Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts

E Pastor, M Sachs, S Selim, JR Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
A deep understanding of defects is essential for the optimization of materials for solar energy
conversion. This is particularly true for metal oxide photo (electro) catalysts, which typically …

Oxygen vacancy chemistry in oxide cathodes

YH Zhang, S Zhang, N Hu, Y Liu, J Ma, P Han… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Secondary batteries are a core technology for clean energy storage and conversion
systems, to reduce environmental pollution and alleviate the energy crisis. Oxide cathodes …

Oxide–and silicate–water interfaces and their roles in technology and the environment

JL Bañuelos, E Borguet, GE Brown Jr… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Interfacial reactions drive all elemental cycling on Earth and play pivotal roles in human
activities such as agriculture, water purification, energy production and storage …

Broadband emission origin in metal halide perovskites: are self‐trapped excitons or ions?

F Jiang, Z Wu, M Lu, Y Gao, X Li, X Bai, Y Ji… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It has always been a goal to realize high efficiency and broadband emission in single‐
component materials. The appearance of metal halide perovskites makes it possible. Their …

Correlated electron–nuclear dynamics of photoinduced water dissociation on rutile TiO2

P You, D Chen, X Liu, C Zhang, A Selloni, S Meng - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Elucidating the mechanism of photoinduced water splitting on TiO2 is important for
advancing the understanding of photocatalysis and the ability to control photocatalytic …

Isolated electron trap‐induced charge accumulation for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

W Huang, C Su, C Zhu, T Bo, S Zuo, W Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven evolution of hydrogen from water using particulate photocatalysts is
considered one of the most economical and promising protocols for achieving a stable …

Electron–phonon physics from first principles using the EPW code

H Lee, S Poncé, K Bushick, S Ha**azar… - npj Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
EPW is an open-source software for ab initio calculations of electron–phonon interactions
and related materials properties. The code combines density functional perturbation theory …

Carriers, quasi-particles, and collective excitations in halide perovskites

J Fu, S Ramesh, JW Melvin Lim, TC Sum - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Halide perovskites (HPs) are potential game-changing materials for a broad spectrum of
optoelectronic applications ranging from photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, lasers to …

Exciton polaron formation and hot-carrier relaxation in rigid Dion–Jacobson-type two-dimensional perovskites

S Biswas, R Zhao, F Alowa, M Zacharias… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The efficiency of two-dimensional Dion–Jacobson-type materials relies on the complex
interplay between electronic and lattice dynamics; however, questions remain about the …

1D Insertion Chains Induced Small‐Polaron Collapse in MoS2 2D Layers Toward Fast‐Charging Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Z Lv, C Zhao, M **e, M Cai, B Peng, D Ren… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) with high theoretical capacity is viewed as a promising anode
for sodium‐ion batteries but suffers from inferior rate capability owing to the polaron‐induced …