PREPARATION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF SILICA-SUPPORTED FINE CDS POWDERS

Silica-supported cadmium sulfide, highly active in hydrogen photogeneration from water-methanol-KOH solution, was prepared by sulfidation of Cd2+-impregnated SiO2. The samples consisted of colloidal-size hexagonal crystallites of CdS on amorphous SiO2. A blue shift of a light absorption edge was observed for the samples with lower CdS content.