Fabrication of Ni2P Cocatalyzed CdS Nanorods with a Well-Defined Heterointerface for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

Developing non-noble metal photocatalysts for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is crucial exploiting renewable energy. In this study, a photocatalyst of Ni2P/CdS nanorods consisting cadmium sulfide (CdS) (NRs) decorated with Ni2P nanoparticles (NPs) was fabricated using an in-situ solvothermal method red phosphor (P) as the P source. NPs were tightly anchored on surface CdS NRs to form core-shell structure well-defined heterointerface, aiming achieve highly H2 generation. The as-synthesized 2%Ni2P/CdS exhibited significantly improved rate 260.2 ?mol?h?1, more than 20 folds higher that bare NRs. Moreover, demonstrated excellent stability, even better Pt/CdS performance enhancement ascribed interfacial Schottky junction between and accompanying fast effective photogenerated charge carriers’ separation transfer. This work provides new strategy designing replace noble catalysts water splitting.