Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template

Biomimetic sulfur-deficient indium sulfide (In2.77S4) was synthesized by a template-assisted hydrothermal method using leaves of Mimosa pudica as a template for the first time. The effect of this template in modifying the morphology of the semiconductor particles was determined by physicochemical ch...

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Main Authors: Carrasco Jaim, Omar Ali, Ahumada Lazo, Rubén, Clark, Pip C.J., Gómez Solís, Christian, Fairclough, Simon M., Haigh, Sarah J., Leontiadou, Marina A., Handrup, Karsten, Torres Martínez, Leticia Myriam, Flavell, Wendy R.
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author Carrasco Jaim, Omar Ali
Ahumada Lazo, Rubén
Clark, Pip C.J.
Gómez Solís, Christian
Fairclough, Simon M.
Haigh, Sarah J.
Leontiadou, Marina A.
Handrup, Karsten
Torres Martínez, Leticia Myriam
Flavell, Wendy R.
author_facet Carrasco Jaim, Omar Ali
Ahumada Lazo, Rubén
Clark, Pip C.J.
Gómez Solís, Christian
Fairclough, Simon M.
Haigh, Sarah J.
Leontiadou, Marina A.
Handrup, Karsten
Torres Martínez, Leticia Myriam
Flavell, Wendy R.
author_sort Carrasco Jaim, Omar Ali
collection Repositorio Institucional
description Biomimetic sulfur-deficient indium sulfide (In2.77S4) was synthesized by a template-assisted hydrothermal method using leaves of Mimosa pudica as a template for the first time. The effect of this template in modifying the morphology of the semiconductor particles was determined by physicochemical characterization, revealing an increase in surface area, decrease in microsphere size and pore size and an increase in pore volume density in samples synthesized with the template. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis showed the presence of organic sulfur (Ssingle bondO/Ssingle bondC/Ssingle bondH) and sulfur oxide species (single bondSO2, SO32−, SO42−) at the surface of the indium sulfide in samples synthesized with the template. Biomimetic indium sulfide also showed significant amounts of Fe introduced as a contaminant present on the Mimosa pudica leaves. The presence of these sulfur and iron species favors the photocatalytic activity for hydrogen production by their acting as a sacrificial reagent and promoting water oxidation on the surface of the templated particles, respectively. The photocatalytic hydrogen production rates over optimally-prepared biomimetic indium sulfide and indium sulfide synthesized without the organic template were 73 and 22 μmol g−1, respectively, indicating an improvement by a factor of three in the templated sample.
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spelling eprints-201512025-07-14T16:28:03Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/20151/ Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template Carrasco Jaim, Omar Ali Ahumada Lazo, Rubén Clark, Pip C.J. Gómez Solís, Christian Fairclough, Simon M. Haigh, Sarah J. Leontiadou, Marina A. Handrup, Karsten Torres Martínez, Leticia Myriam Flavell, Wendy R. TP Tecnología Química Biomimetic sulfur-deficient indium sulfide (In2.77S4) was synthesized by a template-assisted hydrothermal method using leaves of Mimosa pudica as a template for the first time. The effect of this template in modifying the morphology of the semiconductor particles was determined by physicochemical characterization, revealing an increase in surface area, decrease in microsphere size and pore size and an increase in pore volume density in samples synthesized with the template. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis showed the presence of organic sulfur (Ssingle bondO/Ssingle bondC/Ssingle bondH) and sulfur oxide species (single bondSO2, SO32−, SO42−) at the surface of the indium sulfide in samples synthesized with the template. Biomimetic indium sulfide also showed significant amounts of Fe introduced as a contaminant present on the Mimosa pudica leaves. The presence of these sulfur and iron species favors the photocatalytic activity for hydrogen production by their acting as a sacrificial reagent and promoting water oxidation on the surface of the templated particles, respectively. The photocatalytic hydrogen production rates over optimally-prepared biomimetic indium sulfide and indium sulfide synthesized without the organic template were 73 and 22 μmol g−1, respectively, indicating an improvement by a factor of three in the templated sample. Elsevier 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/20151/1/1-s2.0-S0360319918339466-main.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/20151/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/1-s2.0-S0360319918339466-main.pdf Carrasco Jaim, Omar Ali y Ahumada Lazo, Rubén y Clark, Pip C.J. y Gómez Solís, Christian y Fairclough, Simon M. y Haigh, Sarah J. y Leontiadou, Marina A. y Handrup, Karsten y Torres Martínez, Leticia Myriam y Flavell, Wendy R. (2019) Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44 (5). pp. 2770-2783. ISSN 0360-3199 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.043 doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.043
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Ahumada Lazo, Rubén
Clark, Pip C.J.
Gómez Solís, Christian
Fairclough, Simon M.
Haigh, Sarah J.
Leontiadou, Marina A.
Handrup, Karsten
Torres Martínez, Leticia Myriam
Flavell, Wendy R.
Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template
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title Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template
title_full Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template
title_fullStr Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template
title_full_unstemmed Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template
title_short Photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using Mimosa pudica leaves as template
title_sort photocatalytic hydrogen production by biomimetic indium sulfide using mimosa pudica leaves as template
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