Cover Feature: In‐situ Copper Doping with ZnO/ZnS Heterostructures to Promote Interfacial Photocatalysis of Microsized Particles (2/2021)

The Cover Feature shows a little cat looking at a microsized particle which is like an egg tart. In their Full Paper, W. Zeng et al. explain that the unique morphology of the material particles (copper doped ZnO/ZnS heterostructures) is readily modulated by copper doping through control of the reaction time. As a result, surface areas, electric conductivity, and absorbance range of the as-prepared powder materials are remarkably different. When used as catalysts, the derived hybrid materials exhibited promising photocatalytic activity for water splitting. Our results show that the copper species play a decisive role in the formation of specific surface nanostructures, thus leading to different interfacial catalytic performances. More information can be found in the Full Paper by W. Zeng et al.