Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage

F Liu, Z Fan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Recent advances in ultrathin two-dimensional nanomaterials

C Tan, X Cao, XJ Wu, Q He, J Yang, X Zhang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of mechanically exfoliated graphene in 2004, research on ultrathin two-
dimensional (2D) nanomaterials has grown exponentially in the fields of condensed matter …

Emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials for electrocatalysis

H **, C Guo, X Liu, J Liu, A Vasileff, Y Jiao… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, the design and development of advanced electrocatalysts for
efficient energy conversion technologies have been subjects of extensive study. With the …

Selective visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CH4 mediated by atomically thin CuIn5S8 layers

X Li, Y Sun, J Xu, Y Shao, J Wu, X Xu, Y Pan, H Ju… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Due to the large number of possible products and their similar reduction potentials, a
significant challenge in CO2 photoreduction is achieving selectivity to a single product while …

Catalysis with two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

D Deng, KS Novoselov, Q Fu, N Zheng, Z Tian… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Graphene and other 2D atomic crystals are of considerable interest in catalysis because of
their unique structural and electronic properties. Over the past decade, the materials have …

Ultrathin two-dimensional nanomaterials

H Zhang - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed an extraordinary increase in research progress on ultrathin
two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials in the fields of condensed matter physics, materials …

Oxygen vacant semiconductor photocatalysts

L Hao, H Huang, Y Zhang, T Ma - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor photocatalysis acts as a sustainable green technology to convert solar
energy for environmental purification and production of renewable energy. However, the …

Partially oxidized atomic cobalt layers for carbon dioxide electroreduction to liquid fuel

S Gao, Y Lin, X Jiao, Y Sun, Q Luo, W Zhang, D Li… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Electroreduction of CO2 into useful fuels, especially if driven by renewable energy,
represents a potentially 'clean'strategy for replacing fossil feedstocks and dealing with …

Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials

S Bai, N Zhang, C Gao, Y **ong - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials has been proven as a versatile approach to
maneuver their performance in solar-to-chemical energy conversion. In this article, the state …

Highly efficient photothermal catalysis of toluene over Co3O4/TiO2 pn heterojunction: The crucial roles of interface defects and band structure

Y Yang, S Zhao, F Bi, J Chen, Y Wang, L Cui… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The unique physicochemical properties presented in the interface of composite oxides
would result in some new features. Herein, MO x/TiO 2 (M= Co, Mn, Ce, Cu, Fe) composites …