CoAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets as an active matrix to anchor an amorphous MoSx catalyst for efficient visible light hydrogen evolution†
Abstract
CoAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets (CoAl-NSs) could serve as an active matrix to effectively anchor amorphous MoSx nanoparticles with high dispersion and the formation of an additional active “CoMoS” phase. The resulting CoAl-NSs/MoSx catalyst showed 13 times higher H2 evolution activity than free MoSx nanoparticles from an erythrosin B–triethanolamine (ErB–TEOA) system under visible light.