Ni Foam Supported TiO2 Nanorod Arrays with CdS Branches: Type II and Z-Scheme Mechanisms Coexisted Monolithic Catalyst Film for Improved Photocatalytic H2 Production
Mingli Li
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorMeng Wei
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoer Xie
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorQianwen Dong
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorQiongzhi Gao
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorXin Cai
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorShengsen Zhang
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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Feng Peng
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 51006 China
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Yueping Fang
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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Siyuan Yang
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorMingli Li
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorMeng Wei
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoer Xie
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorQianwen Dong
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorQiongzhi Gao
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorXin Cai
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
Search for more papers by this authorShengsen Zhang
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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Feng Peng
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 51006 China
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Yueping Fang
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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Siyuan Yang
Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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TiO2 has garnered a flourish of interest in the field of energy storage and energy conversion. Herein, a new generation of 3D Ni foam supported in situ grown 1D TiO2 nanoarray (Ni/TiO2) is successfully prepared, through an easy solution-phase hydrothermal process, and then CdS nanorods branched Ni/TiO2 nanoarrays are fabricated (Ni/TiO2@CdS). Their formation parameters and growth mechanism are carefully studied. Both Ni/TiO2 and Ni/TiO2@CdS monolithic catalysts exhibit advantaged photocatalytic (PC) and photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) water splitting properties compared with that of most previously reported TiO2-based film photocatalysts. Mechanism investigation reveals that both type II and Z-scheme charge transport mechanisms coexist in Ni/TiO2@CdS sample, and an additional Z-scheme charge transfer effect accelerates the photogenerated charge separation and transport efficiency. This study may open a new avenue for the utilization of TiO2-based film catalysts in a broader field of energy and environmental catalysis areas.
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