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Muhammad Zubair, Estelle Marie M. Vanhaecke, Ingeborg-Helene Svenum, Magnus Rønning, Jia Yang. Core-shell particles of C-doped CdS and graphene: A noble metal-free approach for efficient photocatalytic H2 generation. Green Energy&Environment, 2020, 5(4): 461-472. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.10.017
Citation: Muhammad Zubair, Estelle Marie M. Vanhaecke, Ingeborg-Helene Svenum, Magnus Rønning, Jia Yang. Core-shell particles of C-doped CdS and graphene: A noble metal-free approach for efficient photocatalytic H2 generation. Green Energy&Environment, 2020, 5(4): 461-472. doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.10.017
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Core-shell particles of C-doped CdS and graphene: A noble metal-free approach for efficient photocatalytic H2 generation

doi: 10.1016/j.gee.2020.10.017
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    Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Sem Sælands vei 4, Trondheim, NO, 7491, Norway

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    SINTEF Industry, P. O. Box 4760 Torgarden, Trondheim, NO, 7465, Norway

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  • Corresponding author: E-mail address: jia.yang@ntnu.no (Jia Yang)
  • Received date 20 July 2020, Accepted date 13 October 2020, RevRecd date 13 October 2020, Available online 17 October 2020, Publish date 31 October 2020,
    Abstract
  • To achieve efficient photocatalytic H2 generation from water using earth-abundant and cost-effective materials, a simple synthesis method for carbon-doped CdS particles wrapped with graphene (C-doped CdS@G) is reported. The doping effect and the application of graphene as co-catalyst for CdS is studied for photocatalytic H2 generation. The most active sample consists of CdS and graphene (CdS-0.15G) exhibits promising photocatalytic activity, producing 3.12 mmol g−1 h−1 of H2 under simulated solar light which is ~4.6 times superior than pure CdS nanoparticles giving an apparent quantum efficiency (AQY) of 11.7%. The enhanced photocatalytic activity for H2 generation is associated to the narrowing of the bandgap, enhanced light absorption, fast interfacial charge transfer, and higher carrier density (ND) in C-doped CdS@G samples. This is achieved by C doping in CdS nanoparticles and the formation of a graphene shell over the C-doped CdS nanoparticles. After stability test, the spent catalysts sample was also characterized to investigate the nanostructure.

     

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