Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices

This book systematically summarizes research achievements of the last two decades in the field of low-dimensional materials. It covers materials such as carbon nanotubes, MOF and boron nitride for applications in electronics, energy and photonics.

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Shaoming Huang is currently a Professor of Materials Science and Chemistry of Faculty of Materials & Energy at Guangdong University of Technology. He received his Ph.D in Chemistry from Nankai University in 1991. He started his academic career in Nanjing University as postdoc. Fellow then Associate Professor, and KCWong Fellow at Sussex University in UK, Senior Research scientist at CSIRO in Australia, senior scientist at Duke University in USA, Professor at Nanjing University and Wenzhou University before he joined Guangdong University of Technology. Professor Huang has authored over 320 peer-reviewed papers and more than 80 patents since 1999. He has received numerous scientific awards in China.

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1 CONTROLLED GROWING AND PATTERNING MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNTS) ARRAYS FOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY APPLICATION
1.1 Growth of vertical aligned MWCNTs on various substrates by CVD
1.2 Patterning technologies for aligned MWCNTs arrays
1.3 Surface modification on MWCNTs arrays for sensing applications

2 CONTROLLED GROWTH AND ARCHITECTURE OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNTS) ON SUBSTRATE FOR NANOELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLICATIONS
2.1 Challenges of carbon nanotubes for nano-electronic device applications
2.2 Controlled growth of SWCNTs on substrate
2.3 Constructing the architecture of SWCNTs
2.4 Controlling the chirality of carbon nanotubes
2.5 SWCNTs based device applications

3 HETEROATOM-DOPED GRAPHENE AS METAL-FREE ELECTROCATALYST FOR OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION (ORR) IN FUEL CELL
3.1 Challenges for full cell
3.2 Doping heteroatoms into graphene
3.3 Heteroatoms doped graphene as electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
3.4 Prospect for heteroatom-doped graphene as electrocatalyst for ORR

4 CARBON-BASED MATERIALS FOR ULTRAFAST AND LONG-LIFE LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERY
4.1 The advantages and disadvantage of lithium sulfur battery
4.2 Design and synthesis of carbon-based Materials for Li-S battery
4.3 Suppression of shuttle effect of polysulfide ions
4.4 Performance of Li-S battery
4.5 Prospect of carbon-based materials for Li-S battery application

5 UNIQUE PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF ATOMICALLY THIN BORON NITRIDE
5.1 Preparation of atomically thin boron nitride
5.2 Unique properties of atomically thin boron nitride
5.3 Applications of atomically thin boron nitride

6 METAL-ORGANIC-FRAMEWORK (MOFS) AND MOFS-DERIVED CARBONS FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND
CONVERSION APPLICATIONS
6.1. MOFs used as solid electrolyte in all solid battery
6.2 MOFs used as functional materials in Li-S
6.3 MOFs-derived carbons for energy storage and conversion applications

7 CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF METAL HETEROSTRUCTURES AND THEIR CATALYTIC PROPERTIES
7.1 Basic principle of the nucleation and growth of metal heterostructures
7.2 Synthesis of metal nanocrystals and nanostructures
7.3 Catalytic applications of metal heterostructures

8 DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS OF BI-BASED PHOTOCATALYSTS
8.1 Basic principle of photocatalysis and the advantages of Bi-based photocatalysts
8.2 Controlled synthesis of various nanostructured Bi-based photocatalysts.
8.3 Strategies on enhancing photocatalytic activity of Bi-based photocatalysts
8.4 Applications of Bi-based photocatalysts
8.5 Summary and outlook

9 FABRICATION OF 2D SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS FOR PHOTO-ELECTRONIC DETECTION APPLICATIONS
9.1 The overview of 2D semiconductors and heterostructures
9.2 Controlled preparation, transfer and modulation of 2D semiconductors
9.3 van der Waals heterostructures
9.4 Summary and outlook

10 SYNTHESIS AND MODIFICATION OF METAL AND OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES FOR C-H SELECTIVE ACTIVATION
10.1 Metal nanostructures
10.2 Oxide nanostructures
10.3 Metal-oxide composite nanostructures
10.4 C-H selective activation