Citation: Tao Zhou, Xu Han, Wangwang Shen, Fang Ji, Menglong Liu, Yingyu Song, Wen-Wen He. Construction of NiS/CTF heterojunction photocatalyst with an outstanding photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(11): 110415. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110415 shu

Construction of NiS/CTF heterojunction photocatalyst with an outstanding photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance

School of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China

heww@ccut.edu.cn

Received Date: 30 April 2024
Revised Date: 2 September 2024
Accepted Date: 5 September 2024
Available Online: 6 September 2024

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Heterojunction engineering is considered as one of the most effective methods to improve the hydrogen production performance of photocatalysts. In this study, a green, simple and gentle method was used to deposit tiny NiS onto CTF-ES₂₀₀ under xenon lamp irradiation to form heterostructures. The experimental results show that the hydrogen production rate of the synthesized NiS/CTF-ES₂₀₀ is as high as 22.98 mmol g^-1 h^-1, showing a higher photocatalytic hydrogen production rate compared to other NiS-loaded nonmetallic semiconductor materials, which is also much higher than that of pure CTF-ES₂₀₀. The interface electric field (IEF) in this p-n heterojunction leads to an accumulation of photoelectrons on the conduction band of CTF-ES₂₀₀, which makes CTF-ES₂₀₀ to keep a high reductiveness for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and significantly improve the separation efficiency of photoelectrons and holes. Furthermore, XPS and EXAFS data show that an efficient electron transport channel is constructed through the formation of Ni-N bond, which further accelerates the interface carrier transport efficiency. This study provides an effective idea for the preparation of highly efficient heterojunction photocatalysts.
- NIS,
- Covalent triazine frameworks,
- Photodeposition,
- Heterojunction,
- Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
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