Synthesis, properties and novel electrocatalytic applications of the 2D-borophene Xenes

Khan, Karim; Tareen, Ayesha Khan; Aslam, Muhammad; Khan, Muhammad Farooq; Shi, Zhe; Ma, Chunyang; Shams, Shabana; Khatoon, Rabia; Mahmood, Nasir; Zhang, Han; Guo, Zhongyi

doi:10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100283

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Section: Perspectives Challenges and Future Directionsmentioning

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“…These obstacles might be solved through a novel 2DMs Xenes progress as recently established via development for fabrication and applications of 2D covalent organic frameworks, which show outstanding thermal, mechanical and catalyst stability. [454,455] 2D Xenes can potentially serve as a nanotechnology platform with multiple physical features for fundamental research and applications. The diverse material properties in intrinsic and functionalized Xenes permit a wide degree of freedom in designing efficient, on-demand or reconfigurable devices, e.g., sensing nanodevices.…”

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Sensing Applications of Atomically Thin Group IV Carbon Siblings Xenes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

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Adv Funct Materials

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The 2D graphene (G) nanosheets (NSs) discovery is amound the foremost revolutionary incidents in materials science history. This discovery has stimulated huge attention in the study of other novel 2D materials (2DMs). This trend might be called modern day "alchemy," where the basic aim is to convert most of periodic table elements into G like 2D structures. Monoelemental, atomically thin 2DMs, called "Xenes" ("X" = group (III-VI)A elements, "ene" suffix that indicates one atom thick 2D layer of atoms) which are a newly invented family among nanomaterials. The number of predicted and experimentally synthesized 2D Xene materials of group IVA, i.e., G's siblings, has gained attention in nanosize devices. Such materials involve buckle structures that have recently been experimentally fabricated. The 2D Xene materials analog to G offer exciting potential for novel sensing applications. The group IVA Xenes, in cooperation with their ligandfunctionalized derivatives, arrange in a honeycomb lattice analogous to G but through a changeable degree of buckling. Their electronic structure ranges from trivial insulators passing via semiconductors with tunable gaps, to semimetallic, depending on substrate, chemical functionalization, and strain. In this review, different potential synthesis methods for group IVA 2D Xenes are briefly presented. A brief overview of their properties obtained theoretically and experimentally is presented, and finally their potential sensing applications are discussed.

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Section: Perspectives Challenges and Future Directionsmentioning

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Sensing Applications of Atomically Thin Group IV Carbon Siblings Xenes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Although still in its infancy, the research on 2D boron has attracted tremendous interests recently. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Compared with graphene, TMDs and other 2D materials, 2D boron stands out because of its unique physical and chemical properties. (i) Boron is the lightest metalloid which allows for light-weight nano-devices.…”

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2D boron nanosheet architectonics: opening new territories by smart functionalization

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“…Consequently, innovative findings in science and engineering are proceeded to address the barriers for efficient energy formation and environmental safety. Hence, production of the sustainable/renewable energy is a solution to meet up the rising worldwide energy demand and especially to solve environmental pollution issues [2][3][4]27]. Conversely, fossil fuel-based energy is also widely used in chemical production on industrial level via inorganic/organic transformations by applying high-temperature/pressure circumstances.…”

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Recent Progress, Challenges, and Prospects in Two-Dimensional Photo-Catalyst Materials and Environmental Remediation

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The successful photo-catalyst library gives significant information on feature that affects photo-catalytic performance and proposes new materials. Competency is considerably significant to form multi-functional photo-catalysts with flexible characteristics. Since recently, two-dimensional materials (2DMs) gained much attention from researchers, due to their unique thickness-dependent uses, mainly for photo-catalytic, outstanding chemical and physical properties. Photo-catalytic water splitting and hydrogen (H2) evolution by plentiful compounds as electron (e−) donors is estimated to participate in constructing clean method for solar H2-formation. Heterogeneous photo-catalysis received much research attention caused by their applications to tackle numerous energy and environmental issues. This broad review explains progress regarding 2DMs, significance in structure, and catalytic results. We will discuss in detail current progresses of approaches for adjusting 2DMs-based photo-catalysts to assess their photo-activity including doping, hetero-structure scheme, and functional formation assembly. Suggested plans, e.g., doping and sensitization of semiconducting 2DMs, increasing electrical conductance, improving catalytic active sites, strengthening interface coupling in semiconductors (SCs) 2DMs, forming nano-structures, building multi-junction nano-composites, increasing photo-stability of SCs, and using combined results of adapted approaches, are summed up. Hence, to further improve 2DMs photo-catalyst properties, hetero-structure design-based 2DMs’ photo-catalyst basic mechanism is also reviewed.

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Synthesis, properties and novel electrocatalytic applications of the 2D-borophene Xenes

Cited by 83 publications

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Sensing Applications of Atomically Thin Group IV Carbon Siblings Xenes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

Sensing Applications of Atomically Thin Group IV Carbon Siblings Xenes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

2D boron nanosheet architectonics: opening new territories by smart functionalization

Recent Progress, Challenges, and Prospects in Two-Dimensional Photo-Catalyst Materials and Environmental Remediation

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