Abstract:
The WS
2/graphite phase nitrogen carbide(g-C
3N
4) heterojunction was established through the solvent evaporation and second calcinations the mixture of g-C
3N
4 nanosheets and WS
2 nanosheets. The main structure of g-C
3N
4 and WS
2 in the heterojunction is not destroyed in the calcinations process and the interface is connected by chemical bond, which enhances the stability of heterojunction. The photocatalysis results indicate that the H
2 production rate reaches to 68.62 μmol/h while the content of WS
2 is 3wt%, which are 2.53 times and 15.29 times as that of g-C
3N
4 nanosheets and WS
2 nanosheets, respectively. Besides, the H
2 production rate is not decreased distinctly after 5 times circulation experiments, which reveals that the WS
2/g-C
3N
4 heterojunction has a good chemical stability. Photoelectric property indicates that the establish of heterojunction structure can not only enhance the transport rate of excited electrons, but also suppress the recombination rate of charge carriers. Thus, the H
2 production rate is enhanced distinctly compared with that of pure g-C
3N
4 nanosheets and WS
2 nanosheets.