Atomically thin PdSeO3 nanosheets: a promising 2D photocatalyst produced by quaternary ammonium intercalation and exfoliation

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (41) ◽  
pp. 5504-5507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuming Zhang ◽  
Jia Liu ◽  
Erhuang Zhang ◽  
Rongrong Pan ◽  
Yuemei Li ◽  
...  

In 2018, the two-dimensional (2D) PdSeO3 monolayer was predicted to be a highly promising photocatalyst for direct overall water splitting in the light of density functional theory (DFT) computations.

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Yin-Pai Lin ◽  
Boris Polyakov ◽  
Edgars Butanovs ◽  
Aleksandr A. Popov ◽  
Maksim Sokolov ◽  
...  

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) MoS2 and WS2 monolayers (MLs) deposited atop of crystalline zinc oxide (ZnO) and graphene-like ZnO (g-ZnO) substrates have been investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) using PBE and GLLBSC exchange-correlation functionals. In this work, the electronic structure and optical properties of studied hybrid nanomaterials are described in view of the influence of ZnO substrates thickness on the MoS2@ZnO and WS2@ZnO two-dimensional (2D) nanocomposites. The thicker ZnO substrate not only triggers the decrease of the imaginary part of dielectric function relatively to more thinner g-ZnO but also results in the less accumulated charge density in the vicinity of the Mo and W atoms at the conduction band minimum. Based on the results of our calculations, we predict that MoS2 and WS2 monolayers placed at g-ZnO substrate yield essential enhancement of the photoabsorption in the visible region of solar spectra and, thus, can be used as a promising catalyst for photo-driven water splitting applications.


Author(s):  
Jian Zeng ◽  
Liang Xu ◽  
Youwen Yang ◽  
Xin Luo ◽  
Hongju Li ◽  
...  

Very recently, a vital two-dimensional material MoSi2N4 is successfully synthesized experimentally. However, pure MoSi2N4 has some inherent shortcomings in photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen. especially the low separation rate...


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 3520-3526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik F. Procopio ◽  
Renan N. Pedrosa ◽  
Fábio A. L. de Souza ◽  
Wendel S. Paz ◽  
Wanderlã L. Scopel

In this work, we have investigated the effects of in-plane mechanical strains on the electronic properties of single-layer α-In2Se3 by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 8654-8663
Author(s):  
Fatima Zahra Ramadan ◽  
Flaviano José dos Santos ◽  
Lalla Btissam Drissi ◽  
Samir Lounis

Based on density functional theory combined with low-energy models, we explore the magnetic properties of a hybrid atomic-thick two-dimensional (2D) material made of germanene doped with fluorine atoms in a half-fluorinated configuration (Ge2F).


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