Emerging beyond-graphene elemental 2D materials for energy and catalysis applications

FR Fan, R Wang, H Zhang, W Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as promising candidates for
energy and catalysis applications due to their unique physical, chemical, and electronic …

Chemistry, functionalization, and applications of recent monoelemental two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

Z Xie, B Zhang, Y Ge, Y Zhu, G Nie, YF Song… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The past decades have witnessed a rapid expansion in investigations of two-dimensional
(2D) monoelemental materials (Xenes), which are promising materials in various fields …

Borophene synthesis beyond the single-atomic-layer limit

X Liu, Q Li, Q Ruan, MS Rahn, BI Yakobson… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Synthetic two-dimensional (2D) materials have no bulk counterparts and typically
exist as single atomic layers due to substrate-stabilized growth. Multilayer formation …

Advances of 2D‐Enabled Photothermal Materials in Hybrid Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation Systems toward Water‐Fuel‐Energy Crisis

MS Irshad, N Arshad, MS Asghar, Y Hao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a multi‐functional solar‐driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) system
remains a significant challenge for its large‐scale applications. By taking advantage of high …

Recent advances, properties, fabrication and opportunities in two-dimensional materials for their potential sustainable applications

A Hayat, M Sohail, A El Jery, KM Al-Zaydi, S Raza… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials, characterized by unique chemical,
physical, and electrical characteristics, now offer intriguing energy and catalysis application …

Borophene as a prototype for synthetic 2D materials development

AJ Mannix, Z Zhang, NP Guisinger, BI Yakobson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The synthesis of 2D materials with no analogous bulk layered allotropes promises a
substantial breadth of physical and chemical properties through the diverse structural …

Two-dimensional materials to address the lithium battery challenges

R Rojaee, R Shahbazian-Yassar - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the ever-growing demand in safe and high power/energy density of Li+ ion and Li
metal rechargeable batteries (LIBs), materials-related challenges are responsible for the …

Flexible Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Atomic Layers for Wearable Electronics and Optoelectronics

E Singh, P Singh, KS Kim, GY Yeom… - ACS applied materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Flexible, stretchable, and bendable materials, including inorganic semiconductors, organic
polymers, graphene, and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), are attracting great …

The emergence and evolution of borophene

M Ou, X Wang, L Yu, C Liu, W Tao, X Ji… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neighboring carbon and sandwiched between non‐metals and metals in the periodic table
of the elements, boron is one of the most chemically and physically versatile elements, and …

Theoretical prediction of two-dimensional BC2X (X = N, P, As) monolayers: ab initio investigations

A Bafekry, M Naseri, M Faraji, MM Fadlallah… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In this work, novel two-dimensional BC 2 X (X= N, P, As) monolayers with X atoms out of the
B–C plane, are predicted by means of the density functional theory. The structural …