Moiré engineering catalysis

Project funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF-Forskningsprojekt1), grant 3103-00008A. Participating organisations named by the source: KU University of Copenhagen. Runs n/a to 2026-12-31. Keywords: catalysis, quantum materials, physical chemistry, nano-technology, solid state physics. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-08-01); national funding data, not CORDIS; selected because its keywords name quantum. Abstract given by the source: En vigtig fremtidig grøn energikilde er dannelsen af brint fra vand via sol- eller vind-energi. For at denne proces skal være effektiv og billig, har vi brug for nye let-tilgængelige katalysatorer, som markant kan forøge brint-produktionen. I dette projekt undersøger vi nye kandidater for sådanne brint-katalysatorer bestående af roterede enkelt-atomare lag af bestemte systemer, f.eks. NbSe2/NbS2 eller NbS2/WSe2. Sådanne roterede dobbelt-lag fører til længererækkende moiré gitre indeholdende helt nye lokale atomare regioner med favorable katalytiske egenskaber. Projektet består af teoretiske beregninger af atomare elektroniske strukturer i disse roterede dobbelt-lag, og dertilhørende rumligt varierende bindingsenergier relevant for brint-katalysen. En vigtigt nyt aspekt som vi ønsker at belyse er, at disse roterede dobbelt-lag kan besidde spontant genererede ladningsmodulationer. Det er uvist om disse rumlige modulationer begrænser eller booster deres katalytiske egenskaber. Vi kan besvare dette åbne spørgsmål via state-of-the-art teoretiske beregninger som indeholder sådanne ladningsmodulationer.

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AI-assisted summary: The project "Moiré engineering catalysis" is funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark and involves KU University of Copenhagen. It focuses on developing new catalysts for hydrogen production using rotated monolayers of specific materials, running until December 31, 2026. Suggested technology pillar: enabling. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.