Non-van der Waals quasi-2D materials; recent advances in synthesis, emergent properties and applications

AP Balan, AB Puthirath, S Roy, G Costin, EF Oliveira… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
The discovery of novel materials that are stable at ambient conditions with emergent
functionalities is a pressing need of the 21st century to keep the pace of social and …

Towards fast-charging high-energy lithium-ion batteries: from nano-to micro-structuring perspectives

Z Ju, X Xu, X Zhang, KU Raigama, G Yu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been playing an indispensable role in reducing greenhouse
gas emissions for our modern society. However, current EVs are difficult to meet people's …

Combining freestanding ferroelectric perovskite oxides with two-dimensional semiconductors for high performance transistors

S Puebla, T Pucher, V Rouco, G Sanchez-Santolino… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the fabrication of field-effect transistors based on single-layer MoS2 and a
thin layer of BaTiO3 (BTO) dielectric, isolated from its parent epitaxial template substrate …

Tree-inspired and scalable high thermal conductivity ethylene–vinyl acetate copolymer/expanded graphite/paraffin wax phase change composites for efficient thermal …

X Hu, X Huang, B Quan, C Zhu, Y Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioinspired fabrication of high thermal conductivity phase change composites has great
prospects for efficient thermal management. However, the direct and partial imitations of …

Non‐van der Waals 2D Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage

I Tantis, S Talande, V Tzitzios, G Basina… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of advanced electrode materials for the next generation of electrochemical
energy storage (EES) solutions has attracted profound research attention as a key enabling …

Liquid phase exfoliation of 2D materials and its electrochemical applications in the data-driven future

P Chavalekvirat, W Hirunpinyopas… - Precision …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical properties of 2D materials, particularly transition metal dichalcogenides
(TMDs), hinge on their structural and chemical characteristics. To be practically viable …

Strong Ultrafast Saturable Absorption and Nonlinear Refraction of Some Non-van der Waals 2D Hematene and Magnetene Nanoplatelets for Ultrafast Photonic …

M Stavrou, N Chazapis, V Arapakis… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the present work, some non-van der Waals (non-vdW) 2D materials, namely, hematene
and magnetene nanoplatelets, were synthesized starting from hematite and magnetite ores …

Structure and exfoliation mechanism of two-dimensional boron nanosheets

JY Chung, Y Yuan, TP Mishra, C Joseph… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Exfoliation of two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets from three-dimensional (3D) non-layered,
non-van der Waals crystals represents an emerging strategy for materials engineering that …

Accelerating 2D materials discovery

A Thakur, B Anasori - Science, 2024 - science.org
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a class of nanomaterials that are sheets of one or a few
atoms thick. They can be used in electronics, optics, energy storage, sensing, catalysis …

Exfoliated 2D Layered and Nonlayered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides Nanosheets as Promising Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

H Wang, Y Jiao, B Wu, D Wang, Y Hu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) materials catalysts provide an atomic‐scale view on a
fascinating arena for understanding the mechanism of electrocatalytic carbon dioxide …