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Layered 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion
Xiaoyun Yu,Kevin Sivula +1 more
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In this article, a 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) has been used for photovoltaic device demonstrations with single or few layer TMD stacks, showing enhanced light absorption properties and a high tolerance for heterojunction formation.About:
This article is published in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heterojunction.read more
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Engineering graphene and TMDs based van der Waals heterostructures for photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion
TL;DR: The physics of band alignment, the chemistry of surface modification and the behavior of photoexcited charge transfer at the interface during PV and PEC processes will be discussed and possible strategies to improve their performance are discussed.
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Roadmap on solar water splitting: current status and future prospects
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of semiconductormaterials, including metal oxides, nitrides, chalcogenides, Si, III-Vcompounds and organics, either as photocathodes or photoanodes for water reduction and oxidation, respectively.
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Electron-Driven In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Their 2D Heterostructures.
Rafael G. Mendes,Jinbo Pang,Alicja Bachmatiuk,Alicja Bachmatiuk,Huy Q. Ta,Liang Zhao,Thomas Gemming,Lei Fu,Zhongfan Liu,Mark H. Rümmeli,Mark H. Rümmeli +10 more
TL;DR: A body of recent research from the various techniques available in the transmission electron microscope to structurally and analytically characterize layered TMDs is presented and the advantages of TEM with other characterization techniques are compared.
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2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Films Obtained by Chemical Gas Phase Deposition Techniques
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Functionalizing New Intercalation Chemistry for Sub-Nanometer-Scaled Interlayer Engineering of 2D Transition Metal Oxides and Chalcogenides
Zhenyin Hai,Serge Zhuiykov +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the advances of the 2D intercalation chemistry in the few-layered oxides and chalcogenides of molybdenum and tungsten are highlighted with respect to its concept, structure, implementation, identification, property modulation, and applications.
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Electronics and optoelectronics of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides.
TL;DR: This work reviews the historical development of Transition metal dichalcogenides, methods for preparing atomically thin layers, their electronic and optical properties, and prospects for future advances in electronics and optoelectronics.
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Atomically thin MoS2: a new direct-gap semiconductor
TL;DR: The electronic properties of ultrathin crystals of molybdenum disulfide consisting of N=1,2,…,6 S-Mo-S monolayers have been investigated by optical spectroscopy and the effect of quantum confinement on the material's electronic structure is traced.
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Van der Waals heterostructures
TL;DR: With steady improvement in fabrication techniques and using graphene’s springboard, van der Waals heterostructures should develop into a large field of their own.
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The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets
TL;DR: This Review describes how the tunable electronic structure of TMDs makes them attractive for a variety of applications, as well as electrically active materials in opto-electronics.
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Emerging Photoluminescence in Monolayer MoS2
Andrea Splendiani,Liang Sun,Yuanbo Zhang,Tianshu Li,Jonghwan Kim,Chi-Yung Chim,Giulia Galli,Feng Wang,Feng Wang +8 more
TL;DR: This observation shows that quantum confinement in layered d-electron materials like MoS(2), a prototypical metal dichalcogenide, provides new opportunities for engineering the electronic structure of matter at the nanoscale.