The invention belongs to the technical field of photocatalysts, and particularly relates to a twin-
crystal zinc cadmium sulfide nanosheet, a composite photocatalyst and a preparation method and application thereof.The preparation method of the twin-
crystal zinc cadmium sulfide nanosheet comprises the following steps that a
zinc source, a
diethylenetriamine aqueous solution and a
sulfur source are mixed, a first
solvothermal reaction is conducted, and a second
solvothermal reaction is conducted; a
zinc sulfide-
diethylenetriamine composite precursor is obtained; mixing the
zinc sulfide-
diethylenetriamine composite precursor, a
cadmium source and an
organic solvent, and performing a second
solvothermal reaction to replace part of zinc ions in
crystal lattices of the
zinc sulfide-diethylenetriamine composite precursor with cadmium ions to obtain a
zinc cadmium sulfide-diethylenetriamine composite precursor; and dispersing the
zinc cadmium sulfide-diethylenetriamine composite precursor in water, and carrying out
hydrothermal reaction to remove diethylenetriamine molecules, thereby obtaining the twin crystal
zinc cadmium sulfide nanosheet. The twin crystal interface can provide a preferential carrier migration channel, so that photo-induced
electron-hole separation is further promoted, and the photocatalytic
hydrogen production performance is improved.