C60-decorated CdS/TiO2 mesoporous architectures with enhanced photostability and photocatalytic activity for H2 evolution

Zichao Lian; Pengpeng Xu; Wenchao Wang; Dieqing Zhang; Shuning Xiao; Xin Li; Guisheng Li

doi:10.1021/am5088665

C60-decorated CdS/TiO2 mesoporous architectures with enhanced photostability and photocatalytic activity for H2 evolution

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Mar 4;7(8):4533-40. doi: 10.1021/am5088665. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Authors

Zichao Lian¹, Pengpeng Xu, Wenchao Wang, Dieqing Zhang, Shuning Xiao, Xin Li, Guisheng Li

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University , Shanghai, 200234, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 25658952
DOI: 10.1021/am5088665

Abstract

Fullerene (C60) enhanced mesoporous CdS/TiO2 architectures were fabricated by an evaporation induced self-assembly route together with an ion-exchanged method. C60 clusters were incorporated into the pore wall of mesoporous CdS/TiO2 with the formation of C60 enhanced CdS/TiO2 hybrid architectures, for achieving the enhanced photostability and photocatalytic activity in H2 evolution under visible-light irradiation. Such greatly enhanced photocatalytic performance and photostability could be due to the strong combination and heterojunctions between C60 and CdS/TiO2. The as-formed C60 cluster protection layers in the CdS/TiO2 framework not only improve the light absorption capability, but also greatly accelerated the photogenerated electron transfer to C60 clusters for H2 evolution.

Keywords: C60; CdS; H2; TiO2; photocatalytic; photostability.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't