This book presents advanced synthesis techniques adopted to fabricate two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) materials with its enhanced properties towards their utilization in various applications such as, energy storage devices, photovoltaics, electrocatalysis, electronic devices, photocatalysts, sensing and biomedical applications. It provides detailed coverage on everything from the synthesis and properties to the applications and future prospects of research in 2D TMD nanomaterials.
Author(s): Narayanasamy Sabari Arul, Vellalapalayam Devaraj Nithya
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 360
Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: An Overview (Tao Liang, Yu Cai, Hongzheng Chen, Mingsheng Xu)....Pages 1-27
Preparation Methods of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (Mukulika Dinara, Chandra Sekhar Rout)....Pages 29-68
Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (James T. Gibbon, Vinod R. Dhanak)....Pages 69-106
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Photocatalysts (Ting Huang, Min Zhang, Hongfei Yin, Xiaoheng Liu)....Pages 107-134
Simulation of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (Mohammad Rezwan Habib, Wenchao Chen, Wen-Yan Yin, Huanxing Su, Mingsheng Xu)....Pages 135-172
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Energy Storage Applications (Liangxu Lin, Shaowei Zhang, Dan A. Allwood)....Pages 173-201
2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Solution-Processed Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells (G. Kakavelakis, L. Gouda, Y. Tischler, I. Kaliakatsos, K. Petridis)....Pages 203-239
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Biomedical Applications (Linji Gong, Zhanjun Gu)....Pages 241-292
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Sensors (Rajeswari Ponnusamy, Chandra Sekhar Rout)....Pages 293-329
Electronic Devices Based on Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (Jiaxu Yan, Ze Xiang Shen)....Pages 331-355
