Abstract
The construction of heterojunctions is one of efficacious ways to improve the charge transfer and suppress the recombination of photoexcited electron-hole pairs for enhancing reactive activities of photocatalysts. Ternary NiS-ReS2/CdS composites are synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method and the heterojunction nanostructures are achieved. The NiS-ReS2/CdS photocatalyst exhibits the superior photocatalytic activity with a hydrogen production rate up to 139 mmol g−1 h−1, which is much higher than binary composites and pure CdS. The contributions of the dual cocatalysts NiS and ReS2 are verified to narrower bandgaps, lower resistances and increase photocurrent density of NiS-ReS2/CdS, promoting the absorption of visible light and the migration of photoinduced electrons. The NiS-ReS2/CdS heterostructures provide a possible dual Z-scheme path for the rapid transfer of electrons. The tailoring of the dual cocatalysts is effective to improve the photocatalytic hydrogen production.
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