First-principles study of two-dimensional NbSe2H/g-ZnO van der Waals heterostructures as a water splitting photocatalyst

Author(s):  
Keat Hoe Yeoh ◽  
Khian-Hooi Chew ◽  
Tiem Leong Yoon ◽  
Robin Chang Yee Hui ◽  
Duu Sheng Ong

Based on first-principles calculations, we propose a new two-dimensional (2D) van der Waal (vdW) heterostructure that can be used as a photocatalyst for water splitting. The heterostructure consists of vertically...

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 9949-9956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Ren ◽  
Chongdan Ren ◽  
Yi Luo ◽  
Yujing Xu ◽  
Jin Yu ◽  
...  

BlueP/SiC and BlueP/GeC vdW heterostructures are high-efficiency photocatalysts for water-splitting at pH 0 and 7, respectively.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (40) ◽  
pp. 24127-24133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham T. Huong ◽  
M. Idrees ◽  
B. Amin ◽  
Nguyen N. Hieu ◽  
Huynh V. Phuc ◽  
...  

In this work, we systematically studied the electronic structure and optical characteristics of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure composed of a single layer of GaN and GeC using first principles calculations.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (72) ◽  
pp. 44545-44550
Author(s):  
Thi-Nga Do ◽  
M. Idrees ◽  
Nguyen T. T. Binh ◽  
Huynh V. Phuc ◽  
Nguyen N. Hieu ◽  
...  

In this work, we perform first-principles calculations to examine the electronic, optical and photocatalytic properties of the BX–ZnO (X = As, P) heterostructures.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 2830-2839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gul Rehman ◽  
S. A. Khan ◽  
B. Amin ◽  
Iftikhar Ahmad ◽  
Li-Yong Gan ◽  
...  

Based on (hybrid) first-principles calculations, material properties (structural, electronic, vibrational, optical, and photocatalytic) of van der Waals heterostructures and their corresponding monolayers (transition metal dichalcogenides and MXenes) are investigated.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (37) ◽  
pp. 16092-16100
Author(s):  
Xiao-Hua Li ◽  
Bao-Ji Wang ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Xue-Feng Yang ◽  
Rui-Qi Zhao ◽  
...  

Through DFT calculations, Janus-In2SeTe/C2N heterostructures are found to have great potential applications in the fields of clean and sustainable energy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (36) ◽  
pp. 20704-20711
Author(s):  
M. Idrees ◽  
Chuong V. Nguyen ◽  
H. D. Bui ◽  
Iftikhar Ahmad ◽  
Bin Amin

The geometric structure, electronic, optical and photocatalytic properties of MSSe–g-GaN (M = Mo, W) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures are investigated by performing first-principles calculations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 7381-7388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baiqing You ◽  
Xiaocha Wang ◽  
Zhida Zheng ◽  
Wenbo Mi

The electronic structure of black phosphorene/XT2(X = Mo, W; T = S, Se, Te) two dimensional heterostructures is presented using the first-principles method.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (46) ◽  
pp. 31253-31259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baiqing You ◽  
Xiaocha Wang ◽  
Wenbo Mi

We report a first-principles study on the electronic structure of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures consisting of two dimensional (2D) materials.


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