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The sensing mechanism of perovskite materials is described quantitively via bond breaking/formation and charge transfer analyses along with the dynamical processes.

Two-dimensional (2D) materials with defects are desired for catalysis after the adsorption of monodispersed noble metal atoms. High-performance catalysts with the absolute value of Gibbs free energy (|ΔG H |) close to zero, is one of the ultimate goals in the catalytic field. Here, we report the formation of monolayer titanium selenide (TiSe 2 ) with line defects. The low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S) measurements revealed the structure and electronic states of the line defect. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation results confirmed that the line defects were induced by selenium vacancies and the STM simulation was in good agreement with the experimental results. Further, DFT calculations show that monolayer TiSe 2 with line defects have good catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). If the defects are decorated with single Pt atom, the HER catalytic activity will be enhanced dramatically (|ΔG H | = 0.006 eV), which is much better than Pt metal (|ΔG H | = 0.09 eV). Line defects in monolayer TiSe 2 /Au(111) provide a wonderful platform for the design of high-performance catalysts.