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Facile preparation of self-assembled MXene@Au@CdS nanocomposite with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity

自组装纳米复合材料MXene@Au@CdS的制备及其光催化制氢活性

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Photocatalytic hydrogen production is considered a promising approach to generating clean sustainable energy. However, the conventional co-catalyst (e.g., Pt) used in photocatalytic hydrogen production is high-cost and difficult to obtain. Here, we designed and prepared a ternary nanocomposite MXene@Au@CdS, which can be used in the field of efficient and excellent photocatalytic hydrogen production. The MXene@Au@CdS has a hydrogen production rate of 17,070.43 µmol g−1 h−1 (tested for 2 h), which is 1.85 times that of pure CdS nanomaterials. The improved hydrogen production performance of the MXene@Au@CdS is attributed to: (i) MXene provides more active adsorption sites and reaction centers for Au and CdS nanoparticles; (ii) the synergistic effect of Au’s strong surface plasmon resonance expands the optical response range of CdS. Therefore, this work solves the problem of the solid connection between the surface functional groups of photocatalyst, and achieves rapid interface charge transfer and long-term stability during the hydrogen production.

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光催化制氢被认为是一种有效获得清洁可持续能源的方法. 常规光催化制氢使用的助催化剂(如Pt)具有成本高和难以获得的缺点. 本文设计并制备了三元纳米复合材料MXene@Au@CdS, 可用于高效光催化制氢. MXene@Au@CdS的氢气产生率为17070.43 µmol g−1 h−1 (测试时间2 h), 是纯CdS纳米材料的1.85倍. MXene@Au@CdS优异的制氢性能归因于: (i) MXene为Au和CdS纳米颗粒提供了更多的活性吸附位点和反应中心. (ii) 金的强表面等离子体共振协同效应使得CdS的光学响应范围增大. 本工作解决了光催化剂表面官能团之间的固态连接问题, 并在制氢过程中实现了快速界面电荷转移和长期稳定性.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21872119), the Talent Engineering Training Funding Project of Hebei Province (A201905004), and the Research Program of the College Science and Technology of Hebei Province (ZD2018091).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Juanjuan Yin  (尹娟娟), Tifeng Jiao  (焦体峰) & Qiuming Peng  (彭秋明)

  2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Juanjuan Yin  (尹娟娟), Fangke Zhan  (展方可), Tifeng Jiao  (焦体峰), Guangcong Zhang  (张广聪), Jinghua Jiao  (焦菁华), Qingrui Zhang  (张庆瑞) & Jianmin Gu  (谷建民)

  3. State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum Beijing, Beijing, 102249, China

    Wenhan Wang  (王文涵) & Guiyuan Jiang  (姜桂元)

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Author contributions Yin J, Jiao T, and Jiang G designed the project and performed the experiments. Zhan F, Wang W, Zhang G, Jiao J, Zhang Q, Gu J and Peng Q characterized the materials and discussed the results of the experiments. All the authors contributed to the general discussion.

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Juanjuan Yin is a PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Tifeng Jiao at the School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering of Yanshan University. Her current research interest focuses on MXene-based nanocomposites for photo- and electrocatalytic hydrogen production.

Tifeng Jiao received his PhD in physical chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was a postdoctoral fellow of CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) with A.P. Girard-Egrot (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France). Currently, he is a full professor and vice director of the School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University. His current research interests include the synthesis of new self-assembled nanostructured materials and nanocomposites, and their related properties.

Guiyuan Jiang received his BE and Master degrees from China University of Petroleum, Beijing and PhD degree from the Institute of Chemistry, CAS in 2000, 2003 and 2006, respectively. He joined China University of Petroleum, Beijing in 2006, and became a full professor in 2012. He was a visiting postdoctor at the University of California, Riverside in 2010, and visiting scholar in Tsinghua University in 2013–2014. His research interest mainly focuses on the energy catalysis, including catalytic conversion of light hydrocarbons and artificial photosynthesis.

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Yin, J., Zhan, F., Jiao, T. et al. Facile preparation of self-assembled MXene@Au@CdS nanocomposite with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity. Sci. China Mater. 63, 2228–2238 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1299-4

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