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  • Title: Ultra-small molybdenum sulfide nanodot-coupled graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets: Trifunctional ammonium tetrathiomolybdate-assisted synthesis and high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
    Author: Wu X, Zhong W, Ma H, Hong X, Fan J, Yu H.
    Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci; 2021 Mar 15; 586():719-729. PubMed ID: 33228958.
    Abstract:
    The preparation of nanoscale molybdenum sulfide (MoS2)-modified graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets usually contains complex and multiple-step operations, including the separate synthesis of nanoscale MoS2 and g-C3N4 nanosheet, and their subsequent composite process. To effectively overcome the above drawbacks, herein, a facile one-step trifunctional ammonium tetrathiomolybdate ((NH4)2MoS4)-assisted approach has been designed to produce ultra-small MoSx nanodot-coupled g-C3N4 nanosheet photocatalyst, including the first addition of ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) and (NH4)2MoS4 into melamine precursors and their following one-step calcination. During high-temperature calcination, except for the promoting generation of the g-C3N4 nanosheets by produced ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gases, the above (NH4)2MoS4 decomposition not only can efficiently clip the s-heptazine framework to produce more terminal amino groups and cyano groups, but also can produce ultra-small MoSx nanodots on the resultant g-C3N4 nanosheet surface, resulting in the final production of ultra-small MoSx nanodot-coupled g-C3N4 nanosheets. The resultant MoSx nanodot-coupled g-C3N4 nanosheets evidently exhibit increased photocatalytic hydrogen (H2)-generation rate, about 8-fold increase to the traditional MoS2-modified g-C3N4 photocatalyst. The increased H2-generation rate can be mainly attributed to the synergism of MoSx nanodots and cyano group on the g-C3N4 nanosheet surface. The current facile technology could open the sights for the preparation of other high-efficiency photocatalysts.
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