Histidine Decorated Nanoparticles of CdS for Highly Efficient H 2 Production via Water Splitting

Fumiya Tojo, Manabu Ishizaki, Shigeru Kubota, Masato Kurihara, Fumihiko Hirose and Bashir Ahmmad
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Fumiya Tojo: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
Manabu Ishizaki: Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojiragawa-machi, Yamagata 992-8560, Japan
Shigeru Kubota: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
Masato Kurihara: Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojiragawa-machi, Yamagata 992-8560, Japan
Fumihiko Hirose: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
Bashir Ahmmad: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-11

Abstract: Pure cadmium sulfide and histidine decorated cadmium sulfide nanocomposites are prepared by the hydrothermal or solvothermal method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis shows that the particle sizes of pure cadmium sulfide (pu/CdS) and histidine decorated cadmium sulfide prepared by the hydrothermal method (hi/CdS) range from 0.75 to 3.0 μm. However, when a solvothermal method is used, the particle size of histidine decorated cadmium sulfide (so/CdS) ranges from 50 to 300 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns show that all samples (pu/CdS, hi/CdS and so/CdS) have a hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure but so/CdS has a poor crystallinity compared to the others. The as-prepared samples are applied to photocatalytic hydrogen production via water splitting and the results show that the highest H 2 evolution rate for pu/CdS and hi/CdS are 1250 and 1950 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 , respectively. On the other hand, the so/CdS sample has a rate of 6020 μmol·g −1 ·h −1 , which is about five times higher than that of the pu/CdS sample. The increased specific surface area of so/CdS nanoparticles and effective charge separation by histidine molecules are attributed to the improved H 2 evolution.

Keywords: photocatalysis; solar-hydrogen; biomolecules; cadmium sulfide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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