Intercalation in 2D materials and in situ studies

R Yang, L Mei, Z Lin, Y Fan, J Lim, J Guo… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Intercalation of atoms, ions and molecules is a powerful tool for altering or tuning the
properties—interlayer interactions, in-plane bonding configurations, Fermi-level energies …

Van der Waals heterostructures

A Castellanos-Gomez, X Duan, Z Fei… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The integration of dissimilar materials into heterostructures has become a powerful tool for
engineering interfaces and electronic structure. The advent of 2D materials has provided …

2D heterostructures for ubiquitous electronics and optoelectronics: principles, opportunities, and challenges

PV Pham, SC Bodepudi, K Shehzad, Y Liu, Y Xu… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
A grand family of two-dimensional (2D) materials and their heterostructures have been
discovered through the extensive experimental and theoretical efforts of chemists, material …

Strategies toward high-loading lithium–sulfur batteries

T Wang, J He, XB Cheng, J Zhu, B Lu, Y Wu - ACS Energy letters, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
A high sulfur loading is an essential prerequisite for the practical application of lithium–sulfur
batteries. However, it will inevitably exacerbate the shuttling effect and slow down the …

Electrostatic gating and intercalation in 2D materials

Y Wu, D Li, CL Wu, HY Hwang, Y Cui - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023‏ - nature.com
The do** or the alteration of crystals with guest species to obtain desired properties has
long been a research frontier in materials science. However, the closely packed lattice …

Recent advances in interface engineering strategy for highly‐efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

Y Du, B Li, G Xu, L Wang - InfoMat, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen energy generated by the electrocatalytic water splitting reaction has been
established as a renewable and clean energy carrier with ultra‐high energy density, which …

Creating chirality in the nearly two dimensions

H Zhu, BI Yakobson - Nature Materials, 2024‏ - nature.com
Structural chirality, defined as the lack of mirror symmetry in materials' atomic structure, is
only meaningful in three-dimensional space. Yet two-dimensional (2D) materials, despite …

Fabrication technologies for the on‐chip integration of 2D materials

L Jia, J Wu, Y Zhang, Y Qu, B Jia, Z Chen… - Small …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
With compact footprint, low energy consumption, high scalability, and mass producibility,
chip‐scale integrated devices are an indispensable part of modern technological change …

Synthesis, modulation, and application of two-dimensional TMD heterostructures

R Wu, H Zhang, H Ma, B Zhao, W Li, Y Chen… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterostructures have
attracted a lot of attention due to their rich material diversity and stack geometry, precise …

Near-room-temperature water-mediated densification of bulk van der Waals materials from their nanosheets

J Zhu, F Li, YZ Hou, H Li, D Xu, J Tan, J Du, S Wang… - Nature Materials, 2024‏ - nature.com
The conventional fabrication of bulk van der Waals (vdW) materials requires a temperature
above 1,000° C to sinter from the corresponding particulates. Here we report the near-room …