Photocatalytic water splitting is the environmentally benign artificial photosynthetic pathway
to dissociate water into hydrogen and oxygen. It provides a great platform for bridging the …

Searching for novel functional materials represents an important direction in the research
and development of renewable energy. Due to their unique structural and compositional …

Very recently, the 2D form of MoSi 2 N 4 has been successfully fabricated (Hong et al 2020
Science 369 670). Motivated by these recent experimental results, we investigate the …

The development and utilization of solar energy in environmental remediation and water
splitting is being intensively studied worldwide. During the past few decades, tremendous …

Perovskite-type oxides are a class of compounds with the general formula ABO 3. They are
a very important family of materials and exhibit properties suitable for numerous …

The atomic, electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of penta-like two-dimensional
PdPX (X= O, S, Te) nanosheets have been systematically investigated using density …

With accelerating depletion of fossil fuels and non-renewable resources, researchers have
gained interest towards solar energy braced water splitting as a sustainable pathway to fulfil …

Semiconductor photocatalysis is a promising approach to combat both environmental
pollution and the global energy shortage. Advanced TiO2-based photocatalysts with novel …

Low-symmetry penta-PdPSe (Pd4P4Se4) with intrinsic in-plane anisotropy was synthesized
successfully [P. Li et al., Adv. Mater., 2021, 2102541]. Motivated by this experimental …

Photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production is a promising technology for the
conversion of solar light to clean energy. In this perspective, several semiconductors have …