A "uniform" heterogeneous photocatalyst: integrated p-n type CuInS2/NaInS2 nanosheets by partial ion exchange reaction for efficient H2 evolution

Peng Hu; Chee Keong Ngaw; Yee Yan Tay; Shaowen Cao; James Barber; Timothy Thatt Yang Tan; Say Chye Joachim Loo

doi:10.1039/c5cc02237a

A "uniform" heterogeneous photocatalyst: integrated p-n type CuInS2/NaInS2 nanosheets by partial ion exchange reaction for efficient H2 evolution

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jun 7;51(45):9381-4. doi: 10.1039/c5cc02237a.

Authors

Peng Hu¹, Chee Keong Ngaw, Yee Yan Tay, Shaowen Cao, James Barber, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Say Chye Joachim Loo

Affiliation

¹ Solar Fuels Lab, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798 Singapore. joachimloo@ntu.edu.sg.

PMID: 25959829
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc02237a

Abstract

Single-crystalline-like P-N type CuInS2/NaInS2 heterogeneous nanosheets were synthesized by partial cation exchange reaction and show highly improved photocatalytic H2 evolution activity attributed to the increased efficiency of interfacial charge transfer.