A deep understanding of defects is essential for the optimization of materials for solar energy
conversion. This is particularly true for metal oxide photo (electro) catalysts, which typically …

Transition metal oxide (TMO) photoabsorbers are expected to play an important role in the
development of renewable solar‐to‐fuel devices. Modest efficiencies have been …

A many-body large polaron, which is important for both fundamental physics and
technological applications, has been predicted to occur in bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) …

Localized polaron hopping is one of the common mechanisms of colossal permittivity in
oxides; however, its formation still remains to be explored. In this study, the effect of the …

The intercalation of transition metal atoms into the van der Waals gap of the layered
transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) results in modulations of electronic structures and …

A group of bismuth vanadium oxides shows promise as an excellent material for
photoanodes in water splitting. However, the efficiency of Bi4V2O11 in water splitting is not …

We report a photoelectrochemical investigation of BiVO 4 photoanodes prepared by
successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR), a facile method that yields uniform …

Molybdenum (Mo) doping is a pivotal strategy to enhance the performance of bismuth
vanadate (BiVO 4) photoanodes in photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices. This research …

In the context of a single-electron two orbital Holstein system coupled to dispersionless
bosons, we develop a general method to correct the single-particle Green's function using a …

Polarons are quasi-particles made from electrons interacting with vibrations in crystal
lattices. They derive their name from the strong electron-vibration polar interactions in ionic …