Emerging beyond-graphene elemental 2D materials for energy and catalysis applications

FR Fan, R Wang, H Zhang, W Wu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as promising candidates for
energy and catalysis applications due to their unique physical, chemical, and electronic …

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 …

First‐principles multiscale modeling of mechanical properties in graphene/borophene heterostructures empowered by machine‐learning interatomic potentials

B Mortazavi, M Silani, EV Podryabinkin… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Density functional theory calculations are robust tools to explore the mechanical properties
of pristine structures at their ground state but become exceedingly expensive for large …

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 …

Monolayer fullerene networks as photocatalysts for overall water splitting

B Peng - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic water splitting can produce hydrogen in an environmentally friendly way and
provide alternative energy sources to reduce global carbon emissions. Recently, monolayer …

Freestanding borophene and its hybrids

P Ranjan, TK Sahu, R Bhushan, SS Yamijala… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Borophene, an elemental metallic Dirac material is predicted to have unprecedented
mechanical and electronic character. Need of substrate and ultrahigh vacuum conditions for …

A comprehensive study on carrier mobility and artificial photosynthetic properties in group VI B transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers

A Rawat, N Jena, A De Sarkar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
2D semiconducting transition-metal-dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have drawn a surge of
research interests in ultra-thin nanoelectronics and optoelectronics, owing to their moderate …

Xenes as an emerging 2D monoelemental family: fundamental electrochemistry and energy applications

T Wang, H Wang, Z Kou, W Liang, X Luo… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging subclass of 2D materials, Xenes (eg, borophene, silicene, germanene,
stanene, phosphorene, arsenene, antimonene, and bismuthene) consist of one single …

Bonding, structure, and mechanical stability of 2D materials: the predictive power of the periodic table

P Hess - Nanoscale Horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review describes the ongoing effort to convert main-group elements of the
periodic table and their combinations into stable 2D materials, which is sometimes called …

Two dimensional borophene nanomaterials: Recent developments for novel renewable energy storage applications

C Li, AK Tareen, J Long, M Iqbal, W Ahmad… - Progress in Solid State …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to ultralow defect formation energy, borophene differs significantly from other 2D (two-
dimensional) materials in that it is difficult to distinguish between its crystal and boron (B) …