Construction of a 2D Graphene‐Like MoS2/C3N4 Heterojunction with Enhanced Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Activity and Photoelectrochemical Activity
- 2 February 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemistry – A European Journal
- Vol. 22 (14), 4764-4773
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201503660
Abstract
A novel graphene-like MoS2/C3N4 (GL-MoS2/C3N4) composite photocatalyst has been synthesized by a facile ethylene glycol (EG)-assisted solvothermal method. The structure and morphology of this GL-MoS2/C3N4 photocatalyst have been investigated by a wide range of characterization methods. The results showed that GL-MoS2 was uniformly distributed on the surface of GL-C3N4 forming a heterostructure. The obtained composite exhibited strong absorbing ability in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible regions. When irradiated with visible light, the composite photocatalyst showed high activity superior to those of the respective individual components GL-MoS2 and GL-C3N4 in the degradation of methyl orange. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the composite may be attributed to the efficient separation of electron–hole pairs as a result of the matching band potentials between GL-MoS2 and GL-C3N4. Furthermore, a photocatalytic mechanism for the composite material has been proposed, and the photocatalytic reaction kinetics has been measured. Moreover, GL-MoS2/C3N4 could serve as a novel sensor for trace amounts of Cu2+ since it exhibited good selectivity for Cu2+ detection in water.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Nature Science Foundation of China (21476097, 21476098)
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20131207, BK20130513)
- Doctoral Innovation Fund of Jiangsu (KYLX15 1087)
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