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Advances of 2D-Enabled Photothermal Materials in Hybrid Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation Systems toward Water-Fuel-Energy Crisis

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Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis: Current development and future challenges in membrane fabrication ? A review

Yu Jie Lim et al.

Summary: This review focuses on the key technology and challenges of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) membranes, summarizing recent advances and future directions. It highlights the research findings on improving permselectivity, boron rejection, and chlorine resistance of SWRO membranes, and emphasizes the critical strategies for developing the next generation TFC membranes.

JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE (2021)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Recent advances and challenges for water evaporation-induced electricity toward applications

Van-Duong Dao et al.

Summary: This review focuses on the recent advances in water evaporation-induced electricity generation systems for potential applications in various fields. The systems are categorized into different types and their mechanisms and applications are carefully discussed. Future opportunities and challenges in developing water evaporation-induced electricity generation systems are also mentioned in the article.

NANO ENERGY (2021)

Article Chemistry, Physical

A scalable broadband plasmonic cuprous telluride nanowire-based hybrid photothermal membrane for efficient solar vapor generation

Caiju Chen et al.

Summary: Researchers have developed a new hybrid photothermal membrane named bpCu(2-x)Te, which features efficient solar absorption for freshwater production through solar evaporation. The membrane has high porosity, hydrophilicity, and low thermal conductivity, allowing for a high water evaporation rate with excellent efficiency under solar irradiation. It can be used repeatedly without compromising its performance, demonstrating potential for scalable seawater purification and desalination in field applications.

NANO ENERGY (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Enhancing solar steam generation using a highly thermally conductive evaporator support

Yida Wang et al.

Summary: Interfacial solar steam generation is an efficient water evaporation technology with promising applications. Current designs using thermal-insulation support may hinder energy extraction in 3D evaporators. By using thermally conductive material instead of a thermal insulator, higher evaporation rates can be achieved.

SCIENCE BULLETIN (2021)

Editorial Material Chemistry, Physical

Using the sun to co-generate electricity and freshwater

Tianpeng Ding et al.

Summary: Solar energy has shown its potential in addressing the water-energy dilemma in an eco-friendly way. Wenbin and co-authors creatively propose a system that can co-generate electricity and freshwater.
Article Energy & Fuels

Biomimetic 3D Membranes with MXene Heterostructures for Superior Solar Steam Generation, Water Treatment, and Electricity Generation

Chenyang Cai et al.

Summary: The combination of MXene and MoS2 in a nanoflower structure shows significant improvements in light absorption and photothermal conversion, with a temperature of 69 degrees C after 10 minutes of solar illumination. The MXene@MoS2-based nanofibrous membrane, inspired by water vapor process in trees, exhibits high evaporation rate and competitive advantages in solar absorption and water transport, providing promising solutions for global freshwater shortage issues.

SOLAR RRL (2021)

Article Energy & Fuels

Intensifying Solar Interfacial Heat Accumulation for Clean Water Generation Excluding Heavy Metal Ions and Oil Emulsions

Muhammad Sultan Irshad et al.

Summary: Solar-driven interfacial steam generation is an innovative technique for seawater desalination with high efficiency. The proposed IPNF solar evaporator shows excellent evaporation rate and solar-to-vapor conversion efficiency, demonstrating its potential for industrial applications. Long-term experiments also validate its performance under seawater conditions, highlighting its functionality for salt rejection and freshwater generation.

SOLAR RRL (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

A Ti2N MXene-based nanosystem with ultrahigh drug loading for dual-strategy synergistic oncotherapy

Lang Li et al.

Summary: The study introduced a Ti2N MXene-based nanosystem with high loading capacity and excellent photothermal conversion efficiency for synergistic chemo-photothermal oncotherapy, showing promising anti-tumor characteristics.

NANOSCALE (2021)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

V2C Nanosheets as Dual-Functional Antibacterial Agents

Shah Zada et al.

Summary: This study demonstrates the production of V2C nanosheets using a green process, showing their antimicrobial properties with strong near-infrared absorption and high photothermal conversion efficiency. V2C nanosheets effectively killed both Gram-positive S. aureus and Gram-negative E. coli, making them a promising tool for bacterial treatment and gaining attention in the sterilization industry.

ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS (2021)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation: Materials and Structural Design

Xinzhe Min et al.

Summary: The article introduces environmentally friendly water treatment technologies using solar-driven evaporation and emphasizes the thermodynamic and kinetic advantages of interfacial solar vapor generation, including efficient energy transfer and evaporation rate. By adjusting optical structures, designing water pathways and bioinspired structures, and utilizing environmental energy, the evaporation rate can be further increased.

ACCOUNTS OF MATERIALS RESEARCH (2021)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Wearable nanocomposite kinesiology tape for distributed muscle engagement monitoring

Yun-An Lin et al.

Summary: This study presents the development of self-adhesive, fabric-based sensors for monitoring skin-strains and distributed muscular engagement during functional movements. The sensors show promise as a convenient and quantitative motion primitive assessment tool relevant for sports coaching and athletic skills development.

MRS ADVANCES (2021)

Review Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Hybrid solar-driven interfacial evaporation systems: Beyond water production towards high solar energy utilization

Tianpeng Ding et al.

Summary: Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technology has attracted research attention, and optimizing photothermal conversion and thermal management improves performance. Hybrid systems designed with heat localization strategy can enhance solar energy utilization and have potential applications in various fields.

MATERIALS TODAY (2021)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Multifunctional Ag3PO4-rGO-Coated Textiles for Clean Water Production by Solar-Driven Evaporation, Photocatalysis, and Disinfection

Laila Noureen et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2020)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Measuring the specific surface area of monolayer graphene oxide in water

Songdi Zhang et al.

MATERIALS LETTERS (2020)

Review Physics, Multidisciplinary

Two-dimensional MXenes: From morphological to optical, electric, and magnetic properties and applications

Xiantao Jiang et al.

PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Recent Advances and Promise of MXene-Based Nanostructures for High-Performance Metal Ion Batteries

Yanfeng Dong et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

The Rise of 2D Photothermal Materials beyond Graphene for Clean Water Production

Zhongjian Xie et al.

ADVANCED SCIENCE (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Molybdenum Carbide/Carbon-Based Chitosan Hydrogel as an Effective Solar Water Evaporation Accelerator

Fang Yu et al.

ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2020)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Boosting solar steam generation by structure enhanced energy management

Yida Wang et al.

SCIENCE BULLETIN (2020)

Review Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Materials for solar-powered water evaporation

Fei Zhao et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS (2020)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Solar-trackable super-wicking black metal panel for photothermal water sanitation

Subhash C. Singh et al.

NATURE SUSTAINABILITY (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Bioelectronics-Related 2D Materials Beyond Graphene: Fundamentals, Properties, and Applications

Bolun Wang et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2020)

Review Thermodynamics

Solar-thermal conversion and steam generation: a review

Lei Shi et al.

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Synthesis of Mo2C by Thermal Decomposition of Molybdenum Blue Nanoparticles

Natalia Gavrilova et al.

NANOMATERIALS (2020)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Biomass-Derived Bilayer Solar Evaporator with Enhanced Energy Utilization for High-Efficiency Water Generation

Fang Yu et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2020)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Recent progress of two-dimensional MXenes in photocatalytic applications: a review

Long-fei Hong et al.

MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY (2020)

Article Physics, Multidisciplinary

Quantum simulation of two-dimensional quantum chemistry in optical lattices

Javier Arguello-Luengo et al.

PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH (2020)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

MoS2 Nanosheet-Carbon Foam Composites for Solar Steam Generation

Xufeng Zhang et al.

ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

An MXene-based membrane for molecular separation

Jian Li et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO (2020)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Current status and prospects of memristors based on novel 2D materials

Qianlong Zhao et al.

MATERIALS HORIZONS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Efficient ammonia recovery from wastewater using electrically conducting gas stripping membranes

Arpita Iddya et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO (2020)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Broadband multi-wavelength optical sensing based on photothermal effect of 2D MXene films

Yan Zuo et al.

NANOPHOTONICS (2020)

Article Chemistry, Physical

First-principles computational design of unknown flat arsenene epitaxially grown on copper substrate

Joonhee Kang et al.

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE (2019)

Article Materials Science, Biomaterials

2D Ti2C (MXene) as a novel highly efficient and selective agent for photothermal therapy

Aleksandra Szuplewska et al.

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (2019)

Review Physics, Condensed Matter

A synoptic review of MoS2: Synthesis to applications

Unni Krishnan et al.

SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Defect-Mediated Charge-Carrier Trapping and Nonradiative Recombination in WSe2 Monolayers

Lesheng Li et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2019)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Tellurene: A Multifunctional Material for Midinfrared Optoelectronics

Skylar Deckoff-Jones et al.

ACS PHOTONICS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Super Moisture-Absorbent Gels for All-Weather Atmospheric Water Harvesting

Fei Zhao et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Pnictogen-Based Enzymatic Phenol Biosensors: Phosphorene, Arsenene, Antimonene, and Bismuthene

Carmen C. Mayorga-Martinez et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

2D Black Phosphorus-Based Biomedical Applications

Miaomiao Luo et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2019)

Article Chemistry, Physical

A new self-desalting solar evaporation system based on a vertically oriented porous polyacrylonitrile foam

Qian Zhang et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2019)

Article Materials Science, Biomaterials

The theranostic nanoagent Mo2C for multi-modal imaging-guided cancer synergistic phototherapy

Qun Zhang et al.

BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE (2019)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Liquid phase exfoliation of antimonene: systematic optimization, characterization and electrocatalytic properties

Carlos Gibaja et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2019)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Emerging two-dimensional monoelemental materials (Xenes) for biomedical applications

Wei Tao et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2019)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Challenges and Opportunities for Solar Evaporation

Chaoji Chen et al.

Review Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Oxide and Chalcogenide-Based Photocatalysts

Farjana Haque et al.

NANO-MICRO LETTERS (2018)

Review Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Oxide and Chalcogenide-Based Photocatalysts

Farjana Haque et al.

NANO-MICRO LETTERS (2018)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

PEGylated Self-Growth MoS2 on a Cotton Cloth Substrate for High-Efficiency Solar Energy Utilization

Zhenzhen Guo et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Elemental Ferroelectricity and Antiferroelectricity in Group-V Monolayer

Chengcheng Xiao et al.

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Quasi-Monolayer Black Phosphorus with High Mobility and Air Stability

Sherman Jun Rong Tan et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2018)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Recent progress in 2D group-VA semiconductors: from theory to experiment

Shengli Zhang et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2018)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Recent development on MoS2-based photocatalysis: A review

Zizhen Li et al.

JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting device for arid climates

Hyunho Kim et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2018)

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

2D Superparamagnetic Tantalum Carbide Composite MXenes for Efficient Breast-Cancer Theranostics

Zhuang Liu et al.

THERANOSTICS (2018)

Article Chemistry, Physical

An efficient solar-enabled 2D layered alloy material evaporator for seawater desalination

Jiandong Yao et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2018)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

A first-principles study on the adsorption of small molecules on antimonene: oxidation tendency and stability

Andrey A. Kistanov et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C (2018)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Two-Dimensional Flexible Bilayer Janus Membrane for Advanced Photothermal Water Desalination

Yanbing Yang et al.

ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2018)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Tellurene: its physical properties, scalable nanomanufacturing, and device applications

Wenzhuo Wu et al.

CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS (2018)

Article Engineering, Environmental

Hybrid Hydrogel with High Water Vapor Harvesting Capacity for Deployable Solar-Driven Atmospheric Water Generator

Renyuan Li et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Emerging trends in global freshwater availability

M. Rodell et al.

NATURE (2018)

Review Energy & Fuels

Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

Peng Tao et al.

NATURE ENERGY (2018)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Storage and Recycling of Interfacial Solar Steam Enthalpy

Xiuqiang Li et al.

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Theranostic 2D Tantalum Carbide (MXene)

Han Lin et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Passivation of Black Phosphorus via Self-Assembled Organic Monolayers by van der Waals Epitaxy

Yinghe Zhao et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Photothermal Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination

Antonio Politano et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

High-Performance Photothermal Conversion of Narrow-Bandgap Ti2O3 Nanoparticles

Juan Wang et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2017)

Article Engineering, Environmental

Synthetic Graphene Oxide Leaf for Solar Desalination with Zero Liquid Discharge

Casey Finnerty et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2017)

Review Engineering, Environmental

Environmental Applications of 2D Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Nanosheets

Zhongying Wang et al.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2017)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Two-dimensional scandium-based carbides (MXene): Band gap modulation and optical properties

Jianxin Guo et al.

JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS (2017)

Article Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

Structures and Mechanical and Electronic Properties of the Ti2CO2 MXene Incorporated with Neighboring Elements (Sc, V, B and N)

Li Feng et al.

JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Resonant Nonplasmonic Nanoparticles for Efficient Temperature-Feedback Optical Heating

George P. Zograf et al.

NANO LETTERS (2017)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Recent progress in van der Waals heterojunctions

Wanshun Xia et al.

NANOSCALE (2017)

Article Physics, Multidisciplinary

Dirac Fermions in Borophene

Baojie Feng et al.

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Analytical

Thermal stability of WS2 flakes and gas sensing properties of WS2/WO3 composite to H2, NH3 and NO2

F. Perrozzi et al.

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Diameter effect of gold nanoparticles on photothermal conversion for solar steam generation

Ankang Guo et al.

RSC ADVANCES (2017)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Resonant Optical Absorption and Photothermal Process in High Refractive Index Germanium Nanoparticles

Satoshi Ishii et al.

ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS (2017)

Review Crystallography

Synthesis Methods of Two-Dimensional MoS2: A Brief Review

Jie Sun et al.

CRYSTALS (2017)

Review Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

2D transition metal dichalcogenides

Sajedeh Manzeli et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS (2017)

Review Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

2D metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) for energy storage

Babak Anasori et al.

NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Antimonene Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Application as Near-Infrared Photothermal Agents for Effective Cancer Therapy

Wei Tao et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2017)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Properties at the interface of graphene and Ti2CMXene

Pallavi Paul et al.

PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2017)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Black Phosphorus Rediscovered: From Bulk Material to Monolayers

Rui Gusmao et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Non-stoichiometric MoO3-x quantum dots as a light-harvesting material for interfacial water evaporation

Dandan Ding et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2017)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Two-Dimensional Materials for Halide Perovskite-Based Optoelectronic Devices

Shan Chen et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2017)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

2D Monoelemental Arsenene, Antimonene, and Bismuthene: Beyond Black Phosphorus

Martin Pumera et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2017)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Compound Copper Chalcogenide Nanocrystals

Claudia Coughlan et al.

CHEMICAL REVIEWS (2017)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

2D Materials for Optical Modulation: Challenges and Opportunities

Shaoliang Yu et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

MXene Ti3C2: An Effective 2D Light-to-Heat Conversion Material

Renyuan Li et al.

ACS NANO (2017)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Atomic Defects in Monolayer Titanium Carbide (Ti3C2Tx) MXene

Xiahan Sang et al.

ACS NANO (2016)

Article Chemistry, Physical

VxIn(2-x)S3 Intermediate Band Absorbers Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition

Robert F. McCarthy et al.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Plasmonic photothermic directed broadband sunlight harnessing for seawater catalysis and desalination

Minmin Gao et al.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Electron Doping of Ultrathin Black Phosphorus with Cu Adatoms

Steven P. Koenig et al.

NANO LETTERS (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Borophene as an extremely high capacity electrode material for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

Xiaoming Zhang et al.

NANOSCALE (2016)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Covalent functionalization and passivation of exfoliated black phosphorus via aryl diazonium chemistry

Christopher R. Ryder et al.

NATURE CHEMISTRY (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water path

Xiuqiang Li et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2016)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Electronic and optical properties of single crystal SnS2: an earth-abundant disulfide photocatalyst

Lee A. Burton et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2016)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

The thermal and electrical properties of the promising semiconductor MXene Hf2CO2

Xian-Hu Zha et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2016)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Promoting Photosensitivity and Detectivity of the Bi/Si Heterojunction Photodetector by Inserting a WS2 Layer

Jiandong Yao et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2015)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Polydopamine-Coated Porous Substrates as a Platform for Mineralized β-FeOOH Nanorods with Photocatalysis under Sunlight

Chao Zhang et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2015)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Quantitative Study of the Photothermal Properties of Metallic Nanowire Networks

Alan R. Bell et al.

ACS NANO (2015)

Article Materials Science, Ceramics

Thermal stability of two-dimensional Ti2C nanosheets

Jingxiao Li et al.

CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL (2015)

Article Chemistry, Physical

Stabilization and Band-Gap Tuning of the 1T-MoS2 Monolayer by Covalent Functionalization

Qing Tang et al.

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2015)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Synthesis and thermal stability of two-dimensional carbide MXene Ti3C2

Zhengyang Li et al.

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS (2015)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Photochemical transformations on plasmonic metal nanoparticles

Suljo Linic et al.

NATURE MATERIALS (2015)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Arsenene: Two-dimensional buckled and puckered honeycomb arsenic systems

C. Kamal et al.

PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2015)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Rise to modern levels of ocean oxygenation coincided with the Cambrian radiation of animals

Xi Chen et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2015)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Transport properties of pristine few-layer black phosphorus by van der Waals passivation in an inert atmosphere

Rostislav A. Doganov et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2015)

Review Physics, Multidisciplinary

Recent advances in MXene: Preparation, properties, and applications

Jin-Cheng Lei et al.

FRONTIERS OF PHYSICS (2015)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Synthesis and thermal stability of two-dimensional carbide MXene Ti3C2

Zhengyang Li et al.

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS (2015)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Few-Layer Black Phosphorus Field-Effect Transistors with Reduced Current Fluctuation

Junhong Na et al.

ACS NANO (2014)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Dye and its removal from aqueous solution by adsorption: A review

Mustafa T. Yagub et al.

ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE (2014)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Colloidal Synthesis of 1T-WS2 and 2H-WS2 Nanosheets: Applications for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Benoit Mahler et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2014)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Role of Surface Structure on Li-Ion Energy Storage Capacity of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Carbides

Yu Xie et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2014)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

The B35 Cluster with a Double-Hexagonal Vacancy: A New and More Flexible Structural Motif for Borophene

Wei-Li Li et al.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2014)

Review Chemistry, Physical

Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures

Mark L. Brongersma et al.

NATURE MATERIALS (2014)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance

Zheng Ling et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2014)

Article Chemistry, Physical

V-substituted In2S3: an intermediate band material with photocatalytic activity in the whole visible light range

Raquel Lucena et al.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A (2014)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Chemically Exfoliated MoS2 as Near-Infrared Photothermal Agents

Stanley S. Chou et al.

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2013)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides

Michael Naguib et al.

ACS NANO (2012)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

A roadmap for graphene

K. S. Novoselov et al.

NATURE (2012)

Review Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

The properties and applications of nanodiamonds

Vadym N. Mochalin et al.

NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY (2012)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Design recommendations for solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC)-powered reverse osmosis (RO) desalination

Agustin M. Delgado-Torres et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2012)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Two-Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti3AlC2

Michael Naguib et al.

ADVANCED MATERIALS (2011)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Gram-scale synthesis of nanomesh graphene with high surface area and its application in supercapacitor electrodes

Guoqing Ning et al.

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2011)

Article Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Thermoplasmonics modeling: A Green's function approach

Guillaume Baffou et al.

PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2010)

Article Engineering, Chemical

Solar-driven desalination with reverse osmosis: the state of the art

Andrea Ghermandi et al.

DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT (2009)

Review Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Review of feasible solar energy applications to water processes

J. Blanco et al.

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2009)

Article Green & Sustainable Science & Technology

Numerical study of a passive solar still with separate condenser

A. Madhlopa et al.

RENEWABLE ENERGY (2009)

Review Engineering, Biomedical

Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) using gold nanoparticles

Xiaohua Huang et al.

LASERS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE (2008)