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Photocatalytic H2 Production under Visible Light Irradiation on Novel Heterostructure Nis/Zns Nanosheet Photocatalyst

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The sheet-like NiS-ZnS heterostructured composites were prepared by the microwave hydrothermal. The fabrication of the heterojunctions broadened the range of light response of ZnS. The photoexcited electrons of ZnS migrated to the redox potential of NiS/Ni2S under visible light irradiation, which can facilitate the effective separation of photogenerated electrons and holes in space. The visible photocatalytic activity towards hydrogen production for NiS/ZnS nanosheet heterostructed composites without co-catalyst achieved 0.28 mmol h−1, and the quantum efficiency was up to 18.6% under the wavelength with 420 nm visible light irradiation.

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  2. Resource and Envionment Section of R&D WISCO, Wuhan, 430080, China

    Junfu Chen, Ji**ong Liu, Yong Zhou & Lijun Lu

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  1. Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Canada

    John S. Carpenter (technical staff member) (technical staff member)

  2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, China

    Chenguang Bai (Professor) (Professor)

  3. School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW Australia at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia

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  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, USA

    Jiann-Yang Hwang (Professor) (Professor)

  5. University of Jordan, Jordan

    Shadia Ikhmayies B.Sc. from the physics department

  6. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Processing, Michigan Technological University, USA

    Bowen Li (Research Associate Professor) (Research Associate Professor)

  7. CanmetMATERIALS in Natural Resources Canada, Canada

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  8. Military Institute of Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Li, L., Chen, J., Hwang, JY., Liu, J., Zhou, Y., Lu, L. (2015). Photocatalytic H2 Production under Visible Light Irradiation on Novel Heterostructure Nis/Zns Nanosheet Photocatalyst. In: Carpenter, J.S., et al. Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2015. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48191-3_98

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