Effect of Ag2S on solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of nanostructured CdS

Shaohua Shen; Liejin Guo; Xiaobo Chen; Feng Ren; Samuel S. Mao

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.013

Effect of Ag₂S on solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of nanostructured CdS

Shaohua Shen, Liejin Guo, Xiaobo Chen, Feng Ren, Samuel S. Mao

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Abstract

Nanostructured Ag₂S/CdS were synthesized by a two-step precipitation method, and characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and UV-Vis absorption spectra. With Ag ₂S highly dispersed in the CdS nanostructures, the photoactivity was evaluated by hydrogen evolution from aqueous solution containing Na ₂S/Na₂SO₃ as a hole scavenger under simulated solar light (AM1.5). When the concentration of Ag₂S was 5% by weight, Ag₂S/CdS showed the highest photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution, with the solar-hydrogen energy conversion efficiency approximately 0.7%. We investigated the effect of highly dispersed Ag₂S on the photoactivity.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	7110-7115
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	35
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.013
State	Published - Jul 2010

Keywords

AgS/CdS
Hydrogen
Photocatalytic
Solar light

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