%0 Journal Article
%T Biomolecule-Assisted Synthesis of Nanocrystalline CdS and Bi<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub> for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
%A Caolong Li
%A Wei Chen
%A Jian Yuan
%A Mingxia Chen
%A Wenfeng Shangguan
%J World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering
%P 79-83
%@ 2161-4962
%D 2011
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjnse.2011.13012
%X Novel CdS and Bi<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>  hollow nanospheres were prepared by simple ¡°one-pot¡± biomolecule-assisted hydrothermal method using glutathione (GSH) as sulfur source and structure-directing reagents. The single-phase CdS and Bi<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>  photocatalysts were capable of evolving H<sub>2</sub> from aqueous solutions containing a sacrificial electron donor, under visible light irradiation (¦Ë ¡Ý 420 nm) with Pt co-catalyst. A possible formation mechanism of complexation, S-C bond rupture, and spherical aggregate followed isotropic Ostwal ripening or anisotropic Ostwal ripening was proposed in this study.
%K CdS
%K Bi&lt
%K sub&gt
%K 2&lt
%K /sub&gt
%K S&lt
%K sub&gt
%K 3&lt
%K /sub&gt
%K Photocatalyst
%K Hydrogen Evolution
%K Ostwal Ripening
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=7510