Visible light driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over CdS incorporated mesoporous silica derived from MCM-48

- CdS incorporated mesoporous silica was synthesized with ion exchange method.
- The photocatalytic activity and stability was studied under visible irradiation.
- CdS-mSiO2 exhibited high photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution.
- The influence of synthesis temperature and Pt co-catalyst were examined.
- The photocatlytic performance of CdS-mSiO2 was compared with the CdS-MCM-48.