Synthesis of Few‐Layer MoS2 Nanosheet‐Coated TiO2 Nanobelt Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities
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MoS 2 nanosheet‐coated TiO 2 nanobelt heterostructures—referred to as TiO 2@MoS 2—with a 3D hierarchical configuration are prepared via a hydrothermal reaction. The TiO 2 nanobelts used as a synthetic template inhibit the growth of MoS 2 crystals along the c‐axis, resulting in a few‐layer MoS 2 nanosheet coating on the TiO 2 nanobelts. The as‐prepared TiO 2@MoS 2 heterostructure shows a high photocatalytic hydrogen production even without the Pt co‐catalyst. Importantly, the TiO 2@MoS 2 heterostructure with 50 wt% of MoS 2 exhibits the highest hydrogen production rate of 1.6 mmol h−1 g−1. Moreover, such a heterostructure possesses a strong adsorption ability towards organic dyes and shows high performance in photocatalytic degradation of the dye molecules.
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MoS2 as co-catalyst coated on TiO2 nanobelts could greatly enhance light absorption and photocatalytic activity in the visible-light region, resulting in better H2 production (1600 μmol h−1 g−1) and photocatalytic degradation performance compared to pure TiO2 nanobelts (ca. 0 μmol h−1 g−1).
“For example, our group demonstrated that MoS 2 as co-catalyst coated on TiO 2 nanobelts could greatly enhance the light absorption and photocatalytic activity in the visible-light region, resulting in better H 2 production (1600 µmol h -1 g -1 ) and photocatalytic degradation performance compared to the pure TiO 2 nanobelts (ca. 0 µmol h -1 g -1 ). [ 55 ]”
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TMDs with smaller bandgaps could be used to sensitize semiconductors with larger bandgaps, especially for semiconductors with only UV absorption (e.g., TiO2), thus improving photocatalytic activity.
“Second, TMDs with smaller bandgaps could be used to sensitize the semiconductors with larger bandgaps, especially for the semiconductors with only UV absorption (e.g., TiO 2 ), thus improving the photocatalytic activity. [ 55,115 ]”
From 2D Transition‐Metal‐Dichalcogenide‐Nanosheet‐Based Composites for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions (2016) · cites this paper as [55]
3D MoS2 heterostructures with a moderate number of layers are expected to improve catalytic activities.
“Meanwhile, three- dimensional (3D) MoS2 heterostructures with a moderate number of layers are expected to improve catalytic activities [7–9].”
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- Authors
- Zhou, W., Yin, Z., Du, Y., Huang, X., Zeng, Z., Fan, Z., Liu, H., Wang, J., & Zhang, H.
- Affiliations
- Shandong University (CN)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Hong
- Zhang, Hua
- ORCID
- Venue
- Small
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-10-04
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 140-147
- ISSN
- 1613-6810 (ISSN-L)
- 1613-6829
- OpenAlex
- W2066563836
- Cited by
- 1,258
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 30.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Small (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › 2D Materials and Applications
- Keywords
- MoS2 nanosheets, TiO2 nanobelts, heterostructures, photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, dye adsorption, dye degradation, hydrothermal synthesis, crystal orientation control, hierarchical nanostructures
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