The invention discloses a carbon-supported
molybdenum-based compound and layered double
hydroxide co-modified photocatalyst and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
hydrogen production by
photocatalytic decomposition of water. According to the photocatalyst, a carbon-loaded
molybdenum-based compound is a thin-wall large / mesoporous hollow
nitrogen-
doped carbon tube HNC-loaded Mo2C / MoO2 compound marked as Mo-C / O, and the size of the Mo2C / MoO2 compound is limited by using Mo-C / O as a cocatalyst; the layered double
hydroxide is a cage-shaped NiCo-LDH (layered double
hydroxide) compound, and ZnCdS is co-modified by Mo2C / MoO2 and NiCo-LDH (layered double hydroxide); the ZnCdS and the Mo2C / MoO2 form a Schottky junction, the NiCo-LDH and the ZnCdS form a type II
heterojunction, and a
cascade electron transmission channel is formed among the Mo2C / MoO2, the ZnCdS and the NiCo-LDH. Through the synergistic effect of the double heterostructures, the
light response range can be widened, the separation efficiency of
photon-generated carriers can be further enhanced, the driving force of charge migration is improved, the directed migration of electrons is promoted, the reaction
kinetics is improved, and the photocatalytic
hydrogen evolution performance is further improved.