Semiconductor photocatalysis is a promising technology to address both energy and environmental issues. Polymer semiconductors have emerged as a new class of heterogeneous photocatalysts owing to their inherent advantages of...
A novel eosin Y-mediated Z-scheme Co9S8 QDs/TiO2 photocatalytic system was constructed and a high AQE of 37.4% is obtained at 470 nm for 20%Co9S8/TiO2 heterojunction.
A monolayer MoS quantum dot confined polyimide (MQDs/PI) photocatalyst was synthesized by using a facile immersion-hydrothermal method. The investigations on the optical and electronic properties of MQDs/PI composites reveal that the strong quantum confinement effect of MQDs results in a blue-shift of the absorption band edge of PI, and the interfacial electronic interaction between MQDs and PI improves the charge transfer rate of MQDs/PI. The ultra-small size of 3.0 nm and perfect crystals of MQDs endow MQDs/PI composites with plenty of active sites and fast charge transfer, thus resulting in a 360% enhancement in photocatalytic hydrogen production compared with that of Pt/PI at the same loading amount of Pt. This discovery provides a new clue for the development of an efficient and sustainable non-noble metal photocatalyst.
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