Revisiting the nature of chemical bonding in chalcogenides to explain and design their properties

M Wuttig, CF Schön, J Lötfering, P Golub… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum chemical bonding descriptors have recently been utilized to design materials with
tailored properties. Their usage to facilitate a quantitative description of bonding in …

2D group IVB transition metal dichalcogenides

C Yan, C Gong, P Wangyang, J Chu… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor technology is currently impaired by the surface dangling bond of materials,
which introduces scattering and interface traps. 2D materials, especially transition metal …

Van der Waals phase transition investigation toward high-voltage layered cathodes

A Gao, S Shen, T Shang, Y Shi, H Zhang, W Lin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
High-voltage phase transition constitutes the major barrier to accessing high energy density
in layered cathodes. However, questions remain regarding the origin of phase transition …

Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis

K Qi, X Cui, L Gu, S Yu, X Fan, M Luo, S Xu, N Li… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The grand challenge in the development of atomically dispersed metallic catalysts is their
low metal-atom loading density, uncontrollable localization and ambiguous interactions with …

Accurate crystal structures and chemical properties from NoSpherA2

F Kleemiss, OV Dolomanov, M Bodensteiner… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The relationship between the structure and the properties of a drug or material is a key
concept of chemistry. Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure is considered to be of …

Rational design and characterization of direct Z-scheme photocatalyst for overall water splitting from excited state dynamics simulations

X Niu, X Bai, Z Zhou, J Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Direct Z-scheme heterostructure photocatalysts possess tremendous potential to solar-
driven overall water splitting, but how to rationally design and comprehensively characterize …

Strongly Coupled Cobalt Diselenide Monolayers for Selective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction to H2O2 under Acidic Conditions

XL Zhang, X Su, YR Zheng, SJ Hu, L Shi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the acidic environment could largely
prevent its decomposition to water, but efficient catalysts that constitute entirely earth …

Charge density evolution governing interfacial friction

J Sun, X Zhang, S Du, J Pu, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is well-known that the electron nature of a solid in contact plays a predominant role in
determining the many properties of the contact systems, but the general rules of electron …

Interfacial charge density and its connection to adhesion and frictional forces

M Wolloch, G Levita, P Restuccia, MC Righi - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We derive a connection between the intrinsic tribological properties and the electronic
properties of a solid interface. In particular, we show that the adhesion and frictional forces …

Chemical bonding origin of the unexpected isotropic physical properties in thermoelectric Mg3Sb2 and related materials

J Zhang, L Song, M Sist, K Tolborg… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The Mg3Sb2 structure is currently being intensely scrutinized due to its outstanding
thermoelectric properties. Usually, it is described as a layered Zintl phase with a clear …