Noble metal‐free nanocatalysts with vacancies for electrochemical water splitting

MQ Yang, J Wang, H Wu, GW Ho - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The fast development of nanoscience and nanotechnology has significantly advanced the
fabrication of nanocatalysts and the in‐depth study of the structural‐activity characteristics of …

Defect identification in semiconductors with positron annihilation:<? format?> Experiment and theory

F Tuomisto, I Makkonen - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
Positron annihilation spectroscopy is particularly suitable for studying vacancy-type
defects<? format?> in semiconductors. Combining state-of-the-art experimental and …

Stabilizing Pt single atoms through Pt− Se electron bridges on vacancy‐enriched nickel selenide for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Z Chen, X Li, J Zhao, S Zhang, J Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rational design of Pt single‐atom catalysts provides a promising strategy to significantly
improve the electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction. In this work, we …

Contributions of phase, sulfur vacancies, and edges to the hydrogen evolution reaction catalytic activity of porous molybdenum disulfide nanosheets

Y Yin, J Han, Y Zhang, X Zhang, P Xu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a promising nonprecious catalyst for the hydrogen
evolution reaction (HER) that has been extensively studied due to its excellent performance …

Synergistic Phase and Disorder Engineering in 1T‐MoSe2 Nanosheets for Enhanced Hydrogen‐Evolution Reaction

Y Yin, Y Zhang, T Gao, T Yao, X Zhang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
MoSe2 is a promising earth‐abundant electrocatalyst for the hydrogen‐evolution reaction
(HER), even though it has received much less attention among the layered dichalcogenide …

Positron annihilation in semiconductors: defect studies

R Krause-Rehberg, HS Leipner - 1999 - books.google.com
The subject of this book is the investigation of lattice imperfections in semiconductors by
means of positron annihilation. A comprehensive review is given of the different positron …

Flexomagnetism and vertically graded Néel temperature of antiferromagnetic Cr2O3 thin films

P Makushko, T Kosub, OV Pylypovskyi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Antiferromagnetic insulators are a prospective materials platform for magnonics, spin
superfluidity, THz spintronics, and non-volatile data storage. A magnetomechanical coupling …

Characterization of lattice defects in metallic materials by positron annihilation spectroscopy: A review

J Čížek - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Positron is an excellent probe of lattice defects in solids. A thermallized positron delocalized
in lattice can be trapped at open volume defects, eg vacancies, dislocations, grain …

Increased elemental specificity of positron annihilation spectra

P Asoka-Kumar, M Alatalo, VJ Ghosh, AC Kruseman… - Physical Review Letters, 1996 - APS
Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) is a sensitive probe for studying the electronic
structure of defects in solids. We show that the high-momentum part of the Doppler …

Chemical deposition of Cu2O films with ultra-low resistivity: correlation with the defect landscape

A Sekkat, MO Liedke, VH Nguyen, M Butterling… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) is a promising p-type semiconductor material for many applications.
So far, the lowest resistivity values are obtained for films deposited by physical methods …