The invention discloses a photocatalyst for efficiently photocatalytically decomposing water to produce
hydrogen and a preparation method of the photocatalyst.
Cadmium zinc sulfide in the photocatalyst is of a granular structure, the
diameter of the
cadmium zinc sulfide is about 20 nm to 100 nm, MoS2 is of a flower-shaped structure formed by stacking two-dimensional sheets, and
cadmium zinc sulfide solid solution particles are evenly distributed on the surface of MoS2. The preparation method comprises the following steps: respectively adding
cadmium acetate and
anhydrous zinc acetate into absolute ethyl
alcohol, uniformly stirring a
mixed solution, then adding
thioacetamide and MoS2, uniformly stirring again to obtain a
raw material solution, transferring the
raw material solution into a reaction kettle, reacting at high temperature, cooling the solution to
room temperature after the reaction is finished, centrifuging the obtained product through a centrifugal
machine, collecting precipitates; and cross-washing the precipitates with deionized water and absolute ethyl
alcohol, and
drying the washed precipitates in a
drying oven to obtain a product, namely the MoS2 / Zn0. 5Cd0. 5S photocatalyst. The flower-like
metal sulfide (MoS2) and cadmium
zinc sulfide are compounded to construct the
heterojunction, thereby enhancing the water photolysis
hydrogen production performance.