1 Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry of Jilin Province, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Jiefang Road 2519, Changchun, 130012, China. lgang@jlu.edu.cn.
A silica-supported CdS nanoparticle photocatalyst exhibits excellent visible-light driven H2 evolution activity without the use of a cocatalyst. The apparent quantum yield can reach 42% under 420 nm light illumination.