Recent strategies for activating the basal planes of transition metal dichalcogenides towards hydrogen production

H Xia, Z Shi, C Gong, Y He - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) presents an environmentally friendly, efficient, and
cost-effective way to produce hydrogen fuel. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal …

2D molybdenum sulfide‐based materials for photo‐excited antibacterial application

F Chen, Y Luo, X Liu, Y Zheng, Y Han… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infections have seriously threatened human health and the abuse of natural or
artificial antibiotics leads to bacterial resistance, so development of a new generation of …

Prediction of new 2D Hf2Br2N2 monolayer as a promising candidate for photovoltaic applications

AOM Almayyali, HR Jappor - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, the structural and optoelectronic properties of pristine and strained
hexagonal Hf 2 Br 2 N 2 monolayer have been investigated using the first-principles …

Solar energy harvesting by a PtS 2/ZrS 2 van der Waals heterostructure

PR Parmar, SJ Khengar, D Mehta, Y Sonvane… - New Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, the photovoltaic performance of van der Waals heterostructure (v-HS)
PtS2/ZrS2 has been examined using density functional theory based on first-principle …

Enhanced photocatalytic performance of a stable type–II PtSe 2/GaSe van der Waals heterostructure

PR Parmar, SJ Khengar, Y Sonvane… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this investigation, the structural, electronic, and optical properties of two-dimensional van
der Waals heterostructure (vdwHS) PtSe2/GaSe with three different configurations have …

A progressive strategy for harvesting mechanical energy using flexible PVDF-rGO-MoS2 nanocomposites film-based piezoelectric nanogenerator

M Faraz, HH Singh, N Khare - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric materials can make substantial contributions to resolve the overall energy
crisis by providing a renewable energy solution. With the present increase in the number of …

Electronic and optical properties of a Janus SnSSe monolayer: effects of strain and electric field

HTT Nguyen, VV Tuan, CV Nguyen, HV Phuc… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, detailed investigations of the electronic and optical properties of a Janus
SnSSe monolayer under a biaxial strain and electric field using ab initio methods are …

Electro-optical properties of monolayer and bilayer boron-doped C3N: tunable electronic structure via strain engineering and electric field

A Bafekry, M Yagmurcukardes, M Shahrokhi… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, the structural, electronic and optical properties of monolayer and bilayer of
boron doped C3N are investigated by means of density functional theory-based first …

Highly Sensitive Band Alignment of the Graphene/MoSi2N4 Heterojunction via an External Electric Field

G Yuan, Z Cheng, Y Cheng, W Duan, H Lv… - ACS Applied …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The combination of graphene (GR) and monolayer MoSi2N4 has attracted much attention;
however, the comprehension of its electrical contact modulation is still not fully explored …

Investigating the interfacial charge transfer between electrodeposited BiVO4 and pulsed laser-deposited Co3O4 pn junction photoanode in photoelectrocatalytic water …

C Murugan, AS Mary, R Velmurugan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The formation of a pn junction consisting small-sized, and homogeneous material over the
porous semiconductor is an effective strategy for improved photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) water …