Photoinduced semiconductor-metal transition in ultrathin troilite FeS nanosheets to trigger efficient hydrogen evolution

Gang Zhou; Yun Shan; Longlu Wang; Youyou Hu; Junhong Guo; Fangren Hu; Jiancang Shen; Yu Gu; Jingteng Cui; Lizhe Liu; Xinglong Wu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08358-z

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Photoinduced semiconductor-metal transition in ultrathin troilite FeS nanosheets to trigger efficient hydrogen evolution

Gang Zhou,
Yun Shan,
Longlu Wang,
Youyou Hu,
Junhong Guo,
Fangren Hu,
Jiancang Shen,
Yu Gu,
Jingteng Cui,
Lizhe Liu,
Xinglong Wu

Affiliations

Gang Zhou: Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University
Yun Shan: Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University
Longlu Wang: School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University
Youyou Hu: Department of Physics, College of Science, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Junhong Guo: School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Grüenberg Research Centre, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Fangren Hu: School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Grüenberg Research Centre, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Jiancang Shen: Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University
Yu Gu: Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University
Jingteng Cui: Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials of Nanjing, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University
Lizhe Liu: Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University
Xinglong Wu: Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics, MOE, Institute of Acoustics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08358-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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While earth-abundant materials are promising catalysts for renewable energy conversion, such materials tend to display poor activities. Here, authors show FeS troilite nanosheets to undergo a near-infrared light-triggered transition to a phase that displays improved H2 evolution performances.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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