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Highly efficient, environmental friendly and renewable sources of energy are of great need today to combat with increasing energy demands and environmental pollution. In this work, we have investigated the novel 2D allotropes i.e.,…
Two-dimensional (2D) Janus materials show great promise as piezoelectric materials and photocatalysts for water splitting. In this work, we systematically investigated the piezoelectric and photocatalytic properties of the hexagonal Janus…
We report mechanical, optical and thermoelectric properties of recently fabricated Janus BiTeCl monolayer using density functional and semi-classical Boltzmann transport theory. Janus BiTeCl monolayer exhibits a direct bandgap, high carrier…
Janus materials possess extraordinary physical, chemical, and mechanical properties caused by symmetry breaking. Here, the mechanic properties, electronic structure, magnetic properties, and optical properties of Janus Cr$_2$TeX (X= P, As,…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have garnered considerable attention as an emerging thermoelectric (TE) material owing to their unique density of state (DOS) near the Fermi level. We investigate the TE performance of Janus $\beta$-PdXY…
The highly efficient photocatalytic water splitting to produce clean energy requires novel semiconductor materials to achieve high solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficiency. Herein, the photocatalytic properties of anisotropic…
Here, we design a novel class of Janus structures PbXY(X,Y = F, Cl, Br, I) and propose it for the solar mediated photocatalytic water splitting hydrogen production as well as for the photovoltaic solarcell applications. Charge analysis…
Recent developments in the 2D materials laid emphasis on finding the materials with robust properties for variety of applications including the energy harvesting. The recent discovery of Janus monolayers with broken symmetry has opened up…
The Janus structure, by combining properties of different transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers in a single polar material, has attracted increasing research interest because of their particular structure and potential…
Identifying materials that simultaneously straddle the water redox potentials and possess an intrinsic electric field is crucial for achieving high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency. Using state-of-the-art first-principles calculations,…
In this work, we conduct a comprehensive first-principles investigation into the design and discovery of novel antimony oxychalcogenide monolayers Sb2X2O (X = S, Se) and Janus Sb2SSeO, examining their structural stability, elastic,…
Direct Z-scheme heterobilayers with enhanced redox potential are viewed as promising for solar-driven water splitting, arising from the synergy between intrinsic dipoles in Janus materials and interfacial electric fields across the layers.…
Combined with first-principles calculations and semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory, Janus {\alpha}-STe2 and {\alpha}-SeTe2 monolayers are investigated systematically. Janus {\alpha}-STe2 and {\alpha}-SeTe2 monolayers are indirect…
The new class of Janus two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides with two different interfaces are currently gaining increasing attention due to their distinct properties different from the typical 2D materials. Here, we show…
Polymorphic structures of transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) host exotic electronic states, like charge density wave and superconductivity. However, the number of these structures is limited by crystal symmetries, which poses a…
Two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic semiconductors show great interest due to their potential applications for the nanoscale electronic devices. In this work, the Janus 2$H$-Gd$XY$ ($X$, $Y$=Cl, Br, I, $X$$\neq$$Y$) monolayers with…
Lower-dimensional TMDC materials are suitable for thermoelectric applications for their specific quantum confinement and being distinct in the density of states (DOS). Here we investigated thermoelectric parameters of the 2D TMDC monolayer…
Highly-efficient water splitting based on solar energy is one of the most attractive research focuses in the energy field. Searching for more candidate photocatalysts that can work under visible-light irradiation are highly demanded.…
Coexistence of ferromagnetism, piezoelectricity and valley in two-dimensional (2D) materials is crucial to advance multifunctional electronic technologies. Here, Janus ScXY (X$\neq$Y=Cl, Br and I) monolayers are predicted to be in-plane…
Two-dimensional (2D) XY magnets with easy magnetization planes support the nontrivial topological spin textures whose dissipationless transport is highly desirable for 2D spintronic devices. Here, we predicted that Janus monolayer V$_{2}$XN…