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Magic-sized CdSe nanoclusters for efficient visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution

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王苹 (Ping Wang)
杨青青 cover
杨青青 (Qingqing Yang)
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Xu Chen
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Bo Wang
王欢 cover
王欢 (Huan Wang)
张吉东 (Jidong Zhang)
金永东 (Yongdong Jin) *
DOI:10.1007/s12274-021-3983-xdelete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Semiconductor magic-sized nanoclusters have got tremendous interests owing to their distinct chemical and photophysical properties, however, researches concerning their applications are still quite limited. Herein, we employ magic-sized CdSe nanoclusters as the light absorber for hydrogen photogeneration, which exhibits much better photocatalytic performance as compared to other conventional semiconductor quantum dots, such as CdS, CdSe, CdS/CdSe, and CdSe/CdS under identical conditions. Photoluminescence lifetime and transient absorption studies indicated that the superior activity is mainly ascribed to the longer exciton lifetime and fast electron transfer from nanoclusters to cocatalyst. Moreover, the issue of instability during reaction could be significantly inhibited by anchoring Zn2+ onto the surface of nanoclusters, which gives the average efficacy of hydrogen evolution at 0.61 +/- 0.07 mL.h(-1).mg(cata)(lyst)(-1), i.e., 27.3 +/- 2.9 mmol.h(-1).g(catalyst)(-1)(420 nm) with maintained 95.2% of original activity over 12 h illumination.
Keywords:
magic-sized nanoclusters
CdSe
photocatalysis
hydrogen

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changchun institute of applied chemistry, cas
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