Toward the Effective Exploitation of Topological Phases of Matter in Catalysis: Chemical Reactions at the Surfaces of NbAs and TaAs Weyl Semimetals

By means of density functional theory and experiments, surface chemical reactivity of single crystals of NbAs and TaAs Weyl semimetals is studied. Weyl semimetals exhibit outstanding reactivity toward simple molecules (oxygen, carbon monoxide, and water), with several active sites available for surf...

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