Facile Fabrication of Pt-Doped Mesoporous ZnS as High Efficiency for Photocatalytic CO2 Conversion

Developing high efficiency, environmentally friendly, and low-cost mesoporous Pt/ZnS photocatalyst for CO₂ conversion to CH₃OH is significant for clean energy conversion. Herein, we described a facile synthesis of mesoporous ZnS framework decorated Pt NPs as high efficiency for CO₂ conversion through visible light illumination. The results indicated that Pt/ZnS nanocomposites showed that the structural and crystallinity integrity of polyhedral heterojunction obviously maintain after incorporating Pt NPs, and they are well-distributed on the ZnS surface with particles size about 3–5 nm. The optimized photocatalyst 1.5% Pt/ZnS nanocomposite could prominently exhibit a high photocatalytic efficiency compared to undoped ZnS. Remarkably, the yield of CH₃OH of 400 µmolg^??1 in 9 h over 1.5% Pt/ZnS nanocomposite indicated a significantly promoted CH₃OH formation, nearly 22-fold greater than that of the undoped ZnS NPs, which substantially verified the great promoting potential for conversion of clean energy. The CH₃OH formation rate over mesoporous 1.5% Pt/ZnS nanocomposite (44.5 µmolg^?1 h^?1) is larger 24 times than that of undoped ZnS NPs (1.86 µmolg^?1 h^?1). The recycled Pt/ZnS photocatalyst does not alter the CH₃OH formation remarkably after five repeating cycles with excellent durability. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, photocurrent response, and photoluminescence analyses were investigated to support our results and suggested mechanism for enhancement of CO₂ conversion to CH₃OH.