Two-dimensional heterostructures for photocatalytic water splitting: a review of recent progress

K Ren, K Wang, Y Cheng, W Tang, G Zhang - Nano Futures, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Photocatalysts for water splitting are of particular importance to a renewable energy based
energy and economic landscape. Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors hold significant …

Light-induced complete reversal of ferroelectric polarization in sliding ferroelectrics

Q Yang, S Meng - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Previous experiments have provided evidence of sliding ferroelectricity and photoexcited
interlayer shear displacement in two-dimensional materials, respectively. Herein, we find …

Multiscale modeling and simulation of surface‐enhanced spectroscopy and plasmonic photocatalysis

WZ Liang, J Huang, J Sun, P Zhang… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmonic metal nanoparticles (PMNPs) are capable of localized surface plasmon
resonance (LSPR) and have become an important component in many experimental …

Photoexcitation in solids: First‐principles quantum simulations by real‐time TDDFT

C Lian, M Guan, S Hu, J Zhang… - Advanced Theory and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient and state‐of‐the‐art real‐time time‐dependent density functional theory (rt‐
TDDFT) method is presented, as implemented in the time‐dependent ab initio package …

Dual activation and CC coupling on single atom catalyst for CO2 photoreduction

F Sun, C Lin, W Zhang, Q Chen, W Chen, X Li… - npj Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
An excellent single-atomic photocatalyst, Ti@ C4N3, is theoretically found to effectively
convert CO2 to C2H6 by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and non-adiabatic …

[HTML][HTML] QRCODE: Massively parallelized real-time time-dependent density functional theory for periodic systems

M Choi, MS Okyay, AP Dieguez, M Del Ben… - Computer Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a new software module, QRCODE (Quantum Research for Calculating Optically
Driven Excitations), for massively parallelized real-time time-dependent density functional …

Interlayer‐State‐Coupling Dependent Ultrafast Charge Transfer in MoS2/WS2 Bilayers

J Zhang, H Hong, C Lian, W Ma, X Xu, X Zhou… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐induced interlayer ultrafast charge transfer in 2D heterostructures provides a new
platform for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications. The charge separation process is …

Unraveling Hidden Charge Density Wave Phases in

Z Nie, Y Wang, D Chen, S Meng - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The unexpected chiral order observed in 1 T-TiSe 2 represents an exciting area to explore
chirality in condensed matter, while its microscopic mechanism remains elusive. Here, we …

All-optical manipulation of charge density waves in kagome metal

J Yu, Y Han, Q Yin, Z Nie, L Wang, C Gong, Z Tu, F Xu… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
A major challenge in condensed matter physics is to manipulate collective quantum phases
by all-optical methods, which can open enormous new possibilities for materials and device …

Calibrating Out-of-Equilibrium Electron–Phonon Couplings in Photoexcited MoS2

XB Liu, SQ Hu, D Chen, M Guan, Q Chen, S Meng - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nonequilibrium electron–phonon coupling (EPC) serves as a dominant interaction in a
multitude of transient processes, including photoinduced phase transitions, coherent …