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Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of WS2 Film by Laser Drilling to Produce Porous WS2/WO3 Heterostructure.

ABSTRACT: Methods and mechanisms for improvement of photocatalytic activity, are important and popular research topics for renewable energy production and waste water treatment. Here, we demonstrate a facile laser drilling method for engineering well-aligned pore arrays on magnetron-sputtered WS2 nanofilms with increased active edge sites; the proposed method promotes partial oxidation to fabricate WS2/WO3 heterojunctions that enhance the separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. The WS2 film after one, two, and three treatments exhibited photocurrent density of 3.9, 6.2, and 8??A/cm2, respectively, reaching up to 31 times larger than that of pristine WS2 film along with greatly improved charge recombination kinetics. The unprecedented combinational roles of laser drilling revealed in this study in regards to geometric tailoring, chemical transformation, and heterojunction positioning for WS2-based composite nanomaterials create a foundation for further enhancing the performance of other 2D transition metal dichalcogenides in photocatalysis via laser treatment.

SUBMITTER: Ma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5466614 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of WS<sub>2</sub> Film by Laser Drilling to Produce Porous WS<sub>2</sub>/WO<sub>3</sub> Heterostructure.

Ma Sainan S   Zeng Longlui L   Tao Lili L   Tang Chun Yin CY   Yuan Huiyu H   Long Hui H   Cheng Ping Kwong PK   Chai Yang Y   Chen Chuansheng C   Fung Kin Hung KH   Zhang Xuming X   Lau Shu Ping SP   Tsang Yuen Hong YH  

Scientific reports 20170609 1

Methods and mechanisms for improvement of photocatalytic activity, are important and popular research topics for renewable energy production and waste water treatment. Here, we demonstrate a facile laser drilling method for engineering well-aligned pore arrays on magnetron-sputtered WS<sub>2</sub> nanofilms with increased active edge sites; the proposed method promotes partial oxidation to fabricate WS<sub>2</sub>/WO<sub>3</sub> heterojunctions that enhance the separation of photogenerated elect  ...[more]

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