Fabrication of 3 D Mesoporous Black TiO2 /MoS2 /TiO2 Nanosheets for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis

Abstract

A novel 3 D mesoporous black TiO2 (MBT)/MoS2 /MBT sandwich-like nanosheet was successfully fabricated using a facile mechanochemical process combined with an in situ solid-state chemical reduction approach, followed by mild calcination (350 °C) under an argon atmosphere. The MBT/MoS2 /MBT exhibits a 3 D sandwich-like nanosheet structure and heterojunctions are formed at the interfaces between MoS2 and black TiO2 . The significantly narrowed band gap of MBT/MoS2 /MBT is attributed to the introduction of MoS2 and the formed Ti(3+) species in the frameworks. The visible-light photocatalytic degradation rate of methyl orange and the hydrogen production rate are as high as 89.86 % and 0.56 mmol h(-1) g(-1) , respectively. The introduction of MoS2 and Ti(3+) in the frameworks favors the visible-light absorption and the separation of photogenerated charges, and the 3 D sandwich-like heterojunction structure facilitates the transfer of photogenerated charges.

Keywords: heterojunction; hydrogen evolution; mesoporous black titania; photocatalysis; visible-light-driven.