Two-dimensional pnictogens: A review of recent progresses and future research directions

F Ersan, D Keçik, VO Özçelik, Y Kadioglu… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Soon after the synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) ultrathin black phosphorus and fabrication
of field effect transistors thereof, theoretical studies have predicted that other group-VA …

Bonding, structure, and mechanical stability of 2D materials: the predictive power of the periodic table

P Hess - Nanoscale Horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review describes the ongoing effort to convert main-group elements of the
periodic table and their combinations into stable 2D materials, which is sometimes called …

Electronic properties of blue phosphorene/graphene and blue phosphorene/graphene-like gallium nitride heterostructures

M Sun, JP Chou, J Yu, W Tang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Blue phosphorene (BlueP) is a graphene-like phosphorus nanosheet which was
synthesized very recently for the first time [Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 4903–4908]. The …

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 …

Electronic and photocatalytic performance of boron phosphide-blue phosphorene vdW heterostructures

I Shahid, S Ahmad, N Shehzad, S Yao… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogen generation via photocatalytic water splitting is considered as a source of clean
energy and an alternative approach to deal with energy crises and environmental problems …

A MoSSe/blue phosphorene vdw heterostructure with energy conversion efficiency of 19.9% for photocatalytic water splitting

Y Luo, S Wang, H Shu, JP Chou, K Ren… - Semiconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose a novel van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure composed of MoSSe and blue
phosphorene (BlueP) and investigate its structural, electronic, and optical properties by …

One-dimensional phosphorus chain and two-dimensional blue phosphorene grown on Au (111) by molecular-beam epitaxy

JP Xu, JQ Zhang, H Tian, H Xu, W Ho, M Xie - Physical Review Materials, 2017 - APS
Single-layer (SL) phosphorus (phosphorene) has drawn considerable research attention
recently as a new two-dimensional (2D) material with great application promises. Blue …

Strain-enhanced properties of van der Waals heterostructure based on blue phosphorus and g-GaN as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst for water splitting

K Ren, S Wang, Y Luo, Y Xu, M Sun, J Yu, W Tang - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Many strategies have been developed to overcome the critical obstacles of fast
recombination of photogenerated charges and the limited ability of semiconductor …

Tunable electronic structures in BP/MoSSe van der Waals heterostructures by external electric field and strain

D Chen, X Lei, Y Wang, S Zhong, G Liu, B Xu… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Motivated by the successful preparations and extraordinary properties of blue phosphorus
(BP) and Janus MoSSe monolayer, we constructed the van der Waals (vdW) …

Electronic and optical properties of atomic-scale heterostructure based on MXene and MN (M= Al, Ga): a DFT investigation

K Ren, R Zheng, P Xu, D Cheng, W Huo, J Yu, Z Zhang… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
After the discovery of graphene, a lot of research has been conducted on two-dimensional
(2D) materials. In order to increase the performance of 2D materials and expand their …