Issue 48, 2022

Porous ZnIn2S4 with confined sulfur vacancies for highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production

Abstract

Ternary ZnIn2S4 (ZIS) chalcogenide is regarded as a promising candidate for photocatalytic hydrogen production performance; however, its activity is limited by the low separation efficiency and poor migration ability of photoexcited charge carriers. Herein, porous ZnIn2S4 photocatalysts with confined sulfur vacancies were successfully fabricated, alleviating the above issues that impair the hydrogen evolution rate. Due to the pore structure, the charge transfer diffusion pathway is greatly shortened. Furthermore, the sulfur vacancies can serve as electron trapped centers, which greatly suppresses the recombination of photogenerated carriers. As a result, the porous ZnIn2S4 with confined sulfur vacancies exhibits an optimum hydrogen evolution rate of up to 1537.65 ± 118.65 μmol h−1 (61 506 ± 4746 μmol g−1 h−1), which is approximately 6 times higher than that of pristine ZIS, and achieves an apparent quantum efficiency of 56.53% at 420 ± 15 nm. This work highlights the synergistic effects of pore structure and vacancy structure for enhancing H2 evolution performance, and further provides new ideas to design and synthesize novel photocatalysts for highly efficient solar energy conversion.

Graphical abstract: Porous ZnIn2S4 with confined sulfur vacancies for highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Sept. 2022
Accepted
14 Nov. 2022
First published
06 Dec. 2022

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022,10, 25586-25594

Porous ZnIn2S4 with confined sulfur vacancies for highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production

W. L. Jia, X. Wu, Y. Liu, J. Y. Zhao, Y. Zhang, P. F. Liu, Q. Cheng and H. G. Yang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 25586 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA07302A

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