title: Synthesis of few-layer MoS2 nanosheet-coated TiO2 nanobelt heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic activities.
abstract: MoS(2) nanosheet-coated TiO(2) nanobelt heterostructures--referred to as TiO(2)@MoS(2)--with a 3D hierarchical configuration are prepared via a hydrothermal reaction. The TiO(2) nanobelts used as a synthetic template inhibit the growth of MoS(2) crystals along the c-axis, resulting in a few-layer MoS(2) nanosheet coating on the TiO(2) nanobelts. The as-prepared TiO(2)@MoS(2) heterostructure shows a high photocatalytic hydrogen production even without the Pt co-catalyst. Importantly, the TiO(2)@MoS(2) heterostructure with 50 wt% of MoS(2) exhibits the highest hydrogen production rate of 1.6 mmol h(-1) g(-1). Moreover, such a heterostructure possesses a strong adsorption ability towards organic dyes and shows high performance in photocatalytic degradation of the dye molecules.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Center of Bio & Micro/nano Functional Materials, Shandong University, 27 Shandanan Road, Jinan 250100, China.
authors.forename: Weijia
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authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zongyou
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authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Yaping
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authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiao
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authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhiyuan
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authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zhanxi
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authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Hong
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jiyang
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authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hua
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authors.lastname: Zhang