Recent advances and perspectives on supported catalysts for heterogeneous hydrogen production from ammonia borane

S Guan, Y Liu, H Zhang, R Shen, H Wen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia borane (AB), a liquid hydrogen storage material, has attracted increasing attention
for hydrogen utilization because of its high hydrogen content. However, the slow kinetics of …

[HTML][HTML] Rational design of boron nitride with different dimensionalities for sustainable applications

N Han, S Wang, AK Rana, S Asif, JJ Klemeš… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of boron nitride (BN) nanomaterials in various fields received extensive
attention in the past decades, attributed to its extraordinary characteristics: high surface …

Two-dimensional materials to address the lithium battery challenges

R Rojaee, R Shahbazian-Yassar - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the ever-growing demand in safe and high power/energy density of Li+ ion and Li
metal rechargeable batteries (LIBs), materials-related challenges are responsible for the …

Strain-tuning of the electronic, optical, and vibrational properties of two-dimensional crystals

E Blundo, E Cappelluti, M Felici, G Pettinari… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The variegated family of two-dimensional (2D) crystals has developed rapidly since the
isolation of its forerunner: Graphene. Their planeconfined nature is typically associated with …

Atomic-bridge structure in B-Co-P dual-active sites on boron nitride nanosheets for catalytic hydrogen generation

H Zhang, Y Liu, H Wei, C Wang, T Liu, X Wu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Engineering the adsorption and dissociation of molecules on dual-active sites at interface is
an integral constituent for rational design of high-efficient catalysts. Herein, we describe a …

Straining techniques for strain engineering of 2D materials towards flexible straintronic applications

M Pandey, C Pandey, R Ahuja, R Kumar - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Straintronics of two-dimensional (2D) materials offers enormous promise for both
fundamental research and smart technologies. Strain engineering of 2D materials has …

Locally strained 2D materials: Preparation, properties, and applications

J Wang, L He, Y Zhang, H Nong, S Li, Q Wu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials are promising for strain engineering due to their atomic thickness and
exceptional mechanical properties. In particular, non‐uniform and localized strain can be …

Proton-assisted growth of ultra-flat graphene films

G Yuan, D Lin, Y Wang, X Huang, W Chen, X **e… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Graphene films grown by chemical vapour deposition have unusual physical and chemical
properties that offer promise for applications such as flexible electronics and high-frequency …

Vibrational properties in highly strained hexagonal boron nitride bubbles

E Blundo, A Surrente, D Spirito, G Pettinari… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is widely used as a protective layer for few-atom-thick
crystals and heterostructures (HSs), and it hosts quantum emitters working up to room …

A brief review of characterization techniques with different length scales for hydrogen storage materials

C Sun, C Wang, T Ha, J Lee, JH Shim, Y Kim - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing environmental pollution and energy consumption have increased the demand for
renewable and clean energy. Hydrogen storage materials have attracted increasing …