Liu, YangShe, XiaojieZhang, XiaoniLiang, ChengluWu, JingjieYu, PengNakanishi, YusukeXie, BanghuXu, HuiAjayan, Pulickel M.Yang, Wei2018-08-172018-08-172017Liu, Yang, She, Xiaojie, Zhang, Xiaoni, et al.. "Metallic 1T-TiS2 nanodots anchored on a 2D graphitic C3N4 nanosheet nanostructure with high electron transfer capability for enhanced photocatalytic performance." <i>RSC Advances,</i> 7, (2017) Royal Society of Chemistry: 55269-55275. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA10826E.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/102460Photocatalysis is one of the most promising technologies for solar energy conversion. With the development of photocatalysis technology, the creation of low-dimensional structure photocatalysts with improved properties becomes more and more important. Metallic 1T-TiS2 nanodots with a low-dimensional structure were introduced into environmentally friendly two-dimensional g-C3N4 (2D-C3N4) nanosheets by a solvothermal method. It was found that the ultrathin TiS2 nanodots were uniformly anchored on the surface of the 2D-C3N4. The effective suppression of electron–hole recombination was realized due to the addition of the intrinsic metallic property of 1T-TiS2 in the prepared nanocomposite. The 5 wt% TiS2/2D-C3N4 nanocomposite exhibited the best photocatalytic performance and the degradation rate towards RhB was ca. 95% in 70 min, which showed an improvement of ca. 30% in comparison with 2D-C3N4. The results indicate that the obtained TiS2/2D-C3N4 nanocomposite is a promising photocatalyst for practical applications.engThis Open Access Article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported LicenceJournal articleC7RA10826Ehttps://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA10826E