Pursuing the tribovoltaic effect for direct-current triboelectric nanogenerators

C Xu, J Yu, Z Huo, Y Wang, Q Sun… - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The shortage of fossil energy and global climate change have driven humankind to find a
new type of renewable, accessible, and clean energy. The triboelectric nanogenerator …

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 …

Recent development of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides and their applications

W Choi, N Choudhary, GH Han, J Park, D Akinwande… - Materials Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent advances in atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D
TMDs) have led to a variety of promising technologies for nanoelectronics, photonics …

Mixed-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures

D Jariwala, TJ Marks, MC Hersam - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The isolation of a growing number of two-dimensional (2D) materials has inspired worldwide
efforts to integrate distinct 2D materials into van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures. Given …

Perspectives on environmental applications of hexagonal boron nitride nanomaterials

M Li, G Huang, X Chen, J Yin, P Zhang, Y Yao, J Shen… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)-based nanomaterials stand out as promising materials with
many excellent physicochemical, mechanical, and biological properties. The super high …

Applications of phosphorene and black phosphorus in energy conversion and storage devices

J Pang, A Bachmatiuk, Y Yin… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The successful isolation of phosphorene (atomic layer thick black phosphorus) in 2014 has
currently aroused the interest of 2D material researchers. In this review, first, the …

Engineering graphene and TMDs based van der Waals heterostructures for photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion

C Li, Q Cao, F Wang, Y **ao, Y Li… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene and two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have
attracted significant interest due to their unique properties that cannot be obtained in their …

Epitaxial growth of two-dimensional layered transition-metal dichalcogenides: growth mechanism, controllability, and scalability

H Li, Y Li, A Aljarb, Y Shi, LJ Li - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recently there have been many research breakthroughs in two-dimensional (2D) materials
including graphene, boron nitride (h-BN), black phosphors (BPs), and transition-metal …

Van der Waals materials for atomically-thin photovoltaics: promise and outlook

D Jariwala, AR Davoyan, J Wong, HA Atwater - Acs Photonics, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors provide a unique opportunity for optoelectronics due
to their layered atomic structure and electronic and optical properties. To date, a majority of …

Transition metal dichalcogenides solar cells and integration with perovskites

S Aftab, MZ Iqbal, S Hussain, HH Hegazy, MA Saeed - Nano energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) layered semiconductors have emerged as promising
materials for state-of-the-art photovoltaic devices (PV) due to their unique optoelectronic …