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- Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are emerging materials with unique properties that make them excellent candidates for photocatalysis, which involves harvesting light to drive chemical reactions.
- This review serves as an educational guide, starting with foundational concepts of 2D TMDs and photocatalysis, and discussing the methods for synthesizing these materials.
- It then examines the advantages of 2D TMDs in photocatalytic applications, addresses the challenges they face, and suggests potential strategies for overcoming these obstacles while looking toward future developments in the field.
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Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), a rising star in the post-graphene era, are fundamentally and technologically intriguing for photocatalysis. Their extraordinary electronic, optical, and chemical properties endow them as promising materials for effectively harvesting light and catalyzing the redox reaction in photocatalysis. Here, we present a tutorial-style review of the field of 2D TMDs for photocatalysis to educate researchers (especially the new-comers), which begins with a brief introduction of the fundamentals of 2D TMDs and photocatalysis along with the synthesis of this type of material, then look deeply into the merits of 2D TMDs as co-catalysts and active photocatalysts, followed by an overview of the challenges and corresponding strategies of 2D TMDs for photocatalysis, and finally look ahead this topic.
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