Hierarchical CdIn2S4 microspheres wrapped by mesoporous g-C3N4 ultrathin nanosheets with enhanced visible light driven photocatalytic reduction activity

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 320, Issue , 2016, Pages 529-538

  Chen, Wei ^a   Huang, Ting ^a   Hua, Yu Xiang ^a   Liu, Tian Yu ^a   Liu, Xiao Heng ^a   Chen, Shen Ming ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

4 NA; CdIn2S4; g C3N4 nanosheets; H2 evolution; Photocatalytic redox

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REDOX REACTIONS;

4-NA; CDIN2S4; H2 EVOLUTION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING;

NANOSHEETS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; INDIUM; MICROSPHERE; NANOSHEET; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOLYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84984788394     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.025     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. [1] Fujishima, A., Honda, K., Electrochemical photolysis of water at a semiconductor electrode. Nature 238 (1972), 37–39.
2. [2] Liu, J., Liu, Y., Liu, N., Han, Y., Zhang, X., Huang, H., Lifshitz, Y., Lee, S.T., Zhong, J., Kang, Z., Metal-free efficient photocatalyst for stable visible water splitting via a two-electron pathway. Science 347 (2015), 970–974.
3. [3] Guo, S., Deng, Z., Li, M., Jiang, B., Tian, C., Pan, Q., Fu, H., Phosphorus-doped carbon nitride tubes with a layered micro-nanostructure for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55 (2016), 1830–1834.
4. 4 heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activity. J. Hazard. Mater. 299 (2015), 333–342.
5. 4 nanocrystals. Cryst. Growth Des. 16 (2016), 2231–2238.
6. [6] He, W., Jia, H., Yang, D., Xiao, P., Fan, X., Zheng, Z., Kim, H.K., Wamer, W.G., Yin, J.J., Composition directed generation of reactive oxygen species in irradiated mixed metal sulfides correlated with their photocatalytic activities. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7 (2015), 16440–16449.
7. [7] Huang, J., Cheuk, W., Wu, Y., Lee, F.S.C., Ho, W., Template-free synthesis of ternary sulfides submicrospheres as visible light photocatalysts by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2 (2012), 1825–1827.
8. 4 nanotubes and marigold nanostructures: a visible-light photocatalyst. Adv. Funct. Mater. 16 (2006), 1349–1354.
9. [9] Li, L., Peng, S., Wang, N., Srinivasan, M., Mhaisalkar, S.G., Yu, Q., Ramakrishna, S., A general strategy toward carbon cloth-based hierarchical films constructed by porous nanosheets for superior photocatalytic activity. Small 11 (2015), 2429–2436.
10. 4 via hydrothermal and microwave methods: efficient solar-light-driven photocatalysts. J. Mater. Chem. 20 (2010), 6095–6102.
11. 4 microspheres and application for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide. Appl. Surf. Sci. 288 (2014), 138–142.
12. 4 microsphere as an efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst for bacterial inactivation: synthesis, characterizations and photocatalytic inactivation mechanisms. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 129 (2013), 482–490.
13. 4: stable activity and enhanced debromination. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 129 (2013), 89–97.
14. 1-xS nanorods with enhanced visible-light response by ethanediamine-assisted decomposition of complex precursors. J. Mater. Sci. 50 (2015), 3920–3928.
15. [15] Zhang, J., Wang, L., Liu, X., Li, X., Huang, W., High-performance CdS-ZnS core-shell nanorod array photoelectrode for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation. J. Mater. Chem. A 3 (2015), 535–541.
16. 0.5S heterojunction. Nanoscale 7 (2015), 5752–5759.
17. [17] Jiang, D., Sun, Z., Jia, H., Lu, D., Du, P., A cocatalyst-free CdS nanorod/ZnS nanoparticles composite for high-performance visible-light-driven hydrogen production from water. J. Mater. Chem. A 4 (2016), 675–683.
18. 4 heterojunctions. J. Mater. Chem. A 3 (2015), 18244–18255.
19. 4 nanowires. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5 (2013), 10317–10324.
20. 2 nanotube array for highly stable photocatalytic activity. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16 (2014), 25321–25329.
21. 4 photocatalyst under visible light irradiation. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 158–159 (2014), 382–390.
22. 4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity. J. Mater. Sci. 50 (2015), 8142–8152.
23. 4-modified CdS heterostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity. Appl. Surf. Sci. 358 (2015), 385–392.
24. 2 reduction. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 137 (2015), 175–184.
25. [25] Wang, X., Maeda, K., Chen, X., Takanabe, K., Domen, K., Hou, Y., Fu, X., Antonietti, M., Polymer semiconductors for artificial photosynthesis: hydrogen evolution by mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride with visible light. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (2009), 1680–1681.
26. [26] Yang, S., Gong, Y., Zhang, J., Zhan, L., Ma, L., Fang, Z., Vajtai, R., Wang, X., Ajayan, P.M., Exfoliated graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets as efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution under visible light. Adv. Mater. 25 (2013), 2452–2456.
27. 4 for high-efficiency photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. ACS Nano 10 (2016), 2745–2751.
28. 4 seaweed architecture for enhanced hydrogen evolution. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54 (2015), 11433–11437.
29. 4 nanosheets. Nanoscale 7 (2015), 8701–8706.
30. 4 catalyst with superior catalytic performance for the degradation of dyes: a borohydride-generated superoxide radical approach. Nanoscale 7 (2015), 13723–13733.
31. 4 for efficient visible light photocatalytic hydrogen production. Chem. Mater. 27 (2015), 4930–4933.
32. 4 coupled with graphene oxide as a novel ternary nanocomposite. J. Hazard. Mater. 299 (2015), 462–470.
33. 4 heterostructures with significantly enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation. RSC Adv. 5 (2015), 101214–101220.
34. 2 nanosheets with reactive {0 0 1} facets to enhance the UV- and visible-light photocatalytic activity. J. Hazard. Mater. 268 (2014), 216–223.
35. 3 nanoparticles. RSC Adv. 5 (2015), 92033–92041.
36. 4 nanofibers and their visible-light photocatalytic activities. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8 (2016), 1929–1936.
37. 4 nanosheets with highly enhanced photocatalytic performance. J. Hazard. Mater. 313 (2016), 219–228.
38. y nanorings, porous nanosheets, and nanochains with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity. Nanoscale 7 (2015), 16493–16503.
39. 4 for efficient hydrogen production under visible light. J. Mater. Chem. A 1 (2013), 7816–7824.
40. 4/rGO nanocomposites with tunable band structure and enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity. Small 9 (2013), 3336–3344.
41. 4 hollow spheres via a facile hydrothermal process. J. Phys. Chem. C 112 (2008), 10700–10706.
42. 4/graphene nano-heterostructures: their in situ fabrication with dual functionality in solar hydrogen production and as anodes for lithium ion batteries. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 (2015), 31850–31861.
43. 4 nanosheets as efficient visible light driven heterostructures with remarkably enhanced photo-reduction activity. Nanoscale 8 (2016), 3711–3719.
44. 2 nanocomposites as versatile visible light photocatalysts. J. Mater. Chem. A 2 (2014), 430–440.
45. 2 nanosheet composites: tunable morphology and photocatalytic applications. J. Phys. Chem. C 118 (2014), 27325–27335.
46. 3-CNT nanocomposites for selective reduction under visible light. J. Mater. Chem. A 2 (2014), 1710–1720.
47. 4 -GR nanocomposites with enhanced visible light photoactivity. J. Mater. Chem. A 2 (2014), 14401–14412.
48. [48] Pandiselvi, K., Fang, H., Huang, X., Wang, J., Xu, X., Li, T., Constructing a novel carbon nitride/polyaniline/ZnO ternary heterostructures with enhanced photocatalytic performance using exfoliated carbon nitride nanosheets as supports. J. Hazard. Mater. 314 (2016), 67–77.
49. 2 reduction. Adv. Mater. 27 (2015), 6906–6913.
50. [50] Zhang, J., Zhang, Q., Wang, L., Li, X., Huang, W., Interface induce growth of intermediate layer for bandgap engineering insights into photoelectrochemical water splitting. Sci. Rep., 6, 2016, 27241.
51. 4 composite under visible light irradiation. RSC Adv. 4 (2014), 13610–13619.
52. [52] Liang, Q., Li, Z., Yu, X., Huang, Z.H., Kang, F., Yang, Q.H., Macroscopic 3D porous graphitic carbon nitride monolith for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Adv. Mater. 27 (2015), 4634–4639.