title: ZnS-CdS/graphene oxide heterostructures prepared by a light irradiation-assisted method for effective photocatalytic hydrogen generation.
abstract: Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets are introduced to ZnS-CdS heterostructures to improve photocatalytic hydrogen generation. ZnS and CdS nanoparticles are formed on the surface of GO nanosheets via a light irradiation-assisted method. Here, GO construct a carrier transport channel between ZnS and CdS to enhance cooperative effects. The ZnS-CdS/GO heterostructures exhibit high photocatalytic hydrogen generation rates under either UV-visible or visible light irradiation. After loading of Pt nanoparticles as co-catalysts, the photocatalytic hydrogen generation rate of the proposed heterostructures is significantly improved to as high as 1.68 mmol h(-1) under UV-visible light irradiation.
authors: The College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Road, Nanchang 330031, PR China. Electronic address: wangxuewen@ncu.edu.cn.
authors: Xuewen
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Road, Nanchang 330031, PR China.
authors: Biao
authors: B
authors: Yuan
authors: The College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Road, Nanchang 330031, PR China.
authors: Zihan
authors: Z
authors: Xie
authors: The College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Road, Nanchang 330031, PR China.
authors: Dongxue
authors: D
authors: Wang
authors: The College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Road, Nanchang 330031, PR China. Electronic address: rbzhang@ncu.edu.cn.
authors: Rongbin
authors: R
authors: Zhang
keywords: Graphene oxide; Heterostructure; Hydrogen; Photocatalytic; ZnS–CdS