2D Bi2WO6/MoS2 as a new photo-activated carrier for boosting electrocatalytic methanol oxidation with visible light illumination

• Published in: Chinese chemical letters Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 2338 - 2342
• Main Authors: Zhang, Hongmin, He, Jie, Zhai, Chunyang, Zhu, Mingshan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-12-2019; School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China%School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China%School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
• Subjects: Bi2WO6; Electrocatalysis; Methanol oxidation; MoS2; Visible light; Electrocatalysis; Visible light; Bi2WO6; MoS2; Methanol oxidation
• ISSN: 1001-8417; 1878-5964
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.07.021

A kind of new 2D heterojunction of Bi2WO6/MoS2 was constructed and used as visible-light activated carrier for depositing Pt electrocatalyst. With assistance of visible light irradiation, Pt-Bi2WO6/MoS2 composite shows enhanced electrocatalytic activity and stability towards methanol oxidation than traditional electrocatalytic process and commercial Pt/C.
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In this paper, a new two-dimensional (2D)/2D composite of Bi2WO6/MoS2 was facile synthesized, and then was used as supporting material for depositing Pt nanoparticles. The as-synthesized Pt-Bi2WO6/MoS2 was extended into photo-assisted electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol, which is a model anode reaction for direct methanol fuel cell. Compare with traditional electrocatalytic process, Pt-Bi2WO6/MoS2 displays 1.5 times enhanced electrocatalytic performance on methanol oxidation with assistance of visible light irradiation and 2.2 times for commercial Pt/C. Besides, from the results of chronoamperometric and chronopotentiometry experiments, the stability of Pt-Bi2WO6/MoS2 electrode is clearly improved under visible light irradiation. The synergistic effects of photo- and electro-catalytic in the heterojunction of Pt-Bi2WO6/MoS2 in favor of the above enhancement. This research gives more insights in the fields of photo-assisted traditional electrocatalytic application by constructing of semiconductor heterojunction carrier.