Emerging Trends in 2D Materials: Innovations and Applications
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 2D-based semiconductors; complex oxide membranes; energy conversion; optoelectronics; ion implantation and irradiation; air purification; photocatalysis; photoelectrochemical; nanomaterial fabrication
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Interests: interface engineering of 0D, 1D, 2D electronic materials; physical and vapor deposition; energy band gap tuning; photoresponsive nanomaterials & device fabrication; gas sensors; heavy metal ions sensors
Interests: transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs); free-standing oxide membranes; photoelectrochemical and complex oxide-based heterostructures; energy harvesting; band offset; synchrotron-based investigations; interface engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Two-dimensional materials such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), and graphene have emerged as promising avenues for advanced device-based applications. Their tunable properties, stemming from quantum confinement effects and surface phenomena, offer exciting opportunities for tailoring functionality at the nanoscale. These materials find applications in a wide range of fields, including electronics, photonics, energy storage, conversion, and sensing. In electronics, nanowires and nanosheets offer potential solutions for miniaturization and high-performance devices. These materials exhibit size-dependent luminescent properties, and owing to all these valuable properties, these materials are widely utilized for optoelectronics applications, e.g., display technologies, photodetectors, ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FETs), etc. Moreover, these unique properties of 2D materials enable advancements in energy conversion and storage systems, such as photovoltaics and batteries, by enhancing efficiency and performance.
This Special Issue provides the current scenario in terms of progress in 2D material-based devices for various applications like photovoltaic devices, fuel cells, batteries, wastewater treatment, solar cells, etc. The latest generation of optoelectronic devices is now approaching the nanometer scale dimension, so it is high time to discuss all the aspects regarding their progress in various fields for the knowledge base of researchers and scientists.
Original research articles, reviews, and perspective pieces that delve into the aforementioned areas are warmly welcome.
Dr. Puneet Kaur
Dr. Akash Katoch
Dr. Rahul
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- scalable and cost-effective synthesis of 2D materials
- advanced characterization
- hydrogen production
- gas sensing
- photodetectors
- interface engineering
- energy storage
- band offset engineering
- nanowires
- heterostructures
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