Issue 33, 2019

Ultrafine CoO nanoparticles as an efficient cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Abstract

In order to further enhance the performance of photocatalysts, cocatalysts are used to accelerate the photocatalytic reactions. Herein, ultrafine cobalt oxide (CoO) nanoparticles are synthesized through a novel bottom-up strategy and explored as an efficient non-noble cocatalyst to dramatically promote the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of CdS nanorods. CdS/CoO heterostructures, consisting of highly dispersed 3–5 nm CoO nanoparticles anchored on the CdS nanorods, can provide a high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 6.45 mmol g−1 h−1 (∼36 times higher than that of bare CdS nanorods) in the visible-light region (>420 nm). Combined X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy analyses suggest Co–S bond formation between CoO and CdS, which guarantees efficient migration and separation of photogenerated charge carriers. This work provides a new avenue for adopting CoO as an effective cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production in the visible-light region.

Graphical abstract: Ultrafine CoO nanoparticles as an efficient cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jun 2019
Accepted
03 Aug 2019
First published
05 Aug 2019

Nanoscale, 2019,11, 15633-15640

Author version available

Ultrafine CoO nanoparticles as an efficient cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

J. Chu, G. Sun, X. Han, X. Chen, J. Wang, W. Hu, I. Waluyo, A. Hunt, Y. Du, B. Song and P. Xu, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 15633 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR05086H

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