Intercalating redox-active molecules into layered materials expands their functionality for emerging energy technologies. However, the mechanism of charge transfer to and from these small within confined environment host material role in storge are largely unexplored. Herein, we examine processes metallocene intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides, including MoS2 WS2. Combining experiment...

The quest for a clean, renewable and sustainable energy future has been highly sought by the scientific community over last four decades. Photocatalytic water splitting is very promising technology to proffer solution present day environmental pollution crises generating hydrogen fuel through “green route” without pollution. Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have outstanding properties w...

We develop an analytically solvable model able to qualitatively explain nonhydrogenicexciton spectra observed recently in two-dimensional (20) semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenides. Our exciton Hamiltonian explicitly includes additional angular momentum associated with the pseudospin degree of freedom unavoidable in 20 semiconducting materials with honeycomb structure. We claim that t...

Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials are an emergent and promising platform for future photonic and optoelectronic applications. Here, we review recent progress demonstrating the application of 2D nanomaterials as versatile, wideband saturable absorbers for Q-switching and mode-locking fibre lasers. We focus specifically on the family of few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides, including MoS2,...