Scientists reveal insights into a new class of materials for energy harvesting and power generation

Bengaluru: New research reveals the electronic mechanisms governing chemical bonding of incipient metals with metavalent bonding (MVB) within a single 2D layer of Group IV chalcogenides, which can improve energy harvesting and power generation.

Finding novel materials with unique features helps enhance technology. Professor Umesh Waghmare investigated the effects of metavalent bonding (MVB) on material properties in a single 2D layer of Group IV chalcogenides. Waghmare is a professor at the Theoretical Sciences Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) Bengaluru (an autonomous institution under the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India). The study, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and supported by the J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the SERB-DST, Government of India, and JNCASR research fellowship, provides a first-principle theoretical analysis of bonding in five Group IV chalcogenide 2D lattices.

When heated or cooled, these substances change from glassy amorphous to crystalline in less than 100 nanoseconds. Prof. Waghmare and his team’s theoretical work has broad industrial applications. These materials can also be used in energy storage, especially phase transition materials, for more sustainable and efficient energy solutions.

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