High hydrogen production in two-dimensional GaTe/ZnI2 type-II heterostructure for water splitting

Enhancing solar-to-hydrogen efficiency with an S-scheme GaTe/PtS2 van der Waals heterojunction with high light absorption

“…28 Currently, numerous calculations have been carried out on heterojunctions comprised of GaTe, including GaTe/CdS, ZnO/GaTe, InSe/GaTe, and GaTe/ZnI 2 . [29][30][31][32] PtS 2 , a transition metal dichalcogenide belonging to group-10, exhibits strong interlayer interaction, high carrier mobility, and a wide spectral range, making it a promising material for field effect transistors and photodetectors. However, despite some progress, the research on PtS 2 as a photocatalyst is still limited.…”

Promoting water-splitting reaction on TiO2/gCN with Pd/SrO cocatalysts: H2 evolution in the absence of a sacrificial reagent

“…12 The fusion of distinct quantum materials to create efficient heterostructures is drawing attention in the generation of maximum amounts of H 2 from photocatalytic watersplitting reactions. 13 Recently, different heterostructures have been introduced for water splitting, e.g., GaTe/ZnI 2 , 14 PG/GeP 2 and PG/SiP 2 , 15 ZnO/ZnS, 16 BiVO 4 /Zn 3 V 2 O 8 , 17 NiS/NiS 2 , 18 2Dporous Co-Mo nitrides, 19 BiVO 4 /CoFe MOF, 20 SnO 2 @MoS 2 , 21 C 2 N/ZnSe, 22 Ru@RuO 2 , 23 covalent triazine framework, 24 CdS/ quantum dots, 25,26 MXene supported catalysts, 27 transition metal chalcogenides, 28 nanosphere heterostructures, 29 etc. Despite some benefits, there have been reports of several drawbacks associated with them, such as wide band gap, inadequate stability, toxicity and high price.…”