A review on MXene synthesis, stability, and photocatalytic applications

G Murali, JK Reddy Modigunta, YH Park, JH Lee… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic water splitting, CO2 reduction, and pollutant degradation have emerged as
promising strategies to remedy the existing environmental and energy crises. However …

Beyond Ti-based MXenes: A review of emerging non-Ti based metal-MXene structure, properties, and applications

C Lamiel, I Hussain, JH Warner, K Zhang - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
MXene is one of the most interesting two-dimensional (2D) materials that have been
discovered. With more than 70% of publication-related studies, titanium-based MXene (Ti …

2D materials and heterostructures for photocatalytic water-splitting: A theoretical perspective

G Wang, J Chang, W Tang, W Xie… - Journal of Physics D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Photocatalytic water-splitting for hydrogen generation by sunlight provides a new route to
address energy and environmental problems. In recent years, tremendous efforts have been …

Applications of 2D MXenes in energy conversion and storage systems

J Pang, RG Mendes, A Bachmatiuk, L Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), a family of two-dimensional (2D) inorganic
compounds, are materials composed of a few atomic layers of transition metal carbides …

Intrinsic electric fields in two-dimensional materials boost the solar-to-hydrogen efficiency for photocatalytic water splitting

CF Fu, J Sun, Q Luo, X Li, W Hu, J Yang - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials with the vertical intrinsic electric fields show great promise
in inhibiting the recombination of photogenerated carriers and widening light absorption …

Ferroic phases in two-dimensional materials

P Man, L Huang, J Zhao, TH Ly - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) ferroics, namely ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and ferroelastic
materials, are attracting rising interest due to their fascinating physical properties and …

Material design for photocatalytic water splitting from a theoretical perspective

CF Fu, X Wu, J Yang - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, problems associated with energy and environment have become increasingly
serious. Producing hydrogen, a clean and renewable resource, through photocatalytic water …

Universality of electronic characteristics and photocatalyst applications in the two-dimensional Janus transition metal dichalcogenides

C Xia, W Xiong, J Du, T Wang, Y Peng, J Li - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Due to mirror symmetry breaking, two-dimensional Janus transition metal dichalcogenides
MXY (M= Mo, W; X, Y= S, Se, Te) present charming electronic properties. However, there …

2D MXenes as co-catalysts in photocatalysis: synthetic methods

Y Sun, X Meng, Y Dall'Agnese, C Dall'Agnese… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2019 - Springer
Since their seminal discovery in 2011, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal
carbides/nitrides known as MXenes, that constitute a large family of 2D materials, have been …

Computational mining of Janus Sc 2 C-based MXenes for spintronic, photocatalytic, and solar cell applications

Y Zhang, B Sa, N Miao, J Zhou, Z Sun - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) Janus structures such as MoSSe and Janus graphene have grabbed
global attention for their novel properties and interesting behaviors. In this study, via first …