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Seok H, Kim M, Cho J, Son S, Megra YT, Lee J, Nam MG, Kim KW, Aydin K, Yoo SS, Lee H, Kanade VK, Kim M, Mun J, Kim JK, Suk JW, Kim HU, Yoo PJ, Kim T. Electron Release via Internal Polarization Fields for Optimal S-H Bonding States. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2411211. [PMID: 39246277 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202411211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2024] [Revised: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/10/2024]
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Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have received considerable attention as promising electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), yet their potential is often constrained by the inertness of the basal planes arising from their poor hydrogen adsorption ability. Here, the relationship between the electronic structure of the WS2 basal plane and HER activity is systemically analyzed to establish a clear insight. The valance state of the sulfur atoms on the basal plane has been tuned to enhance hydrogen adsorption through sequential engineering processes, including direct phase transition and heterostructure that induces work function-difference-induced unidirectional electron transfer. Additionally, an innovative synthetic approach, harnessing the built-in internal polarization field at the W-graphene heterointerface, triggers the in-situ formation of sulfur vacancies in the bottom WSx (x < 2) layers. The resultant modulation of the valance state of the sulfur atom stabilizes the W-S bond, while destabilizing the S-H bond. The electronic structural changes are further amplified by the release and transfer of surplus electrons via sulfur vacancies, filling the valance state of W and S atoms. Consequently, this work provides a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between the electronic structure of the WS2 basal plane and the HER activity, focusing on optimizing S-H bonding state.
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- Hyunho Seok
- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Plasma Engineering Laboratory, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon, 34103, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Instrumentation Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
- Department of Smart-Fab. Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Plasma Engineering Laboratory, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon, 34103, Republic of Korea
- Nano-Mechatronics, KIMM Campus, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
- SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology (SIEST), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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- SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, Republic of Korea
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Zhang Y, Liu H, Zhao S, Xie C, Huang Z, Wang S. Insights into the Dynamic Evolution of Defects in Electrocatalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209680. [PMID: 36631395 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This review focuses on the formation and preparation of defects, the dynamic evolution process of defects, and the influence of defect dynamic evolution on catalytic reactions. The summary of the current advances in the dynamic evolution process of defects in oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, nitrogen reduction reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, and carbon dioxide reduction reaction, and the given perspectives are expected to provide a more comprehensive understanding of defective electrocatalysts on the structural evolution process during electrocatalysis and the reaction mechanisms, especially for the defect dynamic evolution on the performance in catalytic reactions.
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- Yiqiong Zhang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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Wang X, Wu J, Zhang Y, Sun Y, Ma K, Xie Y, Zheng W, Tian Z, Kang Z, Zhang Y. Vacancy Defects in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Electrocatalysts: From Aggregated to Atomic Configuration. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022:e2206576. [PMID: 36189862 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Vacancy defect engineering has been well leveraged to flexibly shape comprehensive physicochemical properties of diverse catalysts. In particular, growing research effort has been devoted to engineering chalcogen anionic vacancies (S/Se/Te) of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs) toward the ultimate performance limit of electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In spite of remarkable progress achieved in the past decade, systematic and in-depth insights into the state-of-the-art vacancy engineering for 2D-TMDs-based electrocatalysis are still lacking. Herein, this review delivers a full picture of vacancy engineering evolving from aggregated to atomic configurations covering their development background, controllable manufacturing, thorough characterization, and representative HER application. Of particular interest, the deep-seated correlations between specific vacancy regulation routes and resulting catalytic performance improvement are logically clarified in terms of atomic rearrangement, charge redistribution, energy band variation, intermediate adsorption-desorption optimization, and charge/mass transfer facilitation. Beyond that, a broader vision is cast into the cutting-edge research fields of vacancy-engineering-based single-atom catalysis and dynamic structure-performance correlations across catalyst service lifetime. Together with critical discussion on residual challenges and future prospects, this review sheds new light on the rational design of advanced defect catalysts and navigates their broader application in high-efficiency energy conversion and storage fields.
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- Xin Wang
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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Light-induced halogen defects as dynamic active sites for CO2 photoreduction to CO with 100% selectivity. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2022; 67:1137-1144. [DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2022.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhou W, Dong L, Tan L, Tang Q. Understanding the air stability of defective MoS 2and the oxidation effect on the surface HER activity. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:395002. [PMID: 34256369 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac13fb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The defective single layer MoS2(SL-MoS2) with high defect concentrations has shown promising electrocatalytic potential, but it is also highly reactive with gas molecules. The study of electro-chemical activity on gas doped defective SL-MoS2is of importance yet still scarcely discussed. Herein, we performed density functional theory calculations to study the adsorption and chemical activity of four major air molecules on the defective SL-MoS2under different defect concentrations, and evaluated the influence on the hydrogen evolution reaction activity. The N2and CO2molecules are in physisorption states, H2O molecule is in molecular chemisorption state, while O2can be strongly captured and dissociated into atomic O*, which repair the S-vacancy and form O-doped structure. Further study showed that compared to the inert S surface of pure MoS2, the O incorporation greatly enhance the surface reactivity. Using H adsorption as the test probe, the adsorption of H becomes stronger with the increasing oxygen concentration. We further unravel the electronic origins underlying the catalytic activity. The lowest unoccupied electronic states are shown to correlate linearly with the activity, and thus can be used as an electronic descriptor to characterize the electrocatalytic activity.
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- Wenyu Zhou
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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Zhou W, Dong L, Tan L, Tang Q. First-principles study of sulfur vacancy concentration effect on the electronic structures and hydrogen evolution reaction of MoS 2. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 32:145718. [PMID: 33333494 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/abd49f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Defect engineering has been widely used in experiments to modulate the electrocatalytic properties of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). However, the effect of vacancy concentration on the vacancy distribution, electronic properties, and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity remains elusive. Herein, we perform density functional theory (DFT) studies to investigate defective MoS2 with different numbers of sulfur vacancies. In the case of low S-vacancy concentration, the vacancies prefer to agglomerate rather than being dispersed, while at the higher-vacancy concentration, the combination of local point defect and clustered vacancy chain is preferred. The coupling between S-vacancies leads to decreased band gap and increased Mo-H adsorption strength with increasing vacancy concentration. The optimal HER activity is identified to occur below vacancy concentration of 12.50%. Our work provides an atomic-level understanding about the role of S-vacancies in the HER performance of MoS2, and offers useful guidelines for the design of defective MoS2 and other TMDs electrocatalysts.
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- Wenyu Zhou
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, People's Republic of China
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Xie C, Yan D, Li H, Du S, Chen W, Wang Y, Zou Y, Chen R, Wang S. Defect Chemistry in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Recognition, Understanding, and Utilization. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chao Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Wang X, Long R. Oxidation Notably Accelerates Nonradiative Electron-Hole Recombination in MoS 2 by Different Mechanisms: Time-Domain Ab Initio Analysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:4086-4092. [PMID: 32354209 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) experience degradation in optoelectronic properties under ambient conditions. By performing nonadiabatic (NA) molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that the MoS2 monolayer containing substitutional oxygen and oxygen adatom accelerates nonradiative electron-hole recombination by a factor of about 1.5 compared to perfect film but operates by different mechanisms. The substitutional oxygen creates no midgap states while enhancing NA coupling by increasing the overlap between electron and hole wave functions, accelerating electron-hole recombination. In contrast, electrons significantly populate the deep trap state created by the oxygen adatom because the trap is modestly delocalized and coupled strongly to free charges. The trap mediated instead of the direct pathway dominates the electron-hole recombination. The generated insights uncover the mechanisms for different types of defects on influencing charge dynamics in TMDs and suggest that the oxygen defects should be avoided for the design of high-performance optoelectronic devices.
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- Xiaoli Wang
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Theoretical & Computational Photochemistry of Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
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