.The photocatalytic H_(2)-evolution result showed that the a-MoOS_(x)/CdS performed the superior H_(2)-production activity(382μmol·h^(-1),apparent quantum efficiencies(AQE)=11.83%)with a lot of visual H_(2)bubbles,which was 54.6,2.5,and 5.1 times as high as that of CdS,MoS_(x)/CdS,and annealed a-MoOS_(x)/CdS,respectively.Characterizations and density functional theory(DFT)calculations revealed the mechanism of improved H_(2)-evolution activity is that the O heteroatom in amorphous MoOS_(x) can enhance the atomic H-adsorption ability by manipulating the electron density to form electron-deficient S^((2-δ)-)sites.This study provides a new idea to improve the efficiency and number of H_(2)-evolution active sites for developing efficient cocatalysts in the field of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22178275)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China(No.2022CFA001).
文摘Traditional bulk MoS_(2) as an effective H_(2)-evolution cocatalyst is mainly subjected to the weak hydrogen-adsorption ability of highporpotion saturated S,resulting in a slow interfacial H_(2)-evolution reaction.In this paper,an efficient strategy for enhancing hydrogen adsorption of saturated S by manipulating electron density through O atoms is proposed to boost photocatalytic performance of CdS.Simultaneously,amorphization of MoS_(2) can further increase the unsaturated active S sites.Herein,oxygencontained amorphous MoS_(x)(a-MoOS_(x))nanoparticles(10-30 nm)were tightly loaded on the CdS surface through a mild photoinduced deposition method by using(NH_(4))_(2)[MoO(S_(4))_(2)]solution as the precursor at room temperature.The photocatalytic H_(2)-evolution result showed that the a-MoOS_(x)/CdS performed the superior H_(2)-production activity(382μmol·h^(-1),apparent quantum efficiencies(AQE)=11.83%)with a lot of visual H_(2)bubbles,which was 54.6,2.5,and 5.1 times as high as that of CdS,MoS_(x)/CdS,and annealed a-MoOS_(x)/CdS,respectively.Characterizations and density functional theory(DFT)calculations revealed the mechanism of improved H_(2)-evolution activity is that the O heteroatom in amorphous MoOS_(x) can enhance the atomic H-adsorption ability by manipulating the electron density to form electron-deficient S^((2-δ)-)sites.This study provides a new idea to improve the efficiency and number of H_(2)-evolution active sites for developing efficient cocatalysts in the field of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
