The rapid development of wireless communications especially with the coming of 5G, and
artificial intelligence (AI) provides us a wonderful and intelligent life. Nevertheless, it is at the …

Metal-air batteries (MABs) and fuel cells (FCs) critically rely on electrocatalytic O 2 activation,
and O 2 reduction reaction (ORR), with noble metal-free materials. However, the inception of …

Hydrogen is an efficient, clean, and economical energy source, owing to its huge energy
density. Electrochemical water splitting is a potential candidate for inexpensive and eco …

Designing efficient and cost-effective materials is pivotal to solving the key scientific and
technological challenges at the interface of energy, environment, and sustainability for …

Atomic defects in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) such as chalcogen
vacancies significantly affect their properties. In this work, we provide a reproducible and …

Zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) have recently attracted great interest and have been deemed to a
prospective energy storage technology considering their cost-effective, environmental …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal chalcogenides (TMC) and their
heterostructures are appealing as building blocks in a wide range of electronic and …

From our ordinary lives to various mechanical systems, friction and wear are often
unavoidable phenomena that are heavily responsible for excessive expenditures of …

In recent years, there has been significant interest in the development of two-dimensional
(2D) nanomaterials with unique physicochemical properties for various energy applications …

Ferromagnetism in 2D materials has attracted tremendous interest from the scientific
community thanks to its potential for the design of magnetic materials with unique properties …