Eric R. Waclawik

TL;DR: In this article, single atoms of palladium and platinum supported on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) were investigated by density functional theory calculations for the first time.

TL;DR: In this paper, the localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) was used to improve the performance of semiconductor photocatalysts (for example, TiO2 and Ag halides).

TL;DR: A new efficient photocatalyst structure, a shell of anatase nanocrystals on the fibril core of a single TiO(2)(B) crystal, was obtained via two consecutive partial phase transition processes that exhibited superior photocatalytic activity for degradation of sulforhodamine B under UV light to the nan ofibers of either pure phase alone or mechanical mixtures of the pure phase nanofibers with a similar phase composition.

TL;DR: The phase transition of single layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) from semiconducting 2H to metallic 1T and then to 1T′ phases, and the effect of the phase transition on hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are investigated within this work by density functional theory as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Graphene has attracted considerable interest over recent years due to its intrinsic mechanical, thermal and electrical properties as mentioned in this paper, and incorporation of small quantity of graphene fillers into polymer can create novel nanocomposites with improved structural and functional properties.