Dual functionality of the BiN monolayer: unraveling its photocatalytic and piezocatalytic water splitting properties

Devender Takhar, Balaji Birajdar and Ram Krishna Ghosh

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 16261
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Two-dimensional Janus BeSeCl as a potential anode material for sodium- and potassium-ion batteries

Nidhi Verma and Ashok Kumar

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 28559
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Penta-MP5 (M = B, Al, Ga, In) monolayers as high-performance photocatalysts for overall water splitting

Jiao Chen, Xinyong Cai, Xiaotao Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Yuxiang Ni, Xuefei Liu and Yuanzheng Chen

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 23819
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Janus MoXYCl (X = S, Se, Te; Y = N, P, As) monolayers: a promising family of 2D materials for high-performance p–i–n photodetectors and spintronic applications

Samaneh Soleimani-Amiri, Somayeh Gholami Rudi and Nayereh Ghobadi

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 16748
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Generating large out-of-plane piezoelectric properties of atomically thin MoS2via defect engineering

Li-Ren Ng, Guan-Fu Chen and Shi-Hsin Lin

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Two Janus Ga2STe monolayers and their electronic, optical, and photocatalytic properties

Huabing Shu

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 7937
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Electronic and optical properties of Janus Ga2STe bilayer: a promising candidate for excitonic solar cell

Huabing Shu and Xiaomei Liu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 15074
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First-principles calculation of in-plane and out-of-plane piezoelectric properties of two-dimensional Janus MoSSiX2 (X = N, P, As) monolayers

Wantao Gan, Xinguo Ma, Jiajun Liao, Tian Xie and Nan Ma

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Solar cells based on 2D Janus group-III chalcogenide van der Waals heterostructures

M. Bikerouin, O. Chdil and M. Balli

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 7126
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Stacking-switching of silicon-based two-dimensional diamane structures to enhance photocatalytic water splitting performance

Min Tao, Chu-Chu Liu, Pan Ma, Xiao Shang, Hai-Bin Du, Xian-Yu Hu, Lu-Chao Du and Fu-Chun Liu

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2026, 28, 892
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Promising ultra-short channel transistors based on OM2S (M = Ga, In) monolayers for high performance and low power consumption

Xueping Li, Peize Yuan, Lin Li, Ting Liu, Chenhai Shen, Yurong Jiang, Xiaohui Song, Jingbo Li and Congxin Xia

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 356
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Metalloid-doping in SMoSe Janus layers: first-principles study on efficient catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

M. Vallinayagam, J. Karthikeyan, M. Posselt, D. Murali and M. Zschornak

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 7742
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Recent progress in group-III metal chalcogenide based Janus materials: from properties to potential applications

Zengying Ma, Tao Zhou, Wensong Duan and Yucheng Huang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 16439
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Mn2P2S3Se3: a two-dimensional Janus room-temperature antiferromagnetic semiconductor with a large out-of-plane piezoelectricity

Peng Jiang, Xiaohong Zheng, Lili Kang, Xixi Tao, Hong-Mei Huang, Xiaochen Dong and Yan-Ling Li

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 2703
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Two-dimensional Janus monolayers Al2XYZ (X/Y/Z = S, Se, Te, X ≠ Y ≠ Z): first-principles insight into the photocatalytic and highly adjustable piezoelectric properties

Chenchen Qi, Cuixia Yan, Qiuyang Li, Ting Yang, Shi Qiu and Jinming Cai

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 3262
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Explore the photocatalytic and electronic properties of WSSe/g-GeC van der Waals heterostructures

Y. C. Jiang, L. H. Fan, S. Y. Lei, H. Zheng, H. Yu and N. Wan

Appl. Phys. A, 2022, 128
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Excitonic and Environmental Screening Effects in Two-Dimensional Janus MSO (M = Ga, In)

Zhi-Jun Yi and Ran Jia

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First-principles prediction of two-dimensional Janus XMInZ2(X = Cl, Br, I; M = Mg, Ca; and Z = S, Se, and Te) with promising spintronic and photocatalytic properties

Samaneh Soleimani-Amiri, Nayereh Ghobadi, Amirhossein Rezavand and Somayeh Gholami Rudi

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 623, 157020
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Tuning the electronic and piezoelectric properties of Janus Ga2XY (X/Y S, Se, Te) monolayers: A first-principles calculation

Shida Yao, Xinguo Ma, Chuyun Huang, Youyou Guo, Yijing Ren and Nan Ma

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Polar materials for photocatalytic applications: A critical review

Xiaoqing Liu, Yu Zhang, Cong Wang and Lei Shen

Interdisciplinary Materials, 2024, 3, 530
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Janus V-IV-C2-III-VI monolayers with intrinsic electric fields: First-principles design of stable 2D photocatalysts for overall water splitting under visible light

Shi Zeng, Bofeng Zhang and Jiahe Lin

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2026, 205, 153152
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Janus 2D III-VI monolayer XMM’X’ (M, M’=In, Ga and X, X’=Se, Te) and g-C2N vdW heterostructure as a promising Z-scheme water-splitting photocatalyst

Qianru Chang, Xiaoling Lv and Hongxia Wang

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2026, 199, 152861
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Pd-functionalized 2D TMDC MoTe2 monolayer as an efficient glucose Sensor: A First-principles DFT study

Seetha Lakshmy, Ajit Kundu, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Sk Musharaf Ali and Brahmananda Chakraborty

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 631, 157525
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Janus monolayer TaNF: A new ferrovalley material with large valley splitting and tunable magnetic properties

Guibo Zheng, Shuixian Qu, Wenzhe Zhou and Fangping Ouyang

Front. Phys., 2023, 18
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Quasihorizontal projectile motion of carriers in two-dimensional piezoelectric photocatalyst Janus GeN2 - XY monolayers for water splitting

Chu-Chu Liu, Min Tao, Pan Ma, Xiao Shang, Lan-Hai He, Hai-Bin Du, Zhou Chen and Fu-Chun Liu

Phys. Rev. B, 2025, 112
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Design of Donor–Acceptor Type Covalent Triazine/Heptazine-Based Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalytic Water Splitting

Cong Wang, Yang-Guang Li, Zhong-Min Su and Hua-Qiao Tan

Langmuir, 2025, 41, 33609
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First-Principles Study on the Tunable Electronic and Magnetic Properties of a Janus GaInSeTe Nanosheet via Strain and Defect Engineering

Tong Chen, Guogang Liu, Xiansheng Dong, Huili Li and Guanghui Zhou

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Nonvolatile Electric Field Control of Magnetism in the Janus Cr2S2Se Monolayer

Deju Zhang, Zhe Wang, Sihang Che, Wei Ji and Yanning Zhang

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2026, 130, 4216
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A direct Z-scheme MoSi2N4/BlueP vdW heterostructure for photocatalytic overall water splitting

Chen Xuefeng, Han Wenna, Jia Minglei, Ren Fengzhu, Peng Chengxiao, Gu Qinfen, Wang Bing and Yin Huabing

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2022, 55, 215502
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First-principles study of electronic, mechanical and piezoelectric properties of Janus MoSH

Yu-Pu He, Shao-Yi Wu, Jia-Xing Guo, Qi-Hang Qiu and Tian-Hao Guo

Philosophical Magazine, 2023, 103, 1198
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Defect and doping engineered Ga2XY as electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction: First principles study

Jingming Gao, Baonan Jia, Jiaxiang Zhao, Feng Wei, Jinbo Hao, Wenhua Lou, Xiaoning Guan, Wei Chen and Pengfei Lu

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 58, 1396
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Electronic, rashba and photocatalytic properties of janus XMoYZ2 (X= S, Se, Te ; Y=Si, Ge and Z=N, P) monolayers

Ehsan Zamanian and Shoeib Babaee Touski

Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 2024, 163, 116012
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Bandgap engineering of BaTi(O$$_{1-\text{x}}$$S$$_\text{x}$$)$$_{3}$$ as a function of sulfur concentration

R. Gómez-Rosales, E. Flores-Sigala, F. Molina-Ramírez, F. Avelar-Muñoz, H. A. Durán-Muñoz, H. Tototzintle-Huitle, J. G. Quiñones-Galván and J. J. Ortega

J Mater Sci, 2023, 58, 8720
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Layer-dependent piezoelectricity and stacking effects in 2D CdInGaS4: a first-principles study

Zihan Xu, Jingyi Zhang, Junhao Peng, Runqing Zhang, Yanwei Liang, Huafeng Dong, Renhai Wang, Yujue Yang, Minru Wen and Fugen Wu

Computational Materials Science, 2025, 260, 114208
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Two-dimensional Janus MXTe (M = Hf, Zr; X = S, Se) piezoelectrocatalysts: a comprehensive investigation of its electronic, synthesis feasibility, electric polarization, and hydrogen evolution reaction activity

Hermina Lizzette C Lim, Ela T Tobias, Guan-Yu Chen, Yen-Lin Lu, Alexandra B Santos-Putungan, Allan Abraham B Padama, Shi-Hsin Lin and Darwin Barayang Putungan

2D Mater., 2024, 11, 045018
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Graphene and Two-Dimensional Materials-Based Flexible Electronics for Wearable Biomedical Sensors

Daniel J. Joe, Eunpyo Park, Dong Hyun Kim, Il Doh, Hyun-Cheol Song and Joon Young Kwak

Electronics, 2022, 12, 45
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Enhanced photocatalytic and piezoelectric properties in SbNO/blue phosphorene heterostructures

Wen-Yi Li, Yong-Xue Du, Meng Zhou, Jia-He Lin and Tian Zhang

Solar Energy, 2026, 305, 114226
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Strain effects of stability, transport, and electro-optical properties of novel Ga2TeS monolayer

Huabing Shu and Jiyuan Guo

J Mater Sci, 2024, 59, 2403
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Two-dimensional Janus AsXY (X = Se, Te; Y = Br, I) monolayers for photocatalytic water splitting

Jiali Wang, Jiajun Lu, Xiuwen Zhao, Guichao Hu, Xiaobo Yuan and Junfeng Ren

Eur. Phys. J. B, 2023, 96
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Optoelectronic and Piezoelectric Properties of Novel Janus Monolayer Al2AsX (X = Sb, P)

Swmic Majumder and Md. Kawsar Alam

Physica Status Solidi (b), 2025
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Built-in electric fields and strain modulated photocatalytic performance in monolayer Janus piezoelectric AlBX2(X = O/S/Se/Te)

Hao An, Zekai Yuan, Chunsheng Liu, Lan Meng, Wei Yan and Xiaohong Yan

Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2025, 712, 417339
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A critical review on piezoelectric supercapacitors: Fundamentals, recent advances, and future directions

Sonali A. Beknalkar, Aviraj M. Teli, Vinayak V. Satale, Tejasvinee. S. Bhat, Rutuja. U. Amate, Pritam. J. Morankar and Jae Cheol Shin

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025, 1024, 180169
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Theoretical design and discovery of two‐dimensional materials for next‐generation flexible piezotronics and energy conversion

Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva and Chandan Bera

Applied Research, 2023, 2
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Ferroelasticity tuned anisotropic Rashba effect and negative Poisson’s ratio in Janus wurtzite monolayer M2XY (M = Zn, Cd; X, Y = S, Se, Te)

Zhuang Ma, Hongquan Song, Yujie Wang, Chunyan Wang, Wenjie Wang, Heng Yu, Jingwen Jiang and Yiguo Xu

Computational Materials Science, 2025, 246, 113511
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Two-Dimensional In2X2X′ (X and X′ = S, Se, and Te) Monolayers with an Intrinsic Electric Field for High-Performance Photocatalytic and Piezoelectric Applications

Pan Wang, Hao Liu, Yixin Zong, Hongyu Wen, Jian-Bai Xia and Hai-Bin Wu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 34178
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High-Throughput Computational Screening and Machine Learning Modeling of Janus 2D III–VI van der Waals Heterostructures for Solar Energy Applications

Baisheng Sa, Rong Hu, Zhao Zheng, Rui Xiong, Yinggan Zhang, Cuilian Wen, Jian Zhou and Zhimei Sun

Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 6687
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Piezoelectricity in two-dimensional aluminum, boron and Janus aluminum-boron monochalcogenide monolayers

Saeed Choopani and Mustafa Menderes Alyörük

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2022, 55, 155301
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An overview of low-carbon hydrogen production via water splitting driven by piezoelectric and pyroelectric catalysis

Salma Touili, M'barek Amjoud, Daoud Mezzane, Zdravko Kutnjak, Igor A. Luk'Yanchuk, Mustapha Jouiad and Mimoun EL Marssi

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 78, 218
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Photocatalytic and Piezocatalytic Properties of h-NbP and h-NbN Monolayers for Green Hydrogen Production: Insight from Density Functional Theory Calculations

Devender Takhar, Balaji Birajdar and Ram Krishna Ghosh

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 3408
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Electromechanical and photoelectric properties of a novel semiconducting Janus InGaSSe monolayer

Li Zhong, Xiaobao Li, Wei Wang and Xinle Xiao

J. Semicond., 2023, 44, 012701
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To the Stability of Janus Phases in Layered Trichalcogenide MPX3 Crystals: Insights from Experiments and Theory

Yichen Jin, Mouhui Yan, Yukun Jin, Kexin Li, Yuriy Dedkov and Elena Voloshina

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 16061
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Interfacial electronic characteristics and tunable contact types in novel silicene/Janus Ga2STe heterobilayers

Huabing Shu and Xiaomei Liu

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2022, 35, 102451
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Chalcogenides and Chalcogenide-Based Heterostructures as Photocatalysts for Water Splitting

Mohammad Mansoob Khan and Ashmalina Rahman

Catalysts, 2022, 12, 1338
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Fundamentals, advances and perspectives of piezocatalysis: A marriage of solid-state physics and catalytic chemistry

Nan Meng, Wei Liu, Ruyu Jiang, Yu Zhang, Steve Dunn, Jiyue Wu and Haixue Yan

Progress in Materials Science, 2023, 138, 101161
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Study of band alignment type in Janus HfSe2/Ga2SeS and HfSeS/GaSe heterostructures

Yi Zhang, Zhifeng Gu, Tongwei Li, Haisheng Li and Weiwei Ju

Computational Materials Science, 2022, 209, 111432
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High-performance photocatalytic and piezoelectric properties of two-dimensional transition metal oxyhalide ZrOX2 (X=Br,I) and their Janus structures

Qiu Yang, Dan Wang, Zhao-Yi Zeng, Hua-Yun Geng and Xiang-Rong Chen

Phys. Rev. B, 2024, 109
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First-principles study of point defects with different valences on the carrier activity, lifetime, absorption spectrum, and redox reaction of AlN (Li/Na/K) system

Zhichao Wang, Qingyu Hou, Yuqin Guan, Zhenchao Xu and Chunwang Zhao

Philosophical Magazine, 2022, 102, 2003
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Designing Janus CrSSe/SiC heterojunction for efficient direct Z-scheme overall water splitting: A first-principles study

Xin Huang, Kebing Ding, Kaige Zhang, Yue Xie, Wei Chen, Zhaoshun Meng, Yi Xu, Yakui Weng, Yunhui Wang and Zhihong Yang

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 135, 246
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Enhanced performance of Janus XMSiY2 (X=S, Se; M=Mo, W; and Y=N, P) monolayers for photocatalytic water splitting via strain engineering

Somayeh Gholami Rudi, Samaneh Soleimani-Amiri, Amirhossein Rezavand and Nayereh Ghobadi

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2023, 181, 111561
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