2D transition metal dichalcogenides for photocatalysis

R Yang, Y Fan, Y Zhang, L Mei, R Zhu, J Qin… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), a rising star in the
post‐graphene era, are fundamentally and technologically intriguing for photocatalysis …

Emerging trends of electrocatalytic technologies for renewable hydrogen energy from seawater: Recent advances, challenges, and techno-feasible assessment

OF Aldosari, I Hussain, Z Malaibari - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen has been regarded as a promising renewable and green energy source to meet
energy needs and attain net-zero carbon emissions. The electrolysis of seawater to make …

Synergy between van der waals heterojunction and vacancy in ZnIn2S4/g-C3N4 2D/2D photocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Y Qin, H Li, J Lu, Y Feng, F Meng, C Ma, Y Yan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fabricating 2D/2D heterojunction with vacancy is more favorable to the spatial separation
and transfer of charge owing to the matching of unique 2D structure and vacancy …

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 …

A direct Z-scheme PtS 2/arsenene van der Waals heterostructure with high photocatalytic water splitting efficiency

K Ren, W Tang, M Sun, Y Cai, Y Cheng, G Zhang - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
To overcome current serious energy and environmental issues, photocatalytic water splitting
holds great promise because it requires only solar energy as an energy input to produce …

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 …

High-efficiency photocatalyst for water splitting: a Janus MoSSe/XN (X= Ga, Al) van der Waals heterostructure

K Ren, S Wang, Y Luo, JP Chou, J Yu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures were constructed using MoSSe and
XN (X= Ga, Al) via density functional calculations to serve as water splitting photocatalysts …

Interfacial hybridization of Janus MoSSe and BX (X= P, As) monolayers for ultrathin excitonic solar cells, nanopiezotronics and low-power memory devices

MK Mohanta, A De Sarkar - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we explored the interfacial two-dimensional (2D) physics and significant
advancements in the application prospects of MoSSe monolayer when it is combined with a …

Recent progress on two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures for photocatalytic water splitting: a selective review

C Zhang, K Ren, S Wang, Y Luo… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting is being developed swiftly to
address the ongoing energy crisis. Over the past decade, with the rise of graphene and …

Two-dimensional layered materials: high-efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

Q Zhu, Y Qu, D Liu, KW Ng, H Pan - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen production via water splitting is considered to be one of the most promising
technologies in the future hydrogen economy, where the critical challenge in this technology …