Topological quantum materials (TQMs) have symmetry-protected band structures with useful
electronic properties that have applications in information, sensing, energy and other …

From a fundamental science perspective, black phosphorus (BP) is a canonical example of
a material that possesses fascinating surface and electronic properties. It has extraordinary …

Metal selenides (MSes) have great potential as candidate anode materials in high‐specific‐
energy sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) but are plagued by rapid capacity degradation and slow …

The performances of rechargeable batteries are strongly affected by the operating
environmental temperature. In particular, low temperatures (eg,≤ 0° C) are detrimental to …

Non-neutral layered crystals, another group of two-dimensional (2D) materials that lack a
well-defined van der Waals (vdWs) gap, are those that form strong chemical bonds in-plane …

The past decade has witnessed the emergence of a new frontier in condensed matter
physics: topological materials with an electronic band structure belonging to a different …

Atomically thin 2D materials have received intense interest both scientifically and
technologically. Bismuth oxyselenide (Bi2O2Se) is a semiconducting 2D material with high …

Topological insulator (TI), a promising quantum and semiconductor material, has gapless
surface state and narrow bulk band gap. Firstly, the properties, classifications and …

Recently, topological insulator materials have been theoretically predicted and
experimentally observed in both 2D and 3D systems. We first review the basic models and …

The massless Dirac fermions residing on the surface of three-dimensional topological
insulators are protected from backscattering and cannot be localized by disorder, but such …