| Title: | A sulfur vacancy rich CdS based composite photocatalyst with g-C(3)N(4) as a matrix derived from a Cd-S cluster assembled supramolecular network for H(2) production and VOC removal |
| Author(s): | Wang Y; Xu X; Lu W; Huo Y; Bian L; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Northeast University, Shenyang, 110819, P.R. China. xuxx@mail.neu.edu.cn huoyuqiu@mail.neu.edu.cn bianlijun@mail.neu.edu.cn" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1477-9234 (Electronic) 1477-9226 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "By calcination, a sulfur vacancy rich CdS based composite photocatalyst with graphitic carbon nitride (g-C(3)N(4)) as a matrix has been synthesized successfully from a tetranuclear Cd-S cluster assembled supramolecular network. In this photocatalyst (CdS@g-C(3)N(4)), CdS nanoparticles with a size of about 5 to 8 nm disperse homogenously in the g-C(3)N(4) matrix. During calcination, some coordinated nitrogen atoms dope in the lattice of CdS and replace sulfur atoms, which generates a large number of sulfur vacancies. Under visible light irradiation, CdS@g-C(3)N(4) exhibits excellent H(2) production activity with a rate achieving as high as 19.88 mmol g(-1) h(-1) in the absence of a Pt cocatalyst. Its H(2) production ability remains stable for 30 h, which does not decay. Besides H(2) production, CdS@g-C(3)N(4) also shows excellent photocatalytic activity for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) degradation. For a photocatalyst, chemical content plays an important role in its performance. Here, the influence of sulfur vacancies on H(2) production and VOC degradation is discussed in detail. We expect that the sulfur vacancy rich CdS@g-C(3)N(4) can act as an efficient material for H(2) production and indoor air purification" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEWang, Yaqin Xu, Xinxin Lu, Wei Huo, Yuqiu Bian, Lijun eng England 2018/02/27 Dalton Trans. 2018 Mar 28; 47(12):4219-4227. doi: 10.1039/c7dt04912a. Epub 2018 Feb 26" |
