Defect engineering of electrocatalysts for metal-based battery

X Liu, X Liu, C Li, B Yang, L Wang - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
To conquer the instability of clean energy, developing high performance energy storage
devices is of vital importance. Among them, metal-based battery (such as Metal-air batteries …

Single‐Atom Pt Loaded Zinc Vacancies ZnO–ZnS Induced Type‐V Electron Transport for Efficiency Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

Y Liu, Q Zhu, M Tayyab, L Zhou, J Lei, J Zhang - Solar Rrl, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor supported noble metal nanoparticles are widely used in H2 evolution. Due to
the high cost and low catalytic efficiency of noble metals, single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are …

Zn-vacancy mediated electron-hole separation in ZnS/g-C3N4 heterojunction for efficient visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production

X Hao, J Zhou, Z Cui, Y Wang, Y Wang, Z Zou - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vacancy defects play an important role in modifying the electronic structure and the
properties of photoexcited charge carriers by introducing additional energy levels and …

Zinc vacancy-promoted photocatalytic activity and photostability of ZnS for efficient visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution

X Hao, Y Wang, J Zhou, Z Cui, Y Wang, Z Zou - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc sulfide is a superior photocatalyst for H 2 evolution, whereas the wide bandgap restricts
its performance to only UV region. In this work, zinc vacancy (V Zn) defects are successfully …

One‐pot template‐free synthesis of monodisperse zinc sulfide hollow spheres and their photocatalytic properties

X Yu, J Yu, B Cheng, B Huang - Chemistry–A European …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Little hollow! Monodisperse ZnS hollow nanospheres (see figure) of about 200 nm
in size have been fabricated on a large scale by a hydrothermal method and they show …

Fabrication of wurtzite ZnS nanobelts via simple thermal evaporation

Q Li, C Wang - Applied physics letters, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Mass production of uniform wurtzite-ZnS nanobelts is achieved by a simple thermal
evaporation method using Au as the catalyst. The as-synthesized ZnS nanobelts are single …

Inside Front Cover: Self‐Assembled Highly Faceted Wurtzite‐Type ZnS Single‐Crystalline Nanotubes with Hexagonal Cross‐Sections (Adv. Mater. 16/2005)

LW Yin, Y Bando, JH Zhan, MS Li… - Advanced …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Highly faceted wurtzite‐type ZnS nanotubes with hexagonal cross‐section morphologies
have been self‐assembled via a controllable high‐temperature thermal‐chemical reaction …

Enhanced photochemical activity and stability of ZnS by a simple alkaline treatment approach

ZU Abideen, F Teng - CrystEngComm, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, a simple alkaline treatment method is developed to greatly improve the
photochemical properties of ZnS. It is found that after treating ZnS with NaOH solution, the …

Machine-learned impurity level prediction for semiconductors: the example of Cd-based chalcogenides

A Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, MY Toriyama… - npj computational …, 2020 - nature.com
The ability to predict the likelihood of impurity incorporation and their electronic energy
levels in semiconductors is crucial for controlling its conductivity, and thus the …

Origin of the excitonic recombinations in hexagonal boron nitride by spatially resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy

P Jaffrennou, J Barjon, JS Lauret… - Journal of Applied …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
The excitonic recombinations in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are investigated with
spatially resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy in the ultraviolet range …