Abstract
Well distributed and uniform nanofibers (NFs) of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) decorated with Cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully fabricated using the Electrospinning method (ES). A ZnO-CdS junction electrode was created by loading the CdS NPs onto the ZnO NFs using the deposition process. X-ray diffraction of both ZnO NFs and CdS NPs revealed a mixed phase with a hexagonal wurtzite structure. SEM images confirm that the surface of the 33–71[Formula: see text]nm diameter and several microns long pure ZnO nanofibers was smooth and became granular when CdS nanoparticles were added. The photo-response to visible light at the ZnO-CdS CNFs junction electrode was very strong, which increased the photoelectrochemical activity. Considering this, it was determined that ZnO-CdS CNFs had an incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) of about 60% as opposed to pure ZnO NFs, which had an IPCE of 33%. In conclusion, ZnO-CdS CNFs generated by a simple, inexpensive, and applicable cell are a promising clean renewable source for usage such as water splitting.
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