Hydrogen is an efficient, clean, and economical energy source, owing to its huge energy
density. Electrochemical water splitting is a potential candidate for inexpensive and eco …

Atomic defects, being the most prevalent zero-dimensional topological defects, are
ubiquitous in a wide range of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). They could be …

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer fascinating opportunities for
fundamental nanoscale science and various technological applications. They are a …

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials face significant energy barriers for synthesis
and processing into functional metastable phases such as Janus structures. Here, the …

Understanding the chemical and electronic properties of point defects in two-dimensional
materials, as well as their generation and passivation, is essential for the development of …

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and their heterostructures
have attracted significant interest in both academia and industry because of their unusual …

One‐pot chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of large‐area Janus SeMoS monolayers
is reported, with the asymmetric top (Se) and bottom (S) chalcogen atomic planes with …

Platinum diselenide (PtSe2) is an emerging class of two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal
dichalcogenide (TMD) crystals recently gaining substantial interest, owing to its …

One of the main limiting factors in the performance of devices based on two-dimensional
(2D) materials is Fermi level pinning at the contacts, which creates Schottky barriers (SBs) …

Surface defect engineering is an effective approach for manipulating the electronic structure
for enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activities. The surface …