Tunable crystal structure of Cu-Zn-Sn-S nanocrystals for improving photocatalytic hydrogen evolution enabled by copper element regulation

• 作者: Zhe Yin Min Hu Jun Liu Hao Fu Zhijie Wang Aiwei Tang
• 来源期刊: 半导体学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2022,（3）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 67-72
• 页数: 6页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/43/3/032701

摘要

Hydrogen energy is a powerful and efficient energy resource,which can be produced by photocatalytic water split-ting.Among the photocatalysis,multinary copper-based chalcogenide semiconductor nanocrystals exhibit great potential due to their tunable crystal structures,adjustable optical band gap,eco-friendly,and abundant resources.In this paper,Cu-Zn-Sn-S(CZTS)nanocrystals with different Cu content have been synthesized by using the one-pot method.By regulating the surface ligands,the reaction temperature,and the Cu content,kesterite and hexagonal wurtzite CZTS nanocrystals were ob-tained.The critical factors for the controllable transition between two phases were discussed.Subsequently,a series of quatern-ary CZTS nanocrystals with different Cu content were used for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.And their band gap,energy level structure,and charge transfer ability were compared comprehensively.As a result,the pure hexagonal wurtzite CZTS nano-crystals have exhibited an improved photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity.