Electrocatalytic water splitting plays a pivotal part towards the construction of sustainable
and environmental benign energy conversion and generation sector that ultimately …

Polymorphic 2D materials allow structural and electronic phase engineering, which can be
used to realize energy-efficient, cost-effective, and scalable device applications. The phase …

Plasma as the fourth state of matter has attracted great attention for material surface
modification, which could induce changes in material microscopic factors, such as defects …

Vacancy defect engineering has been well leveraged to flexibly shape comprehensive
physicochemical properties of diverse catalysts. In particular, growing research effort has …

Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, investigation concerning the novel performances
of 2D nanosheets embedded polymer composites have grown rapidly in various fields. In …

Single-atom catalysis has been recognized as a pivotal milestone in the development
history of heterogeneous catalysis by virtue of its superior catalytic performance, ultrahigh …

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

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has aroused extensive interest from materials
scientists in the past decade by virtue of its great significance in the energy …

Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Structural symmetry-breaking plays a crucial role in determining the electronic band
structures of two-dimensional materials. Tremendous efforts have been devoted to breaking …