journal article·2025-09

Enhancing photocatalytic water splitting in novel two-dimensional Al2CX2 (X=Cl/Br) materials through Janus and heterostructure engineering

Yong-Xue Du, Yi Mu, Wu-Ming Liu, Xiao Jia, Jia-He Lin, Tian Zhang

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