title: Influence of lattice integrity and phase composition on the photocatalytic hydrogen production efficiency of ZnS nanomaterials.
abstract: Ambient S annealing was adopted to regulate the crystallinity of a ZnS microsphere, which resulted in a significant improvement in the photocatalytic hydrogen production activity (PHPA). Moreover, with S ambient treatment, wurtzite ZnS showed better PHPA than sphalerite ZnS, possibly because the inter-polar electric field of the wurtzite phase could promote the separation of photo-excited electron-hole pairs.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
authors.forename: Yangping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yongjing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jiaguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013440:Sulfides; D017967:Zinc Compounds; D006859:Hydrogen; C031238:zinc sulfide