JOURNAL ARTICLE

Direct Z-scheme WTe2/InSe van der Waals heterostructure for overall water splitting

Rui XiongYu ShuXuhui YangYinggan ZhangCuilian WenMasakazu AnpoBo WuBaisheng Sa

Year: 2022 Journal:   Catalysis Science & Technology Vol: 12 (10)Pages: 3272-3280   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

WTe 2 /InSe is a direct Z-scheme vdW heterostructure for water splitting. The Te-vacancy can effectively lower the energy of the HER, and the overall water splitting can proceed spontaneously on the surface of the WTe 2 /InSe heterostructure when pH > 7.

Keywords:
Heterojunction Water splitting van der Waals force Vacancy defect Materials science Scheme (mathematics) Chemistry Catalysis Optoelectronics Crystallography Photocatalysis Mathematics Molecule

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