Recent advances, properties, fabrication and opportunities in two-dimensional materials for their potential sustainable applications

A Hayat, M Sohail, A El Jery, KM Al-Zaydi, S Raza… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials, characterized by unique chemical,
physical, and electrical characteristics, now offer intriguing energy and catalysis application …

Emerging applications of elemental 2D materials

NR Glavin, R Rao, V Varshney, E Bianco… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As elemental main group materials (ie, silicon and germanium) have dominated the field of
modern electronics, their monolayer 2D analogues have shown great promise for next …

Two-dimensional tellurium: progress, challenges, and prospects

Z Shi, R Cao, K Khan, AK Tareen, X Liu, W Liang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
Since the successful fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) tellurium (Te) in 2017, its
fascinating properties including a thickness dependence bandgap, environmental stability …

The resurrection of tellurium as an elemental two-dimensional semiconductor

G Qiu, A Charnas, C Niu, Y Wang, W Wu… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2022 - nature.com
The graphene boom has triggered a widespread search for novel elemental van der Waals
materials thanks to their simplicity for theoretical modeling and easy access for material …

Phase-engineered synthesis of atomically thin te single crystals with high on-state currents

J Zhou, G Zhang, W Wang, Q Chen, W Zhao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiple structural phases of tellurium (Te) have opened up various opportunities for the
development of two-dimensional (2D) electronics and optoelectronics. However, the phase …

Electronics and optoelectronics based on tellurium

J Zha, D Dong, H Huang, Y **a, J Tong… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a true 1D system, group‐VIA tellurium (Te) is composed of van der Waals bonded
molecular chains within a triangular crystal lattice. This unique crystal structure endows Te …

Two-dimensional nanomaterials with engineered bandgap: Synthesis, properties, applications

Y Wang, L Wang, X Zhang, X Liang, Y Feng, W Feng - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Encouraged by its excellent electronic, optical, and mechanical properties, two-dimensional
nanomaterials, including graphene, germanene, silicene, phosphorene, transition metal …

Tellurene photodetector with high gain and wide bandwidth

C Shen, Y Liu, J Wu, C Xu, D Cui, Z Li, Q Liu, Y Li… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have been extensively explored as a new class of
materials with great potential. In particular, black phosphorus (BP) has been considered to …

Large‐area tellurium/germanium heterojunction grown by molecular beam epitaxy for high‐performance self‐powered photodetector

B Zheng, Z Wu, F Guo, R Ding, J Mao… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As an attractive elemental semiconductor material, p‐type tellurium (Te) with a narrow
bandgap provides high carrier mobility, strong light–matter interactions in a wide spectral …