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Efficient photocatalyst for overall water-splitting hydrogen generation using a direct Z-scheme MoTe2/SnS2 van der Waals heterostructure

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A highly sensitive MoS2/MoTe2 heterostructure enhanced by localized surface plasmon effect for broad-spectrum photodetection

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A Reconfigurable Polarimetric Photodetector Based on the MoS2/PdSe2 Heterostructure with a Charge-Trap Gate Stack

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2D Materials‐Based Field‐Effect Transistor Biosensors for Healthcare

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Wafer-Scale 1T′ MoTe2 for Fast Response Self-Powered Wide-Range Photodetectors

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Preparation of 1T′- and 2H–MoTe2 films and investigation of their photoelectric properties and ultrafast photocarrier dynamics

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Multidirectional Reorientation in the Ferroelastic van der Waals Semimetal Molybdenum Ditelluride

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Polymorph Structures, Rich Physical Properties and Potential Applications of Two‐Dimensional MoTe2, WTe2 and Their Alloys†

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Multifunctional Phototransistor Based on Double Van der Waals Heterojunction with Reversed Band Edge Bending

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Electron strain-driven phase transformation in transition-metal-co doped MoTe2 for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

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Tunable electronic and optical properties of MoTe2/InSe heterostructure via external electric field and strain engineering

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Highly sensitive infrared polarized photodetector enabled by out-of-plane PSN architecture composing of p-MoTe2, semimetal-MoTe2 and n-SnSe2

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