Inhibiting the rapid recombination of photogenerated carriers has been a serious challenge
to improve photocatalytic efficiency. Constructing and boosting the built-in electric field in …

To obtain environmentally friendly and economically viable clean energy in a water-based
future energy economy, direct Z-scheme heterostructure photocatalysts with overall water …

In order to address imminent energy and environmental challenges, photocatalytic water
splitting emerges as a promising way for harnessing solar radiation to generate clean …

The search for promising carrier blocking layer materials with high stability, including
resistance to surface inhibition by environmental molecules that cause a drop in carrier …

Privileged photocatalysts combine semiconductor physics, materials science, chemical
engineering and environmental science to convert abundant photonic energy into chemical …

Two nanoribbon heterostructures are suitable for driving efficient direct Z-schemes of the
photocatalytic overall water splitting for hydrogen production and are screened out of nine …

Integrating two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectric materials into van der Waals (vdW)
heterostructures for photocatalytic water splitting provides new opportunities to solve the …

The relaxation process of hot carriers in MoSi 2 N 4 monolayer remains unclear due to the
need to sample electron–phonon interaction at different momenta. Utilizing density …

Several conceptual nanodevices based on the four-atom layer α-and β-Ge 2 Sb 2
monolayers are constructed, and their electronic transport and photoelectronic properties …