Citation: Bo Lin, Hao Chen, Yao Zhou, Xiao Luo, Dan Tian, Xiaoqing Yan, Ruihuan Duan, Jun Di, Lixing Kang, Aimin Zhou, Guidong Yang, Yonghui Li, Jiadong Zhou, Zheng Liu, Fucai Liu. 2D/2D atomic double-layer WS₂/Nb₂O₅ shell/core nanosheets with ultrafast interfacial charge transfer for boosting photocatalytic H₂ evolution[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(10): 3128-3132. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.03.057 shu

2D/2D atomic double-layer WS₂/Nb₂O₅ shell/core nanosheets with ultrafast interfacial charge transfer for boosting photocatalytic H₂ evolution

Bo Lin ^a ,
Hao Chen ^b ,
Yao Zhou ^c ,
Xiao Luo ^a ,
Dan Tian ^d ,
Xiaoqing Yan ^e ,
Ruihuan Duan ^f ,
Jun Di ^f ,
Lixing Kang ^f ,
Aimin Zhou ^b ,
Guidong Yang ^e ,
Yonghui Li ^{g, *,} ,
Jiadong Zhou ^{h, *,} ,
Zheng Liu ^{f, *,} ,
Fucai Liu ^{a, *,}

a.
School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
b.
Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430200, China
c.
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
d.
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
e.
XJTU-Oxford International Joint Laboratory for Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
f.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
g.
Department of Physics and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
h.
Key Lab of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (Ministry of Education), Beijing Key Lab of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, and School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

yonghui.li@tju.edu.cn

jzhou012@e.ntu.edu.sg

z.liu@ntu.edu.sg

fucailiu@uestc.edu.cn

Received Date: 2 March 2021
Revised Date: 18 March 2021
Accepted Date: 22 March 2021
Available Online: 23 March 2021

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Low-efficiency charge transfer is a critical factor to limit the photocatalytic H₂ evolution activity of semiconductor photocatalysts. The interface design is a promising approach to achieve high charge-transfer efficiency for photocatalysts. Herein, a new 2D/2D atomic double-layer WS₂/Nb₂O₅ shell/core photocatalyst (DLWS/Nb₂O₅) is designed. The atom-resolved HAADF-STEM results unravel the presence of an unusual 2D/2D shell/core interface in DLWS/Nb₂O₅. Taking advantage of the advanced femtosecond-resolved ultrafast TAS spectra, the average lifetime of charge carriers for DLWS/Nb₂O₅ (180.97 ps) is considerably shortened as compared to that of Nb₂O₅ (230.50 ps), strongly indicating that the 2D/2D shell/core interface enables DLWS/Nb₂O₅ to achieve ultrafast charge transfer from Nb₂O₅ to atomic double-layer WS₂, thus yielding a high photocatalytic H₂ evolution rate of 237.6 μmol/h, up to 10.8 times higher than that of pure Nb₂O₅ nanosheet. This study will open a new window for the development of high-efficient photocatalytic systems through the interface design.
- 2D/2D shell/core interface,
- Atomic double-layer WS₂,
- Nb₂O₅ nanosheet,
- Charge transfer,
- Photocatalytic H₂ evolution
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