title: C60-decorated CdS/TiO2 mesoporous architectures with enhanced photostability and photocatalytic activity for H2 evolution.
abstract: Fullerene (C60) enhanced mesoporous CdS/TiO2 architectures were fabricated by an evaporation induced self-assembly route together with an ion-exchanged method. C60 clusters were incorporated into the pore wall of mesoporous CdS/TiO2 with the formation of C60 enhanced CdS/TiO2 hybrid architectures, for achieving the enhanced photostability and photocatalytic activity in H2 evolution under visible-light irradiation. Such greatly enhanced photocatalytic performance and photostability could be due to the strong combination and heterojunctions between C60 and CdS/TiO2. The as-formed C60 cluster protection layers in the CdS/TiO2 framework not only improve the light absorption capability, but also greatly accelerated the photogenerated electron transfer to C60 clusters for H2 evolution.
authors: Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University , Shanghai, 200234, People's Republic of China.
authors: Zichao
authors: Z
authors: Lian
authors: Pengpeng
authors: P
authors: Xu
authors: Wenchao
authors: W
authors: Wang
authors: Dieqing
authors: D
authors: Zhang
authors: Shuning
authors: S
authors: Xiao
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Li
authors: Guisheng
authors: G
authors: Li
keywords: C60; CdS; H2; TiO2; photocatalytic; photostability