The effects of hydrothermal temperature on the photocatalytic performance of ZnIn2S4 for hydrogen generation under visible light irradiation

Fei Tian; Rongshu Zhu; Kelin Song; Minli Niu; Feng Ouyang; Gang Cao

doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.05.033

The effects of hydrothermal temperature on the photocatalytic performance of ZnIn₂S₄ for hydrogen generation under visible light irradiation

Fei Tian
, Rongshu Zhu^*
, Kelin Song
, Minli Niu
, Feng Ouyang
, Gang Cao

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A series of ZnIn₂S₄ photocatalysts were successfully synthesized using the hydrothermal method with different hydrothermal temperatures (120, 140, 160, 180, and 200 °C) and characterized by various analysis techniques, such as UV-vis, XRD, SEM, BET and PL. The results indicated that these photocatalysts had a similar band gap. The hydrothermal temperature had a huge influence on the properties of the photocatalysts such as the BET surface area, the total pore volume, the average pore diameter, the defects and the morphology. The photocatalytic activities of ZnIn₂S₄ were evaluated based on photocatalytic hydrogen production from water under visible-light irradiation. The activity order is attributed to the coefficient of the surface morphology and the surface defects. The hydrogen production efficiency achieved the best when the hydrothermal temperature was 160 °C. On the basis of the characterization of the catalysts, the effects of the hydrothermal temperature on the photocatalytic activity of ZnIn₂S₄ were discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	645-650
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Research Bulletin
Volume	70
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2015.05.033
State	Published - 12 Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

A. Chalcogenides
A. Semiconductors
B. Solvothermal
D. Catalytic properties
D. Crystal structure

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