Rational design of type-II nano-heterojunctions for nanoscale optoelectronics

Z Zheng, X Zu, Y Zhang, W Zhou - Materials Today Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last decades, great advances have been made in the development of nanoscale
optoelectronics, such as solar cells, photodetectors, and light-emitting diodes. The design of …

When MoS 2 meets TiO 2: facile synthesis strategies, hybrid nanostructures, synergistic properties, and photocatalytic applications

J Wang, K Fu, X Zhang, Q Yin, G Wei… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As one of the important photocatalysts for solving the energy crisis and environmental
pollution, semiconductor titanium dioxide (TiO2) has attracted widespread attention and …

Ultrafast Charge Transfer and Delayed Recombination in Graphitic-CN/WTe2 van der Waals Heterostructure: A Time Domain Ab Initio Study

A Ghosh, B Ball, S Pal, P Sarkar - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In search of an efficient solar energy harvester, we herein performed a time domain density
functional study coupled with nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) simulation to gain …

Surface chemistry of TiO 2 connecting thermal catalysis and photocatalysis

L Wu, C Fu, W Huang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions catalyzed under heterogeneous conditions have recently expanded
rapidly from traditional thermal catalysis to photocatalysis due to the rising concerns about …

Low-energy intralayer phonon assisted carrier recombination in Z-scheme van der Waals heterostructures for photocatalysis

H Yan, Q Guan, H Chen, X Cui, Z Shu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Establishing the coupling mechanism of hot carriers and phonons is at the heart of
nanoelectronics and photocatalysis of vdW heterostructures. Herein, via ab initio …

Facet-dependent photocatalytic performance and electronic structure of single-crystalline anatase TiO 2 particles revealed by X-ray photoelectron spectromicroscopy

W Zhang, M Al Samarai, H Zhao, D Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Facet-tailored single-crystalline anatase TiO2 particles with co-exposed (101)/(001) facets
have been widely studied to enhance photocatalysis. Understanding the electronic structure …

Point defect-mediated hot carrier relaxation dynamics of lead-free FASnI 3 perovskites

A Ghosh, S Kumar, P Sarkar - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In search of a promising optoelectronic performance, we herein investigated the hot carrier
relaxation dynamics of a lead-free cubic phased bulk formamidinium tin triiodide (FASnI3) …

Band restructuring of ordered/disordered blue TiO 2 for visible light photocatalysis

S Oh, JH Kim, HM Hwang, D Kim, J Kim… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Black TiO2 with/without noble metals has been proposed for visible light photocatalysis, but
such structures still exhibit poor catalytic efficiency. Alternatively, phase-mixed TiO2 such as …

Stronger interlayer interactions contribute to faster hot carrier cooling of bilayer graphene under pressure

K Ni, J Du, J Yang, S Xu, X Cong, N Shu, K Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We perform femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy to in situ investigate the ultrafast
photocarrier dynamics in bilayer graphene and observe an acceleration of energy relaxation …

Activating d10 electronic configuration to regulate p-band centers as efficient active sites for solar energy conversion into H2 by surface atomic arrangement

S Lai, J Su, S Jiang, J Zhang, S Song - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2024 - Elsevier
Relationship between the activity for photocatalytic H 2 O overall splitting (HOS) and the
electron occupancy on d orbits of the active component in photocatalysts shows volcanic …