title: Vanadium sulfide sub-microspheres: A new near-infrared-driven photocatalyst.
abstract: Recently, finding a novel near-infrared (NIR) photocatalyst has been the focus in photocatalysis. Here, VS4sub-microspheres with a chain-like structure were prepared via a facile solvothermal method. As a new photocatalyst, it presents excellent NIR photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical (PEC) activity. Theoretical calculations and experimental results demonstrate that the improved NIR photocatalytic property originated from the narrow band gap of VS4, which significantly improves the NIR light absorption.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, PR China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China.
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, PR China.
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, PR China.
authors.forename: Fuyi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China. Electronic address: jiantian@sdust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China. Electronic address: cuihongzhi1965@163.com.
authors.forename: Hongzhi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Near-infrared; Photocatalyst; Photoelectrochemical; Vanadium sulfide