This study demonstrates the design and synthesis of heterostructured CdS/Ba1-xSr5TiO3 composites that exhibit outstanding photocatalytic activity and long-term durability for H-2 evolution from an aqueous solution containing the sacrificial agent (Na2S/Na2SO3) without loading any noble metals as cocatalysts or reagents for regeneration. The excellent performance of this heterostructured catalyst is due to the unique synergetic effect between CdS and Ba1-xSrxTiO3. In this system, CdS not only functions as a high-activity photocatalyst absorbing light to generate electrons but also acts as a cocatalyst accepting the photogenerated electrons from Ba1-xSrxTiO3 for H-2 evolution, while Ba1-xSrxTiO3 serves as captors of photoholes of CdS. In this way, the heterostructured composites can efficiently block the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes, leading to a significant improved harvest of photogenerated electrons for Hy evolution. In the meantime, the photocorrosion of CdS can be greatly alleviated due to fast moving photogenerated holes of CdS, contributing a long-term stability of the designed heterostructured system. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.