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{"title":"Confinement in two-dimensional materials: Major advances and challenges in the emerging renewable energy conversion and other applications","authors":"Ayesha Khan Tareen ,&nbsp;Karim Khan ,&nbsp;Muhammad Aslam ,&nbsp;Xinke Liu ,&nbsp;Han Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100294","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Energy production highest demand with low-carbon emission is very critical and can be achieved by introducing new low cost but more stable and active electrocatalyst that can improve the efficiency of existing or newly proposed renewable energy devices. Nowadays, oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions (OER/HER) in water (H</span>₂O) electrolysis is important to cost-efficient formation of pure hydrogen (H₂<span><span>) fuel, while oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells are experiencing a sluggish reaction kinetics still when load more quantity of </span>precious metals<span><span>, like benchmark Pt. Therefore, this study is motivated by a requirement to substitute rare precious metal catalysts by nonprecious metals catalysts (NPMCs) two-dimensional materials (2DMs). The 2DMs have a broad significance due to their nano- and atomic-level applications and some of them with prominent electrical properties, which plays very important role in electrocatalytic applications. The NPMCs 2DMs are more efficient than the conventional precious metals based electrocatalysts, as they present flexible electrode configuration, excellent catalytic activity, and high stability, especially in their composite form. In this review we will explain in detail about the 2D based electrocatalysts; those demonstrate high efficiency, selectivity and sustainability for ORR, </span>OER, and HER. The most important point related to electrocatalytic applications of the 2DMs efficiency enhancement is newly introduced confinement effect, and we will mainly concentrate on 2DMs based confinement effect. The diverse ways for modifying electronic states of the 2D confinement electrocatalysts are emphasized and prospects on confinement catalysis by using 2DMs to energy conversion are given. The perspectives on the relevant areas about further enhancement in their properties will also propos and address. Finally, we will discuss in detail about recent progresses made till now and future predictions about the 2DMs in energy producing devices.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"61 ","pages":"Article 100294"},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100294","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"2005438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comprehensive review on synthesis and applications of single crystal perovskite halides","authors":"Sandeep Arya ,&nbsp;Prerna Mahajan ,&nbsp;Ramashanker Gupta ,&nbsp;Ritu Srivastava ,&nbsp;Naveen kumar Tailor ,&nbsp;Soumitra Satapathi ,&nbsp;R. Radhakrishnan Sumathi ,&nbsp;Ram Datt ,&nbsp;Vinay Gupta","doi":"10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100286","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Halide based </span>perovskite<span><span> materials have fascinated strong attention for being a hopeful candidate for optoelectronic device applications. Single-crystalline halide perovskites exhibit no grain boundaries and possess low trap densities; and are therefore likely to show superior optoelectronic performances in comparison to their </span>polycrystalline film counterparts. In spite of this, their basic perceptive of physico-chemical properties are however controversial to the scientific society. In this review article, we present the deep insight into all the reported protocols available for the synthesis of purely inorganic as well as hybrid halide perovskites (incorporating organic as well as inorganic cation) to achieve high-quality </span></span>single crystals<span><span><span>. On account of advanced characteristics like long carrier recombination lifetime and exciton </span>diffusion length, wide-ranging visible to NIR absorption, high charge mobility, controllable optoelectronic properties etc., hybrid halide perovskites have emerged to be a tough challenger in the optoelectronic research area in comparison to the purely inorganic halide perovskites and have consequently been paid much attention. Therefore, the optoelectronic properties and convenient applications of particularly hybrid halide single-crystal perovskites in various optoelectronic devices like solar cell, laser, high energy ray detector, </span>photodetector, light-emitting diode, etc are highlighted.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 100286"},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100286","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"2601333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electronic properties of disordered perovskite-like ferrites: Coherent potential approach","authors":"Veronika М. Zainullina ,&nbsp;Мichael А. Korotin ,&nbsp;Victor L. Kozhevnikov","doi":"10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100284","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During the past decade, <em>ab initio</em><span> electronic structure methods have been extensively developed and employed for properties analysis of perovskites ABO</span>_3–δ, where A is a large cation and B is typically a 3<em>d</em><span><span><span> metal cation of smaller size. The perovskite structure is capable to withstand ample cation substitutions in both A and B sub-lattices and to simultaneously accommodate large amount of </span>oxygen vacancies (δ). The cation and anion defects result in considerable changes in </span>electronic spectrum<span> features and ensuing properties. In the variety of electronic structure calculation methods, the coherent potential approximation (CPA) is a special approach for studies of systems with disordered defects. The method is designed in order to overcome a number of restrictions that arise at employment of supercells such as defect ordering, limitations for defect types and concentrations, a drastic increase in calculation time with defect concentration, etc. The recently developed implementation of the CPA can be used for calculations of electronic spectrum and properties of solid state systems, including strongly correlated ones with an arbitrary concentration, arrangement and type of atomic structural defects. In this brief review, we consider the capabilities and restrictions of classical CPA-combined methods and represent a novel CPA methodology for the case study of electronic spectra and magnetic moments in several perovskite related disordered ferrites including SrFeO</span></span>_2.5, SrFeO_3−δ and solid solutions La_1−xSr_xFeO_3−δ<span>. These complex oxides with strong electronic correlations attract attention as inexpensive, environmentally friendly and robust materials for applications in high-temperature redox technologies, fuel cells, self-cleaning photocatalysis, water splitting, hydrogen and solar power engineering.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 100284"},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100284","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"2601331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electron and phonon band structures of palladium and palladium hydride: A review","authors":"S.S. Setayandeh,&nbsp;C.J. Webb,&nbsp;E. MacA. Gray","doi":"10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100285","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Palladium hydride was discovered more than 150 years ago and remains one of the most-studied </span>interstitial<span> metal hydrides<span> because of the richness of its physical behaviours, which include ordered phases and anomalous properties at temperatures below 100 K, a superabundant-vacancy (SAV) phase with stoichiometry Pd</span></span></span>₃H₄<span> formed at high temperature and pressure, and quenching of the enhanced Pauli paramagnetism<span> of palladium. One of the most fascinating properties of palladium hydride is superconductivity<span><span> at about 10 K without external pressure, in contrast to the newly-discovered polyhydride room-temperature superconductors that require megabar pressures. Moreover, the superconductivity exhibits an inverse </span>isotope effect<span><span>. Remarkably, modern first-principles approaches are unable to accurately predict the superconducting transition temperature by calculating the electron–phonon coupling constant within Migdal-Eliashberg theory. Anharmonicity of the hydrogen site potential is a key factor and poses a great challenge, since most theoretical approaches are based on the harmonic approximation. This review focuses on the electron and phonon band structures that underpin all such calculations, with palladium as a reference point. While the electron band structures of palladium and its monohydride are uncontroversial, the phonon band structure of palladium hydride in particular is problematic, with a realistic treatment of anharmonicity required – and largely yet to be achieved – to reproduce the results of </span>inelastic neutron scattering experiments. In addition to the monohydride and SAV phases, possible higher hydrides are surveyed and the origin of the famous “50-K” anomaly in specific heat and other physical properties is critically reviewed.</span></span></span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"60 ","pages":"Article 100285"},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100285","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"2601332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synthesis, properties and novel electrocatalytic applications of the 2D-borophene Xenes","authors":"Karim Khan ,&nbsp;Ayesha Khan Tareen ,&nbsp;Muhammad Aslam ,&nbsp;Muhammad Farooq Khan ,&nbsp;Zhe Shi ,&nbsp;Chunyang Ma ,&nbsp;S. Saqib Shams ,&nbsp;Rabia Khatoon ,&nbsp;Nasir mahmood ,&nbsp;Han Zhang ,&nbsp;Zhongyi Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100283","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>The innovation of the graphene (G) marks key revolutionary events in the science and technology. The normal materials conversion to the two dimensional materials<span> (2DMs), is known as modern day “alchemy” was extended to the most of groups in periodic table. The monoelemental, atomically thin 2DMs, called “Xenes” (“ene” Latin word, means nanosheets (NSs), here, X = different possible group elements (group-IIIA-IVA)) are newly invented edge of the materials family in which one of the most active area is 2DMs investigation. The 2D-Xenes material offers novel properties for the modern </span></span>nanodevices applications. Any new form of the 2DMs entry into mainstream Xenes would likely compete with today's electronic technology. The metallic 2D-borophene is experimentally formed; subsequent by the theoretical calculations has high in-plane anisotropy together with numerous enviable features like, the 2D-G and phosphorene (2D-BP). As a synthetic 2DMs, the structural properties of 2D-borophene cannot be deduced from bulk boron (B), means that the fundamental defects of the 2D-borophene persisted unknown. The modern highly sensitive potential synthesis and characterization techniques offer an opportunity for investigating the theoretically predicted 2D-Xenes, with atomic precision under idealized conditions. Experimental based theoretically predicted, synthetic 2D-Xenes of the group-IIIA (Borophene (2D-B)) material has been investigated, just like a metallic material. Thus, it is potentially rendering them as potential candidates for the future electrocatalytic based nanodevices, especially potential applications as a catalyst, electrode material, </span>energy storage materials<span> in batteries/superconductors, and so on. In this topical review, we will briefly present various aspects of the 2D-borophene, group-IIIA 2D-Xenes. Thereafter, we will explain different potential methods to synthesize 2D-borophene Xenes, provide a concise summary of the main achievements about their properties, that have been obtained by theoretical simulations as well as by experimental investigations and finally we will discuss the potential applications of the 2D-borophene Xenes, for fundamentally oriented studies. Although, this material investigations and devices applications are still at an early stage, but theoretical calculations and some experimental measurements, provided that, it is complementary to normally used electrocatalytic nanomaterials as well as 2DMs (i.e., layered bulk-derived), with their novel properties and predicted applications.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"59 ","pages":"Article 100283"},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100283","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"2601334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Iron based chalcogenide and pnictide superconductors: From discovery to chemical ways forward","authors":"Sefiu Abolaji Rasaki ,&nbsp;Tiju Thomas ,&nbsp;Minghui Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100282","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Iron-based superconductors are interesting due to their intrinsic </span>magnetism<span><span>, which often precedes superconductivity. Since 2008, advances have attempted to resolve this apparent but non-obvious link. This has resulted in growing evidence that iron based compounds, especially those containing Fe-X (X = Group15 element) and Fe–Y (Y = Group16 element), have similarities in their superconducting behavior (despite structural dissimilarities). Synthesis of these phases is hence critical in furthering understanding of superconductivity in these systems. Particularly, controlling </span>crystal lattice strain is identified as path towards increasing transition temperature in iron based superconductors. Here highlight factors that are of immediate and future challenges of relevance for these materials. For researchers in these fields, an accessible description of the solid state and structural chemistry of these systems is provided. Phenomena discussed here include (i) spin/orbital fluctuations, (ii) nematicity (iii) vacancy ordering, and (iv) magnetism. These are composition and hence synthesis dependent. Synthetic controls in the case of low dimensional and layered chalcogenide and pnictide superconductors are duly elucidated. It may be noted that just like Fe; X, Y are oftentimes earth abundant elements, making this category of materials prospectively relevant for future applications. We expect pointers provided here to aid multidisciplinary research on iron based superconductors.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"59 ","pages":"Article 100282"},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100282","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"2164468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Answers to Questions","authors":"M. White","doi":"10.1201/9780429027284-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429027284-13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76859426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Solids","authors":"Neil Allan, E. Moore, Lesley E. Smart","doi":"10.1061/9780784401705.ch04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784401705.ch04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78460495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optical Properties of Solids","authors":"E. Moore, L. Smart","doi":"10.1201/9780429027284-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429027284-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88386384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electronic and magnetic properties of the quasi-skutterudite RT2X8 intermetallic compounds","authors":"Michael O. Ogunbunmi","doi":"10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100275","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The series <span><math><mrow><mi>R</mi><msub><mi>T</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mi>X</mi><mn>8</mn></msub></mrow></math></span> (<em>R</em> = La–Nd, Sm, Eu, Yb, Ca and Sr; <em>T</em> = Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh and Ir; <em>X</em><span> = Al, Ga and In) belong to a class of quasi-skutterudite intermetallic compounds which crystallize in the orthorhombic CaCo</span>₂Al₈-type structure with space group <span><math><mrow><mi>P</mi><mi>b</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>m</mi></mrow></math></span> (No. 55). A new member of the series CePd₂Al₈ crystallizes in a monoclinic structure of its own type with space group <em>C</em>2/<em>m</em><span> (No. 12). While this family of compounds are still largely unexplored, recent studies have revealed the evolution of interesting electronic and magnetic ground states in certain members of the series. Due to an increasing interest in the study of compounds with cage-like structures owing to their promising properties for thermoelectric<span> applications and the search for heavy fermion<span> superconductivity, it is therefore imperative to put into perspective the observations and important results in previous studies on the </span></span></span><span><math><mrow><mi>R</mi><msub><mi>T</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><msub><mi>X</mi><mn>8</mn></msub></mrow></math></span><span><span> series. Besides the macroscopic properties such as specific heat, transport properties and magnetization, other important results from techniques such as neutron scattering, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and </span>Mössbauer spectroscopy are also presented for some of the compounds.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":415,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Solid State Chemistry","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 100275"},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100275","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"2414520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}