Prospects challenges and stability of 2D MXenes for clean energy conversion and storage applications

A Bhat, S Anwer, KS Bhat, MIH Mohideen… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2021 - nature.com
Two-dimensional materials have gained immense attention for technological applications
owing to their characteristic properties. MXene is one of the fast-growing family of 2D …

Recent advances in metal sulfides: from controlled fabrication to electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting and beyond

S Chandrasekaran, L Yao, L Deng, C Bowen… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, nanocrystals of metal sulfide materials have attracted scientific research
interest for renewable energy applications due to the abundant choice of materials with …

Boosting hydrogen evolution performance of a CdS-based photocatalyst: in situ transition from type I to type II heterojunction during photocatalysis

X Meng, S Wang, C Zhang, C Dong, R Li, B Li… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The heterojunction in photocatalysis establishes an internal electric field between the
semiconductors, which is one of the effective methods for enhancing the separation of …

Single-atom Pt-I3 sites on all-inorganic Cs2SnI6 perovskite for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

P Zhou, H Chen, Y Chao, Q Zhang, W Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites are a new class of semiconductor materials with
great potential in photocatalytic hydrogen production, however, their development is greatly …

Enhanced hydrogen generation via overall water splitting using novel MoS2-BN nanoflowers assembled TiO2 ternary heterostructures

SA Ali, T Ahmad - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Envisaging headway in the applicability of sustainable H 2 energy, the novel report of the
fabrication of MoS 2-BN/TiO 2 (MBT) heterogeneous nanostructures has been proposed via …

A review on 2D MoS2 cocatalysts in photocatalytic H2 production

Z Liang, R Shen, YH Ng, P Zhang, Q Xiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Owing to their unique physicochemical, optical and electrical properties, two-dimensional
(2D) MoS 2 cocatalysts have been widely applied in designing and developing highly …

A critical review in strategies to improve photocatalytic water splitting towards hydrogen production

N Fajrina, M Tahir - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Water splitting for hydrogen production under light irradiation is an ideal system to provide
renewable energy sources and to reduce global warming effects. Even though significant …

MXene-based photocatalysts

P Kuang, J Low, B Cheng, J Yu, J Fan - Journal of materials science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transition metal carbide or nitride (MXene) is regarded as next-generation two-dimensional
(2D) materials for various applications, such as photocatalysis, electrocatalysis …

Regulating Electron–Hole Separation to Promote Photocatalytic H2 Evolution Activity of Nanoconfined Ru/MXene/TiO2 Catalysts

Y Liu, YH Li, X Li, Q Zhang, H Yu, X Peng, F Peng - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
A facile strategy for the preparation of a nanoconfined Ti3C2/Ru cocatalyst by direct
reduction of Ru3+ ions without an additional reductant was developed. The in situ formation …

Photo/Electrochemical Applications of Metal Sulfide/TiO2 Heterostructures

L Zheng, F Teng, X Ye, H Zheng… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient and affordable catalysts is of great significance for energy and
environmental sustainability. Heterostructure photocatalysts exhibit a better performance …