The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

Thin-film solar cells made from non-toxic and earth-abundant materials are needed to
substitute the current best-developed absorbers such as cadmium telluride (CdTe) and …

By using density functional theory and ab initio quantum-transport simulation, we study the
Schottky barrier and the rectifying behavior of diodes consisting of the two-dimensional …

Janus two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted much attention as they possess unique
properties caused by their out-of-plane asymmetry, and have been achieved in many 2D …

The septuple-atomic-layer VSi2P4 with the same structure of experimentally synthesized
MoSi2N4 is predicted to be a spin-gapless semiconductor (SGS) with the generalized …

Using ab initio quantum-transport simulations, we studied the intrinsic transfer
characteristics and benchmarks of the ballistic performance of 5.1 nm double-gated Schottky …

The structural, electronic, dipole-induced internal electric field, optical and photocatalytic
properties of monolayer GeS and GeSe under external biaxial strain were investigated by …

The discovery of stable two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with exotic electronic
properties is crucial to the future electronic technologies. Using the first-principles …

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems represent powerful tools to convert electromagnetic
radiation into chemical fuels and electricity. In this context, two-dimensional (2D) materials …

The current study highlights the ability of cubic germanane nanosheets to adsorb the glycol
ethers, namely 2-methoxyethanol and 2-ethoxyethanol, which are used as major solvents in …