Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 313-315.

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Photocatalytic Splitting of H2S to Produce Hydrogen by Gas-Solid Phase Reaction

MA Guijun, YAN Hongjian, ZONG Xu, MA Baojun, JIANG Hongfu, WEN Fuyu, LI Can*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2008-04-25 Online:2008-04-25 Published:2012-03-22

Abstract: Hydrogen production by gas-solid phase photocatalytic splitting of H2S was investigated on five semiconductor photocatalysts including TiO2, CdS, ZnS, ZnO, and ZnIn2S4. ZnS shows the highest rate of hydrogen production under the identical conditions. Loading Ir on ZnS can effectively promote the hydrogen production. The addition of Cu2+during the ZnS preparation significantly enhances the photocatalytic activity of the catalyst for hydrogen production.

Key words: photocatalysis, hydrogen sulfide splitting, hydrogen, zinc sulfide