1T/2H MoSe2 modified ZnIn2S4 with modulating internal electric field to boost efficient performance of photocatalytic H2 evolution and epoxide alcoholysis

Herein, the extended layer spacing 1T MoSe2 coupled with ZnIn2S4 nanosheets through in-situ growth, and ultimately obtained 1T /2H MoSe2/ZnIn2S4 photocatalysts with S-scheme heterojunction. This rational structure enables photogenerated carriers to rapidly transfer to MoSe2 via Mo-S bond. In order to further address the problem of wasted oxidative half-reaction, we rely on the dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol as a carrier for hole depletion. Notably, optimized 1T/2H MoSe2/ZnIn2S4 has superior H2 evolution ability, reaching up to 11.271 mmol·g−1·h−1 and the apparent quantum efficiency at 420 nm is 10.3 %. Meanwhile, the conversion rate of benzyl alcohol to high value-added benzaldehyde is 60.60 %. In addition, the Zn acidic sites can achieve polarization of epoxides and precise cleavage C-O bond. Thus, it also has the ability to high selectivity and efficient photocatalytic epoxide alcoholysis. This work proposes a new insight for enhancing photocatalytic properties via regulating IEF to fabricate S-scheme heterostructure.