Anisotropy in colossal piezoelectricity, giant Rashba effect and ultrahigh carrier mobility in Janus structures of quintuple Bi2X3 (X= S, Se) monolayers

N Tripathy, A De Sarkar - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to the asymmetric structures, two-dimensional Janus materials have gained significant
attention in research for their intriguing piezoelectric and spintronic properties. In the present …

Enhanced performance of Janus XMSiY2 (X= S, Se; M= Mo, W; and Y= N, P) monolayers for photocatalytic water splitting via strain engineering

SG Rudi, S Soleimani-Amiri, A Rezavand… - Journal of Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this article, using first-principles calculations, we propose XMSiY 2 (X= S, Se; M= Mo, W;
and Y= N, P) monolayers as a Janus form of MA 2 Z 4 family and investigate their electronic …

Surface-functionalization induced spintronic and photocatalytic features in group-III monochalcogenide monolayers: A first-principles study

N Ghobadi, A Rezavand, S Soleimani-Amiri… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, based on first principles calculations, we propose functionalization of group-III
monochalcogenides with halogen atoms to form Janus MXY (M= Al, Ga, In; X= Se, Te; Y= Br …

Emergence of In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Piezoelectricity in Flexible Janus MoXSiN2 (X═S, Se, and Te) Monolayers

W Gan, X Ma, J Liao, T Xie, N Ma, J Lu… - ACS Applied Electronic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Janus materials have garnered significant attention due to their vertical polarization
properties stemming from their asymmetric structure, while the pursuit of materials with …

Structure, stability, and superconductivity of two-dimensional Janus NbSH monolayers: a first-principle investigation

Y Li, C Pu, D Zhou - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Two-dimensional Janus materials have unique structural characteristics due to their lack of
out-of-plane mirror symmetry, resulting in many excellent physical and chemical properties …

ZnGeSe 2 monolayer: Water-splitting photocatalyst with ultrahigh solar conversion efficiency

G Nan, W Zhang, X Yan, X Qin, S Wu, R Tang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen production through solar water-splitting offers a clean and renewable solution to
tackle the ongoing issues of energy scarcity and environmental pollution. Here, the solar …

Density Functional Theory Study of Inducing Piezoelectric Response via Functionalization of a Sc2C Nanosheet: Implications for Energy Conversion and Storage

KE El-Kelany, S Abdel-Azeim, O Kühn… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Piezoelectricity is pivotal for applications in micro/nanoelectromechanical (MEMS/NEMS)
systems. Inducing such a property into the two-dimensional Sc2CTT′ MXenes (where T …

Large piezoelectric responses and ultra-high carrier mobility in Janus HfGeZ 3 H (Z= N, P, As) monolayers: a first-principles study

TV Vu, HV Phuc, LTT Phuong, VTT Vi… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Breaking structural symmetry in two-dimensional layered Janus materials can result in
enhanced new phenomena and create additional degrees of piezoelectric responses. In this …

High-performance photocatalytic and piezoelectric properties of two-dimensional transition metal oxyhalide and their Janus structures

Q Yang, D Wang, ZY Zeng, HY Geng, XR Chen - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
As an emerging type of two-dimensional (2D) family, transition metal oxyhalides with the
chemical formula MOX 2 have been studied in recent years. Inspired by the successful …

High spin polarization, large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and room-temperature ferromagnetism by biaxial strain and carrier doping in Janus MnSeTe and …

L Zhang, Y Zhao, Y Liu, G Gao - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The emerging two-dimensional (2D) Janus systems with broken symmetry provide a new
platform for designing ultrathin multifunctional spintronic materials. Recently, based on …