• 文献标题:   Atomic insights for Ag Interstitial/Substitutional doping into ZnIn2S4 nanoplates and intimate coupling with reduced graphene oxide for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production by water splitting
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GAO Y, XU BT, CHERIF M, YU H, ZHANG QZ, VIDAL F, WANG XF, DING F, SUN YG, MA DL, BI YF, XU ZH
  • 作者关键词:   ag doping, density functional theory, photocatalytic hydrogen production, reduced graphene oxide, znin2s4
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED CATALYSIS BENVIRONMENTAL
  • ISSN:   0926-3373 EI 1873-3883
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shenyang Univ Chem Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119403
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

For the purpose of realizing effective visible-light-driven photocatalysis, Ag-doped ZnIn2S4 nanoplates were synthesized in situ onto reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets (denoted as Ag:ZnIn2S4/RGO). The high photocatalytic activity is predominantly attributed to the doping effect of Ag+ ions into ZnIn2S4 crystal structure. Interstitial and substitutional doping modes help introduce both acceptor and donor states, as supported by our calculations. Such a doping greatly increases the carrier density and charge transport efficiency. Meanwhile, there is a well-contacted interface between Ag:ZnIn2S4 nanoplates and RGO that renders RGO an electron collector and transporter to effectively lengthen the lifetime of the photogenerated charge carriers. As expected, the optimum nanocomposite exhibits a high H-2 -production rate of 6343.86 mu mol g(-1) h(-1), about 10.3 and 4.0 times higher than that of pure ZnIn2S4 and 0.15 wt% Ag:ZnIn2S4 samples, respectively. Similarly importantly, the photocatalysts exhibit long-term stability (>= 100 h) under visible light irradiation.