Issue 12, 2016

Superior activity of the CuS–TiO2/Pt hybrid nanostructure towards visible light induced hydrogen production

Abstract

A CuS–TiO2 hybrid nanostructure has been synthesized and employed for photocatalytic hydrogen production under UV-Vis light using Na2S and Na2SO3 as the sacrificial agents. The remarkable hydrogen production recorded for the CuS–TiO2 heterostructure was 458 μmol h−1 g−1 and for CuS–TiO2/Pt was 746 μmol h−1 g−1. The corresponding apparent quantum yield values are 1.01% and 1.55%. The addition of Pt to the hybrid structure acts as a metallic sandwich between two semiconductors CuS and TiO2 which assist in charge separation.

Graphical abstract: Superior activity of the CuS–TiO2/Pt hybrid nanostructure towards visible light induced hydrogen production

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 jul 2016
Accepted
29 sep 2016
First published
01 nov 2016

New J. Chem., 2016,40, 10172-10180

Superior activity of the CuS–TiO2/Pt hybrid nanostructure towards visible light induced hydrogen production

K. Manjunath, V. S. Souza, G. Nagaraju, J. Marcos Leite Santos, J. Dupont and T. Ramakrishnappa, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 10172 DOI: 10.1039/C6NJ02241C

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