The remarkable activity and stability of a dye-sensitized single molecular layer MoS2 ensemble for photocatalytic hydrogen production

Tiantian Jia; Molly M. J. Li; Lin Ye; Sam Wiseman; Guoliang Liu; Jin Qu; Keizo Nakagawa; S. C. Edman Tsang

doi:10.1039/C5CC03871E

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The remarkable activity and stability of a dye-sensitized single molecular layer MoS₂ ensemble for photocatalytic hydrogen production†

Tiantian Jia,^a Molly M. J. Li,^a Lin Ye,^a Sam Wiseman,^a Guoliang Liu,^a Jin Qu,^a Keizo Nakagawa^a and S. C. Edman Tsang*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
E-mail: edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk

Abstract

Single layer MoS₂ synthesized by exfoliation with Li is demonstrated to take up the dye molecule, Eosin Y, with strong binding affinity via sulfur vacancies. This dye-sensitized single layer MoS₂ ensemble exhibits remarkable activity and stability for photocatalytic hydrogen production from water.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03871E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 09 May 2015
Accepted: 13 Jul 2015
First published: 13 Jul 2015

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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 13496-13499

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The remarkable activity and stability of a dye-sensitized single molecular layer MoS₂ ensemble for photocatalytic hydrogen production

T. Jia, M. M. J. Li, L. Ye, S. Wiseman, G. Liu, J. Qu, K. Nakagawa and S. C. E. Tsang, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13496 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03871E

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