<p>Photocatalytic hydrogen production is fundamentally limited by inefficient charge separation and the asynchronous supply of electrons and protons to active sites. Herein, we designed a ZnIn<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub>/ZnCo<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub> (ZIS/ZCS) heterojunction with an atomically coherent interface achieved via an ultralow lattice mismatch of 0.05%. This unique structure promotes rapid electron transfer through a built-in electric field and facilitates continuous proton migration via a hydrogen spillover effect, thereby synchronizing electron and proton delivery at the catalytic interface. This dual regulation of electrons and protons synergistically promotes protoncoupled electron transfer, resulting in a high hydrogen evolution rate of 70.3 mmol g<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> and selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to aldehyde (39.3 mmol g<sup>−1</sup> h<sup>−1</sup>) with 93.6% selectivity. This work demonstrates the critical importance of lattice match and dual charge-proton management in designing efficient photocatalysts for complex redox reactions.</p>

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Interfacial hydrogen spillover and coherent lattice matching in ZnIn2S4/ZnCo2S4 enable synchronized electron-proton delivery for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution

  • Shuhan Sun,
  • Yuxin Wang,
  • Song Wang,
  • Die Li,
  • Yanxian Jin,
  • Chenglin Wu,
  • Gaowei Hu,
  • Zhanfeng Li,
  • Xiao Zhang,
  • Xianqiang Xiong

摘要

Photocatalytic hydrogen production is fundamentally limited by inefficient charge separation and the asynchronous supply of electrons and protons to active sites. Herein, we designed a ZnIn2S4/ZnCo2S4 (ZIS/ZCS) heterojunction with an atomically coherent interface achieved via an ultralow lattice mismatch of 0.05%. This unique structure promotes rapid electron transfer through a built-in electric field and facilitates continuous proton migration via a hydrogen spillover effect, thereby synchronizing electron and proton delivery at the catalytic interface. This dual regulation of electrons and protons synergistically promotes protoncoupled electron transfer, resulting in a high hydrogen evolution rate of 70.3 mmol g−1 h−1 and selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to aldehyde (39.3 mmol g−1 h−1) with 93.6% selectivity. This work demonstrates the critical importance of lattice match and dual charge-proton management in designing efficient photocatalysts for complex redox reactions.