Theoretical Study on the High HER/OER Electrocatalytic Activities of 2D GeSi, SnSi, and SnGe Monolayers and Further Improvement by Imposing Biaxial Strain or Doping Heteroatoms

Theoretical Study on the High HER/OER Electrocatalytic Activities of 2D GeSi, SnSi, and SnGe Monolayers and Further Improvement by Imposing Biaxial Strain or Doping Heteroatoms

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Under the DFT calculations, two-dimensional (2D) GeSi, SnSi, and SnGe monolayers, considered as the structural analogues of famous graphene, are confirmed to be dynamically, mechanically and thermodynamically stable, and all of them can also possess good conductivity.Furthermore, we systematically investigate their electrocatalytic activities in overall water splitting.The SnSi monolayer can show good Oven Clock Lens HER catalytic activity, while the SnGe monolayer can display remarkable OER catalytic activity.In particular, the GeSi monolayer can even exhibit excellent bifunctional HER/OER electrocatalytic activities.In addition, applying the biaxial strain or doping heteroatoms (especially P atom) can be regarded as the effective strategies to further improve the HER activities of these three 2D monolayers.

The doped GeSi and SnSi systems can usually exhibit higher HER activity than the doped SnGe systems.The correlative catalytic mechanisms are also analyzed.This work could open up a new Celebration avenue for the development of non-noble-metal-based HER/OER electrocatalysts.