Importance of the structural integrity of a carbon conjugated mediator for photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water over a CdS-carbon nanotube-MoS2composite.
Incorporation of CdS quantum dots is shown to significantly promote photocatalytic hydrogen production from water over single-layer MoS2in a remote manner via their dispersions on a carbon nanotube as a nanocomposite: the hydrogen evolution rate is found to be critically dependent on the content and structural integrity of the carbon nanotube such that the double-walled carbon nanotube shows superior H2production to a single-walled carbon nanotube because the inner carbon tubules survive from the structural damage during functionalization.
Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Molly
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Meng-Jung Li
Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Poppy
P
Mills
Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Simon M
SM
Fairclough
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK.
Alex
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-6482
A
Robertson
Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Yung-Kang
YK
Peng
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK.
Jamie
J
Warner
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche et d'Ingénierie des Matériaux, Université Paul Sabatier, CIRIMAT, UMR CNRS 5085, Toulouse, France.
Chunyang
C
Nie
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche et d'Ingénierie des Matériaux, Université Paul Sabatier, CIRIMAT, UMR CNRS 5085, Toulouse, France.
Emmanuel
E
Flahaut
Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
Shik Chi
SC
Edman Tsang