H2 production using CuS/g-C3N4 nanocomposites under visible light
- verfasst von
- Mohammad W. Kadi, Reda M. Mohamed, Adel A. Ismail, Detlef Bahnemann
- Abstract
Hydrogen production over a heterogeneous photocatalyst employing visible light is a favorable approach for renewable and sustainable clean energy in large scale. In this contribution, CuS/g-C
3N
4 nanocomposites have been constructed through a hydrothermal approach at various CuS contents. XRD diffraction findings exhibited that hexagonal CuS was successfully formed and incorporated onto the g-C
3N
4. TEM images exhibited that CuS nanoparticles are orderly dispersed onto g-C
3N
4 nanosheet with a spherical shape. The photocatalytic performance of the obtained CuS/g-C
3N
4 nanocomposites was assessed in the presence of glycerol as holes scavenger for H
2 production under visible light illumination. The photocatalytic activity for H
2 production was promoted by boosting the CuS contents, and it was increased up to the maximum molecular H
2 production value of 12,000 µmol g
−1 using 10% CuS/g-C
3N
4 nanocomposite. The H
2 yield is higher ~ 20 and 30 times than either g-C
3N
4 or CuS. Moreover, H
2 production yield increases to 16,000 µmol g
−1 with the increase the loading of 10% CuS/g-C
3N
4 photocatalyst and it is higher ~ 26 and 40 times than either g-C
3N
4 or CuS, respectively. The 10% CuS/g-C
3N
4 nanocomposite indicated stability and durability after five times cycles through visible light illumination.
- Organisationseinheit(en)
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Institut für Technische Chemie
- Externe Organisation(en)
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King Abdulaziz University
Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, Cairo
Staatliche Universität Sankt Petersburg
- Typ
- Artikel
- Journal
- Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)
- Band
- 10
- Seiten
- 223-232
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 10
- ISSN
- 2190-5509
- Publikationsdatum
- 08.06.2019
- Publikationsstatus
- Veröffentlicht
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Biotechnologie, Atom- und Molekularphysik sowie Optik, Werkstoffwissenschaften (sonstige), Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Zellbiologie, Elektrotechnik und Elektronik
- Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
- SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie
- Elektronische Version(en)
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01073-7 (Zugang:
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