Electrocatalytic Performance of 2D Monolayer WSeTe Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenide for Highly Efficient H Evolution Reaction.

Nowadays, the development of clean and green energy sources is the priority interest of research due to increasing global energy demand and extensive usage of fossil fuels, which create pollutants. Hydrogen has the highest energy density by weight among all chemical fuels. For the commercial-scale production of hydrogen, water electrolysis is the best method, which requires an efficient, cost-effective, and earth-abundant electrocatalyst.

Sonication-Induced Boladipeptide-Based Metallogel as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

Bioinspired, self-assembled hybrid materials show great potential in the field of energy conversion. Here, we have prepared a sonication-induced boladipeptide (HO-YF-AA-FY-OH (PBFY); AA = Adipic acid, F = l-phenylalanine, and Y = l-tyrosine) and an anchored, self-assembled nickel-based coordinated polymeric nanohybrid hydrogel (Ni-PBFY). The morphological studies of hydrogels PBFY and Ni-PBFY exhibit nanofibrillar network structures.

Aging-Responsive Phase Transition of VOOH to VO·HO vs Zn Storage Performance as a Rechargeable Aqueous Zn-Ion Battery Cathode.

Vanadium oxyhydroxide has been recently investigated as a starting material to synthesize different phases of vanadium oxides by electrochemical or thermal conversion and has been used as an aqueous zinc-ion battery (AZIB) cathode. However, the low-valent vanadium oxides have poor phase stability under ambient conditions. So far, there is no study on understanding the phase evolution of such low-valent vanadium oxides and their effect on the electrochemical performance toward hosting the Zn ions.

Elucidating the oxygen reduction reaction mechanism on the surfaces of 2D monolayer CsPbBr perovskite.

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an indispensable reaction in electrochemical energy converting systems such as fuel cells. Generally, reaction kinetics of the ORR is slow, and to speed it up, a practical electrocatalyst is needed. Pt-based catalysts are thermodynamically more appropriate, but due to their scarcity and high cost, they cannot be used on a commercial scale in industries.

Nanostructured Pt-doped 2D MoSe: an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for both hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions.

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a new family of 2D materials with features that make them appealing for potential applications in nanomaterials science and engineering. Recently, these 2D TMDs have attracted significant research interest because of the abundant choice of materials with diverse and tunable electronic, optical, chemical, and electrocatalytic properties. Although, the edges of the 2D TMDs show excellent electrocatalytic performance, their basal plane (001) is inert, which hinders their industrial applications for electrocatalysis.

Pyrene-based fluorescent Ru(II)-arene complexes for significant biological applications: catalytic potential, DNA/protein binding, two photon cell imaging and cytotoxicity.

Ruthenium complexes are being studied extensively as anticancer drugs following the inclusion of NAMI-A and KP1019 in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of metastatic phase and primary tumors. Herein, we designed and synthesized four organometallic Ru(II)-arene complexes [Ru(η--cymene)(L)Cl] (1), [Ru(η-benzene)(L)Cl] (2), [Ru(η--cymene)(L)N] (3) and [Ru(η-benzene)(L)N] (4) [HL = ()-'-(pyren-1-ylmethylene)thiopene-2-carbohydrazide] that have anticancer, antimetastatic and two-photon cell imaging abilities. Moreover, in the transfer hydrogenation of NADH to NAD, these compounds also display good catalytic activity.

Unveiling the role of 2D monolayer Mn-doped MoS material: toward an efficient electrocatalyst for H evolution reaction.

Two-dimensional (2D) monolayer pristine MoS transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) is the most studied material because of its potential applications as nonprecious electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Previous studies have shown that the basal planes of 2D MoS are catalytically inert, and hence it cannot be used directly in desired applications such as electrochemical HER in industry. Here, we thoroughly studied a defect-engineered Mn-doped 2D monolayer MoS (Mn-MoS) material, where Mn was doped in pristine MoS to activate its inert basal planes.