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ArticleNature communications2020

Single crystalline quaternary sulfide nanobelts for efficient solar-to-hydrogen conversion.

Liang Wu, Qian Wang, Tao-Tao Zhuang, Yi Li, Guozhen Zhang, Guo-Qiang Liu, Feng-Jia Fan, Lei Shi, Shu-Hong Yu

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Liang WuDivision of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China.
Qian WangDepartment of Chemical Physics, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Tao-Tao ZhuangDivision of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China.
Yi LiDivision of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China.
Guozhen ZhangDepartment of Chemical Physics, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0125-9666
Guo-Qiang LiuDivision of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China.
Feng-Jia FanCAS Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance and Department of Modern Physics, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Lei ShiDivision of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China.
Shu-Hong YuDivision of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, China. shyu@ustc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3732-1011

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2017M622016, 2017LH006National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51732011, 21431006, 21761132008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although solar-driven water splitting on semiconductor photocatalysts is an attractive route for hydrogen generation, there is a lack of excellent photocatalysts with high visible light activity. Due to their tunable bandgaps suitable for superior visible-light absorption, copper-based quaternary sulfides have been the important candidates. Here, we first assessed the preferred facet of wurtzite Cu-Zn-In-S for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction using the relevant Gibbs free energies determined by first principle calculation. We then developed a colloidal method to synthesize single crystalline wurtzite Cu-Zn-In-S nanobelts (NBs) exposing (0001) facet with the lowest reaction Gibbs energy, as well as Cu-Zn-Ga-S NBs exposing (0001) facet. The obtained single crystalline Cu-Zn-In-S and Cu-Zn-Ga-S NBs exhibit superior hydrogen production activities under visible-light irradiation, which is composition-dependent. Our protocol represents an alternative surface engineering approach to realize efficient solar-to-chemical conversion of single crystalline copper-based multinary chalcogenides.

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