Abstract:
The semiconductor photocatalysis are considered as one of the most promising candidates in hydrogen energy source and environmental remediation area. In this paper, flower-shaped SnS
2 is successfully combined on g-C
3N
5, and the well matching band structure successfully constitutes a new Type-II heterojunction. As expected, the photocatalytic hydrogen production experiment showed that the quantity of hydrogen produced on 5% SnS
2/C
3N
5 was 922.5 μmol/(h·g), which is 3.6 times higher than that of pure g-C
3N
5. Meanwhile, in photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, 5% SnS
2/C
3N
5 composite material can degrade 95% of contaminants within 40 minutes, showing good photocatalytic degradation performance. The mechanism study indicates that SnS
2/C
3N
5 heterojunction improves the photogenerated charge migration rate and reduces the electron-hole recombination rate, and effectively improves the photocatalytic performance of g-C
3N
5. This work provides a new idea for designing C
3N
5-based heterojunctions with efficient hydrogen production and degradation performance.