Issue 30, 2016

A highly efficient noble metal free photocatalytic hydrogen evolution system containing MoP and CdS quantum dots

Abstract

We report the construction of a highly efficient noble metal free photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) evolution system using CdS quantum dots as the light absorber and metallic MoP as the cocatalyst. MoP can be prepared by a facile temperature programmed reduction method and small clusters of MoP nanoparticles sized 10–30 nm were obtained by probe ultrasonication. The effect of synthesis conditions on the electrocatalytic and photocatalytic H2 evolution activity of MoP was investigated. The highest H2 evolution rate of 1100 μmol h−1 can be achieved by the optimized system under visible light (λ ≥ 420 nm), which is comparable to that when Pt was used as the cocatalyst. A high quantum efficiency of 45% is obtained at 460 nm irradiation.

Graphical abstract: A highly efficient noble metal free photocatalytic hydrogen evolution system containing MoP and CdS quantum dots

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Feb 2016
Accepted
26 Jun 2016
First published
27 Jun 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 14438-14447

A highly efficient noble metal free photocatalytic hydrogen evolution system containing MoP and CdS quantum dots

S. Yin, J. Han, Y. Zou, T. Zhou and R. Xu, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 14438 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR00989A

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