Ultrathin Visible-Light-Driven Mo Incorporating In2O3-ZnIn2Se4 Z-Scheme Nanosheet Photocatalysts
- 31 January 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 31 (5), e1807226
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201807226
Abstract
Inspired by natural photosynthesis, the design of new Z-scheme photocatalytic systems is very promising for boosting the photocatalytic performance of H-2 production and CO2 reduction; however, until now, the direct synthesis of efficient Z-scheme photocatalysts remains a grand challenge. Herein, it is demonstrated that an interesting Z-scheme photocatalyst can be constructed by coupling In2O3 and ZnIn2Se4 semiconductors based on theoretical calculations. Experimentally, a class of ultrathin In2O3-ZnIn2Se4 (denoted as In2O3-ZISe) spontaneous Z-scheme nanosheet photocatalysts for greatly enhancing photocatalytic H-2 production is made. Furthermore, Mo atoms are incorporated in the Z-scheme In2O3-ZISe nanosheet photocatalyst by forming the Mo-Se bond, confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, in which the formed MoSe2 works as cocatalyst of the Z-scheme photocatalyst. As a consequence, such a unique structure of In2O3-ZISe-Mo makes it exhibit 21.7 and 232.6 times higher photocatalytic H-2 evolution activity than those of In2O3-ZnIn2Se4 and In2O3 nanosheets, respectively. Moreover, In2O3-ZISe-Mo is also very stable for photocatalytic H-2 production by showing almost no activity decay for 16 h test. Ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectra, photoluminescence spectroscopy, transient photocurrent spectra, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy reveal that the enhanced photocatalytic performance of In2O3-ZISe-Mo is mainly attributed to its widened photoresponse range and effective carrier separation because of its special structure.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51671003, 21802003)
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M620494, 2018M631239)
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