An ion-exchange route for the synthesis of hierarchical In2S3/ZnIn2S4 bulk composite and its photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation

Zongwei Mei; Shuxin Ouyang; Dai-Ming Tang; Tetsuya Kako; Dmitri Golberg; Jinhua Ye

doi:10.1039/c2dt32271d

An ion-exchange route for the synthesis of hierarchical In2S3/ZnIn2S4 bulk composite and its photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation

Dalton Trans. 2013 Feb 28;42(8):2687-90. doi: 10.1039/c2dt32271d.

Authors

Zongwei Mei¹, Shuxin Ouyang, Dai-Ming Tang, Tetsuya Kako, Dmitri Golberg, Jinhua Ye

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

PMID: 23314358
DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32271d

Abstract

In(2)S(3)/ZnIn(2)S(4) bulk composite was successfully synthesized through an ion-exchange route using NaInS(2) as a precursor. Compared with the constituent pure component (In(2)S(3) or ZnIn(2)S(4)), the photocatalytic H(2) evolution of the composite was greatly enhanced because of the efficient separation and migration of photoexcited carriers (electrons and holes) at the interface of the bulk composite.