2D materials and heterostructures for photocatalytic water-splitting: A theoretical perspective

G Wang, J Chang, W Tang, W Xie… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Photocatalytic water-splitting for hydrogen generation by sunlight provides a new route to
address energy and environmental problems. In recent years, tremendous efforts have been …

Intercalation as a versatile tool for fabrication, property tuning, and phase transitions in 2D materials

M Rajapakse, B Karki, UO Abu, S Pishgar… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent advances in two-dimensional (2D) materials have led to the renewed interest in
intercalation as a powerful fabrication and processing tool. Intercalation is an effective …

Electronic and optical properties of van der Waals heterostructures of g-GaN and transition metal dichalcogenides

Z Cui, K Ren, Y Zhao, X Wang, H Shu, J Yu… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on first-principles calculations, we systematically investigate the electronic and
optical properties of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures composed of graphene-like …

A type-II GaSe/HfS2 van der Waals heterostructure as promising photocatalyst with high carrier mobility

MM Obeid, A Bafekry, SU Rehman, CV Nguyen - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, the electronic, optical, and photocatalytic properties of GaSe/HfS 2
heterostructure are studied via first-principles calculations. The stability of the vertically …

Adsorption of CO, NH3, NO, and NO2 on pristine and defective g-GaN: improved gas sensing and functionalization

Z Cui, X Wang, Y Ding, E Li, K Bai, J Zheng… - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The adsorption behaviors of gas molecules, including CO, NH 3, NO, and NO 2 on pristine
and defective g-GaN, and their adsorption energy, charge transfer, and magnetic moment …

DFT investigation on direct Z-scheme photocatalyst for overall water splitting: MoTe2/BAs van der Waals heterostructure

M Cao, L Ni, Z Wang, J Liu, Y Tian, Y Zhang… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic efficiency of monolayer materials can be greatly improved by constructing
two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures. In this work, the electronic properties and …

Biaxial strain tunable photocatalytic properties of 2D ZnO/GeC heterostructure

G Wang, L Zhang, Y Li, W Zhao, A Kuang… - Journal of Physics D …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The structural, electronic and optical properties of the two-dimensional (2D) heterostructure
of ZnO/GeC are calculated using hybrid density functional theory. The results suggest that …

Two-dimensional ZnO/BSe van der waals heterostructure used as a promising photocatalyst for water splitting: A DFT study

K Ren, J Yu, W Tang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted considerable focus
because of their charming properties. Using 2D heterostructure as a photocatalyst for water …

DFT study on type-II photocatalyst for overall water splitting: g-GaN/C2N van der Waals heterostructure

X Huang, X Shu, J Li, Z Cui, S Cao, W Chen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstracts Constructing van der Waals heterostructure has triggered enormous interest in the
field of photocatalytic water splitting. Herein, we have investigated the structural, electronic …

A van der Waals heterostructure based on graphene-like gallium nitride and boron selenide: a high-efficiency photocatalyst for water splitting

K Ren, Y Luo, S Wang, JP Chou, J Yu, W Tang… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen generation by photocatalytic water splitting has attained more and more research
interests in the recent years since the solar energy can be directly transferred and stored as …