2D PtS nanorectangles/g-C3N4nanosheets with a metal sulfide-support interaction effect for high-efficiency photocatalytic H2evolution

Bo Lin; Yao Zhou; Baorong Xu; Chao Zhu; Wu Tang; Yingchun Niu; Jun Di; Pin Song; Jiadong Zhou; Xiao Luo; Lixing Kang; Ruihuan Duan; Qundong Fu; Haishi Liu; Ronghua Jin; Chao Xue; Qiang Chen; Guidong Yang; Kalman Varga; Quan Xu; Yonghui Li; Zheng Liu; Fucai Liu

doi:10.1039/d0mh01693d

2D PtS nanorectangles/g-C₃N₄nanosheets with a metal sulfide-support interaction effect for high-efficiency photocatalytic H₂evolution

Bo Lin, Yao Zhou, Baorong Xu, Chao Zhu, Wu Tang, Yingchun Niu, Jun Di, Pin Song, Jiadong Zhou, Xiao Luo, Lixing Kang, Ruihuan Duan, Qundong Fu, Haishi Liu, Ronghua Jin, Chao Xue, Qiang Chen, Guidong Yang, Kalman Varga, Quan Xu^*Yonghui Li^*, Zheng Liu^*, Fucai Liu^*

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Cocatalyst design is a key approach to acquire high solar-energy conversion efficiency for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Here a new in situ vapor-phase (ISVP) growth method is developed to construct the cocatalyst of 2D PtS nanorectangles (a length of ∼7 nm, a width of ∼5 nm) on the surface of g-C3N4 nanosheets. The 2D PtS nanorectangles/g-C3N4 nanosheets (PtS/CN) show an unusual metal sulfide-support interaction (MSSI), which is evidenced by atomic resolution HAADF-STEM, synchrotron-based GIXRD, XPS and DFT calculations. The effect of MSSI contributes to the optimization of geometrical structure and energy-band structure, acceleration of charge transfer, and reduction of hydrogen adsorption free energy of PtS/CN, thus yielding excellent stability and an ultrahigh photocatalytic H2 evolution rate of 1072.6 μmol h-1 (an apparent quantum efficiency of 45.7% at 420 nm), up to 13.3 and 1532.3 times by contrast with that of Pt nanoparticles/g-C3N4 nanosheets and g-C3N4 nanosheets, respectively. This work will provide a new platform for designing high-efficiency photocatalysts for sunlight-driven hydrogen generation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	612-618
Number of pages	7
Journal	Materials Horizons
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d0mh01693d
Publication status	Published - Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Lin, B., Zhou, Y., Xu, B., Zhu, C., Tang, W., Niu, Y., Di, J., Song, P., Zhou, J., Luo, X., Kang, L., Duan, R., Fu, Q., Liu, H., Jin, R., Xue, C., Chen, Q., Yang, G., Varga, K., ... Liu, F. (2021). 2D PtS nanorectangles/g-C₃N₄nanosheets with a metal sulfide-support interaction effect for high-efficiency photocatalytic H₂evolution. Materials Horizons, 8(2), 612-618. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0mh01693d

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2D PtS nanorectangles/g-C₃N₄nanosheets with a metal sulfide-support interaction effect for high-efficiency photocatalytic H₂evolution

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