CdS/NiS nanocomposites were synthesized by electrochemical method. Ni and Cd is one of the important II-VI semiconducting materials with a direct band gap of 3.26 eV which finds applications in electrical conductivity...CdS/NiS nanocomposites were synthesized by electrochemical method. Ni and Cd is one of the important II-VI semiconducting materials with a direct band gap of 3.26 eV which finds applications in electrical conductivity and photo-catalysis. The synthesized nanocomposites were characterized by BET, UV-VIS, XRD, FE-SEM (EDAX) techniques. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) reveals crystallite size to be 23.22 nm which was calculated using Williamson-Hall (W-H) plot method. The energy of the band gap for CdS/NiS could be thus estimated to be 3.26 eV. The photocatalytic activity of the sample was evaluated by the degradation of textile dye methylene Blue (MB) in aqueous solutions under UV radiation. Hydrogen energy is regarded as a promising alternative in terms of energy conversion and storage. Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) was carried out in both visible light and UV light by using Hydrazine (N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O) in the presence of CdS/NiS nanocomposite. The synthesized photocatalyst shows applicable performance for kinetics of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) in Visible light and UV light. The decomposition of hydrazine (N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O) proceeded rapidly to generate free hydrogen rich gas through OH radical contact with CdS/NiS nanocomposite at room temperature. The rate of HER is limited by either proton adsorption onto an active site or evolution of formed hydrogen from the surface. A high Tafel slope is indicative of proton adsorption as the rate limiting step, while a lower Tafel slope (20 - 45 mV) indicates that the evolution of molecules hydrogen from the catalyst is rate limiting. In the present case the Tafel slopes for visible light 23.5 mV and 42.5 mV for UV light. Blank experiments show poor activity for HER i.e. 10.1 - 13.5 mV.展开更多
A new zinc hydrogen phosphite C4H8N2H4·Zn（HPO3）2 was prepared by hydrothermal method in the presence of piperazine as a structure-directing agent and the crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray...A new zinc hydrogen phosphite C4H8N2H4·Zn（HPO3）2 was prepared by hydrothermal method in the presence of piperazine as a structure-directing agent and the crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and further characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, IR, ICP, elemental analysis and TG analysis. This compound has one-dimensional anionic chains containing four-membered rings built from corner-sharing linked alternating ZnO4 tetrahedra and HPO3 pseudo pyramids. The zinc hydrogen phosphite chains are interacted with the templates of diprotonated piperazine by N—H…O hydrogen bond. Crystal data for C4H8N2H4·Zn（HPO3）2∶monoclinic, space group C2/c. a=1.774 8（2） nm, b=0.724 28（9） nm, c=0.880 87（11） nm, β= 105.345（3）°, V=1.091 9（2） nm 3, Z=4, Dc=1^907 Mg/m 3, R1=0.022 9, wR2=0.058 8.展开更多
文摘CdS/NiS nanocomposites were synthesized by electrochemical method. Ni and Cd is one of the important II-VI semiconducting materials with a direct band gap of 3.26 eV which finds applications in electrical conductivity and photo-catalysis. The synthesized nanocomposites were characterized by BET, UV-VIS, XRD, FE-SEM (EDAX) techniques. X-Ray diffraction (XRD) reveals crystallite size to be 23.22 nm which was calculated using Williamson-Hall (W-H) plot method. The energy of the band gap for CdS/NiS could be thus estimated to be 3.26 eV. The photocatalytic activity of the sample was evaluated by the degradation of textile dye methylene Blue (MB) in aqueous solutions under UV radiation. Hydrogen energy is regarded as a promising alternative in terms of energy conversion and storage. Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) was carried out in both visible light and UV light by using Hydrazine (N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O) in the presence of CdS/NiS nanocomposite. The synthesized photocatalyst shows applicable performance for kinetics of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) in Visible light and UV light. The decomposition of hydrazine (N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>H<sub>2</sub>O) proceeded rapidly to generate free hydrogen rich gas through OH radical contact with CdS/NiS nanocomposite at room temperature. The rate of HER is limited by either proton adsorption onto an active site or evolution of formed hydrogen from the surface. A high Tafel slope is indicative of proton adsorption as the rate limiting step, while a lower Tafel slope (20 - 45 mV) indicates that the evolution of molecules hydrogen from the catalyst is rate limiting. In the present case the Tafel slopes for visible light 23.5 mV and 42.5 mV for UV light. Blank experiments show poor activity for HER i.e. 10.1 - 13.5 mV.
文摘A new zinc hydrogen phosphite C4H8N2H4·Zn（HPO3）2 was prepared by hydrothermal method in the presence of piperazine as a structure-directing agent and the crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and further characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, IR, ICP, elemental analysis and TG analysis. This compound has one-dimensional anionic chains containing four-membered rings built from corner-sharing linked alternating ZnO4 tetrahedra and HPO3 pseudo pyramids. The zinc hydrogen phosphite chains are interacted with the templates of diprotonated piperazine by N—H…O hydrogen bond. Crystal data for C4H8N2H4·Zn（HPO3）2∶monoclinic, space group C2/c. a=1.774 8（2） nm, b=0.724 28（9） nm, c=0.880 87（11） nm, β= 105.345（3）°, V=1.091 9（2） nm 3, Z=4, Dc=1^907 Mg/m 3, R1=0.022 9, wR2=0.058 8.
