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CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages 2697-2706Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8cy00274f
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21463019]
- National First-rate Discipline Project of Ningxia (Chemical Engineering and Technology) [NXYLXK2017A04]
- Major Innovation Projects for Building First-class Universities in China's Western Region
- Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia Province [NZ17036]
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Herein, the wurtzite and zinc-blende CdS heterostructures were designed and in situ synthesized by tuning triethanolamine (TEOA) usage amount under a mild hydrothermal condition. The as-prepared samples were systematically characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, UV-vis DRS, XPS, PL and Mott-Schottky analysis. It is realized that a further increase in the usage amount of TEOA promotes the CdS phase transformation from hexagonal wurtzite to cubic zinc-blende during the hydrothermal process, and detailed investigations indicate that the heteronanoparticles possess explicit heterointerfaces, strong light absorption, and tunable band gaps. Especially, when used as a photocatalyst towards the reduction of CO2 to CO and CH4 in the presence of H2O, the heterostructured CdS hybrids display not only a better photocatalytic CH4-/COproducing activity under visible-light irradiation than isolated CdS phase, but also unprecedented cycling stability without deactivation over 100 h. According to the physicochemical characterization, the remarkable improvement of photoactivity and stability over the CdS-based hybrid can be attributed to better electron-hole pair separation and migration owing to the junctions formed by the coexistence of wurtzite and zinc-blende in the CdS nanohybrids. Moreover, the role of the junctions endowed by wurtzite/zincblende CdS in the process of the CO2 photoreduction is evaluated using transient photocurrents and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) analysis, illustrating its fast-interfacial charge transfer. This study would provide a significant avenue towards effective photocatalytic conversion of CO2 using rationally designed CdS-based surface phase junction engineering at the nanoscale.
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