Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage

F Liu, Z Fan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Origin of friction and the new frictionless technology—Superlubricity: Advancements and future outlook

J Luo, M Liu, L Ma - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Friction is a phenomenon that exists extensively in nature and industry; it has proven
necessary in daily life and beneficial in energy scavenging but is also alleged to be the main …

Elastic straining of free-standing monolayer graphene

K Cao, S Feng, Y Han, L Gao, T Hue Ly, Z Xu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The sp2 nature of graphene endows the hexagonal lattice with very high theoretical
stiffness, strength and resilience, all well-documented. However, the ultimate stretchability of …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic toughening and stable crack propagation in hexagonal boron nitride

Y Yang, Z Song, G Lu, Q Zhang, B Zhang, B Ni… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
If a bulk material can withstand a high load without any irreversible damage (such as plastic
deformation), it is usually brittle and can fail catastrophically,. This trade-off between strength …

Recent progress on graphene-analogous 2D nanomaterials: Properties, modeling and applications

B Liu, K Zhou - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Boosted by the great success of graphene, the past decade has witnessed the rapid
development of graphene-analogous two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. Despite the high …

Transfer of large-scale two-dimensional semiconductors: challenges and developments

AJ Watson, W Lu, MHD Guimarães, M Stöhr - 2D Materials, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer opportunities to explore both fundamental
science and applications in the limit of atomic thickness. Beyond the prototypical case of …

Nitrogen vacancy engineered graphitic C3N4-based polymers for photocatalytic oxidation of aromatic alcohols to aldehydes

J Ding, W Xu, H Wan, D Yuan, C Chen, L Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vacancy defect in the semiconductors plays an important role in the improvement of the
electronic structure and the increase of specific reaction sites for reactant molecules, and …

Atomic structure of defects and dopants in 2D layered transition metal dichalcogenides

S Wang, A Robertson, JH Warner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer monolayer 2D systems with diverse
properties that extend beyond what graphene alone can achieve. The properties of TMDs …

Defect engineering in polymeric carbon nitride photocatalyst: Synthesis, properties and characterizations

L Jiang, J Yang, X Yuan, J Guo, J Liang, W Tang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymer carbon nitride (CN) has unique structure and electronic properties, making it
attractive in photocatalysis fields. However, the photocatalytic efficiency of the pristine CN …

Hidden vacancy benefit in monolayer 2D semiconductors

X Zhang, Q Liao, Z Kang, B Liu, X Liu, Y Ou… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Monolayer 2D semiconductors (eg, MoS2) are of considerable interest for atomically thin
transistors but generally limited by insufficient carrier mobility or driving current. Minimizing …