Silva, Luciana A. and Ryu, Su Young and Choi, Jina and Choi, Wonyong and Hoffmann, Michael R. (2008) Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production with Visible Light over Pt-Interlinked Hybrid Composites of Cubic-Phase and Hexagonal-Phase CdS. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (32). pp. 12069-12073. ISSN 1932-7447. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150805-151833634
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Abstract
A hybrid photocatalytic system, which is based on a mixed-phase cadmium sulfide matrix composed of nanoparticulate cubic-phase CdS (c-CdS) with average particle diameters of 13 nm and a bandgap energy of 2.6 eV, is coupled with bulk-phase hexagonal CdS (hex-CdS) that has a bandgap energy of 2.3 eV and is interlinked with elemental platinum deposits. The resulting hybrid nanocomposite catalysts are photocatalytically efficient with respect to hydrogen gas production from water with visible light irradiation at λ > 420 nm. Rates of H_2 production approaching 1.0 mmol-H_2 g^(−1) h^(−1) are obtained with a c-CdS/Pt/hex-CdS composite photocatalyst, in the presence of a mixed sodium sulfide and sodium sulfite background electrolyte system at pH 14. In contrast, the same composite produces H_2 a rate of 0.15 mmol g^(−1) h^(−1) at pH 7 in a water-isopropanol solvent system. The relative order of reactivity for the synthesized hybrid catalysts was found to be c-CdS/Pt/hex-CdS > Pt/c-CdS/hex-CdS > Pt/hex-CdS > hex-CdS > c-CdS/hex-CdS > quantum-sized c-CdS. A mechanism involving enhanced lifetimes of electron−hole trapping states that are dependent on the surface chemistry of hydrated CdS involving surface hydroxyl (>CdOH) and sulfhydryl groups (>CdSH) are invoked.
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| Additional Information: | © 2008 American Chemical Society. Received: April 29, 2008; Revised Manuscript Received: June 25, 2008. Publication Date (Web): July 19, 2008. Dr. Luciana A. Silva received fellowship support from CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior), which is Brazil’s Ministry of Education Agency responsible for postgraduate training. The research at Caltech was funded by the Hydrogen Energy R&D Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea. | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production with Visible Light over Pt-Interlinked Hybrid Composites of Cubic-Phase and Hexagonal-Phase CdS Luciana A. Silva, Su Young Ryu, Jina Choi, Wonyong Choi, and Michael R. Hoffmann The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008 112 (32), 12069-12073 DOI: 10.1021/jp8037279 | |||||||||
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