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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 64 cited

Topological quantum catalyst: the case of two-dimensional traversing nodal line states associated with high catalytic performance for hydrogen evolution reaction

Lirong Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, Weizhen Meng +3

Topological quantum catalysts (TQCs), where metallic surface states from nontrivial band topology serve as the mechanism to favor heterogeneous catalysis processes, have been well…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 60 cited

Theoretical realization of hybrid Weyl state and associated high catalytic performance for hydrogen evolution in NiSi

Wei Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, Weizhen Meng +3

For electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), developing high-performance catalysts without containing precious metals has been a major research focus in the current. Here…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 54 cited

Multiple-Fold Fermions and Topological Fermi Arcs Induced Catalytic Enhancement in Nanoporous Electride C12A7

Weizhen Meng, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu +3

Topological materials are recently regarded as the idea catalysts due to the protected surface metallic states and high carrier mobility, however the fundamental mechanism and the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 28 cited

Fully spin-polarized double-Weyl fermions with type-III dispersion in quasi-one dimensional materials X2RhF6 (X=K, Rb, Cs)

Lei Jin, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu +3

Double-Weyl fermions, as novel topological states of matter, have been mostly discussed in nonmagnetic materials. Here, based on density-functional theory and symmetry analysis, we…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 12 cited

Structure, phase stability, half-metallicity, and fully spin-polarized Weyl states in compound NaV2O4: a new example for topological spintronic material

Tingli He, Xiaoming Zhang, Tie Yang +3

Here, we systematically investigate the structure, phase stability, half-metallicity, and topological electronic structure for a new topological spintronic material NaV2O4. The mat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 32 cited

Fully spin-polarized nodal chain state in half metal LiVO

Haopeng Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu +3

Nodal-chain fermions, as novel topological states of matter, have been hotly discussed in non-magnetic materials. Here, by using first-principles calculations and symmetry analysis…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 20 cited

A novel super-elastic carbon nanofiber with cup-stacked carbon nanocones and a screw dislocation

Xu Han, Futian Xu, Shuyong Duan +3

Carbon nanofibers (NFs) have been envisioned with broad promising applications, such as nanoscale actuators and energy storage medium. This work reports for the first-time super-el…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 53 cited

Ideal inner nodal chain semimetals in Li2XY (X = Ca, Ba; Y = Si, Ge) materials

Xiaoming Zhang, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai +2

The chain-type nodal loops in the reciprocal space can generate exotic nodal chain fermions. Here, we report that Li2XY (X = Ca, Ba; Y = Si, Ge) compounds are ideal inner nodal cha…