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Electrochemical synthesis has garnered attention as a promising alternative to the traditional Haber–Bosch process to enable the generation of ammonia (NH3) under ambient conditions. Current electrocatalysts for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to produce NH3 are comprised of noble metals or transitional metals. Here, an efficient metal‐free catalyst (BCN) is demonstrated without precious component...
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a 2D‐layered compound, is regarded as a promising anode for sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) due to its attractive theoretical capacity and low cost. The main challenges associated with MoS2 are the low rate capability suffering from the sluggish kinetics of Na+ intercalation and the poor cycling stability owning to the stack of MoS2 sheets. In this work, a unique architecture...
2D metal oxide nanosheets have attracted substantial attention for various applications owing to their appealing advantages. Yet, the exploration of effective methodology for fabrication of metallic 2D metal oxides with a high concentration of N dopants in a scalable manner remains challenging. Herein, a topochemical strategy is demonstrated on vanadium oxide nanosheets by combining 2D nanostructuring,...
In article number 1900583, Kun Rui, Jiaxu Yan, Jixin Zhu, and co‐workers report a topochemical strategy for large‐scale production of 2D vanadium oxide nanosheets featured with desirable metallic electron transportation. As evidenced by density functional theory calculations and experimental results, the electron band structure engineering can be realized by rational incorporation of nitrogen dopants...
Minimization of defects and ion migration in organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite films is desirable for obtaining photovoltaic devices with high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and long‐term stability. However, achieving this target is still a challenge due to the lack of efficient multifunctional passivators. Herein, to address this issue, n‐type goethite (FeOOH) quantum dots (QDs) are introduced...
One major challenge that limits the applications of 2D semiconductors is the detrimental electronic trap states caused by vacancies. Here using grand‐canonical density functional theory calculations, a novel approach is demonstrated that uses aqueous electrochemistry to eliminate the trap states of the vacancies in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides while leaving the perfect part of the material...
A reliable method to prepare a surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate is developed herein, by electrodeposition of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) on defect‐engineered, large area chemical vapour deposition graphene (GR). A plasma treatment strategy is used in order to engineer the structural defects on the basal plane of large area single‐layer graphene. This defect‐engineered Au functionalized...
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