Regulation of d-Band Centers in Localized CdS Homojunctions through Facet Control for Improved Photocatalytic Water Splitting
Dr. Jie Wang
School of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Fenghua Road 818, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
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School of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Fenghua Road 818, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
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Prof. Shujuan Jiang
School of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Fenghua Road 818, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
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Prof. Chuanzhi Sun
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Wenhua East Road 88, Jinan City, 250014 P. R. China
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Prof. Shaoqing Song
School of New Energy, Ningbo University of Technology, Binhai Second Road 769, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Jie Wang
School of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Fenghua Road 818, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Yiqi Zhang
School of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Fenghua Road 818, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
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Prof. Shujuan Jiang
School of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Fenghua Road 818, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
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Prof. Chuanzhi Sun
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Wenhua East Road 88, Jinan City, 250014 P. R. China
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Prof. Shaoqing Song
School of New Energy, Ningbo University of Technology, Binhai Second Road 769, Ningbo City, 330013 P. R. China
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The accelerated kinetic behaviour of charge carrier transfer and its unhindered surface reaction dynamic process involving oxygenated-intermediate activation and conversion are urgently required in photocatalytic water (H2O) overall splitting, which has not been nevertheless resolved yet. Herein, localized CdS homojunctions with optimal collocation of high and low index facets to regulate d-band center for chemically adsorbing and activating key intermediates (*-OH and *-O) have been achieved in H2O overall splitting into hydrogen. Density functional theory, hall effect, and in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy confirm that, electrons and holes are kinetically transferred to reductive high index facet (002) and oxidative low index facet (110) of the localized CdS homojunction induced by facet Fermi level difference to dehydrogenate *-OH and couple *-O for hydrogen and oxygen evolution, respectively, along with a solar conversion into hydrogen (STH) of 2.20 % by Air Mass 1.5 Global filter irradiation. These findings contribute to solving the kinetic bottleneck issues of photocatalytic H2O splitting, which will further enhance STH.
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