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Synthesis of layered compound from walnut shell by template method TiO2/CdS/CoP application of photocatalyst in efficient hydrogen productions

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The photocatalytic H2 production requires catalysts with specific and optimized crystal morphology, surface area and interfacial bonding. In this work, we used a template based on walnut shell biomass to prevent particle aggregation. Using this approach, we obtained nano-TiO2 with a brookite structure. CdS nanoparticles were then grown in situ on the TiO2 surface. This material was then combined with the inexpensive non-noble-metal cocatalyst (CoP) for consequent H2 production. During the calcination and TiO2 crystallization steps, the walnut shell template was removed, and the nonmetallic components of this composite catalyst were doped with C and/or P. The resulting TiO2/CdS/CoP composite photocatalyst demonstrated excellent activity during the H2 production reaction under the simulated sunlight, which was equal to 35.9 mmol/g after 2.5 h.

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This work was supported financially by Open subject of Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (20201001). Cross projects of Nanyang Institute of Technology (330078) and students innovation project of Nanyang Institute of technology.

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    Keliang Wu, Xiang Peng, Yue Ma, Xuqi Yang, Jingqi Sun & Bingke Li

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    Pengcheng Wu, Juan Hou & Zhiyong Liu

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Wu, K., Peng, X., Ma, Y. et al. Synthesis of layered compound from walnut shell by template method TiO2/CdS/CoP application of photocatalyst in efficient hydrogen productions. Appl. Phys. A 127, 906 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04981-0

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