Hybrid Overlayer of Defective Ni-MOF and NiO Nanoparticles toward Efficient TiO₂/CdS Type-II Heterojunction

The severe photocorrosion of cadmium sulfide (CdS) restricts its practical application for solar hydrogen production. Although remarkable progress has been achieved with an overlayer strategy for isolating the CdS surface, the lifetime of CdS-based photoanodes is still far from the actual requirements. Herein, a hybrid overlayer of defective Ni-MOF and NiO nanoparticles has been developed through the chemical bath deposition method with postannealing. This hybrid overlayer of Ni-MOF-d is coated on the surface of the TiO