A general and rapid approach to crystalline metal sulfide nanoparticle synthesis for photocatalytic H2 generation

Wentao Xu; Ping Ye; James Iocozzia; Hefeng Zhang; Yupeng Yuan; Zhiqun Lin

doi:10.1039/c7ta07544h

A general and rapid approach to crystalline metal sulfide nanoparticle synthesis for photocatalytic H₂ generation

Wentao Xu
, Ping Ye
, James Iocozzia
, Hefeng Zhang
, Yupeng Yuan
, Zhiqun Lin

Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience

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Abstract

Herein, we report a facile and rapid dry route rather than a solution process to prepare crystalline CdS nanoparticles via microwave-assisted thermolysis of a Cd-thiourea complex. CdS prepared by 35 min microwave heating offers a H₂ generation rate of 103.2 μmol h^-1 that is comparable to the H₂ generation rate of commercially available CdS (96.3 μmol h^-1). Importantly, the present synthetic strategy can be generalized to prepare other metal sulfides, including ZnS and MoS₂, and ZnS-CdS solid solutions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21669-21673
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	5
Issue number	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta07544h
State	Published - 2017

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