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- 2015-08-24 Nature of Rutile Nuclei in Anatase-to-Rutile Phase Transition
- The solid phase transition of TiO2, in particular anatase to rutile, has been extensively studied in the past 30 years. To seek for the nucleation site at the beginning of phase transition is highly c...
- 2015-08-24 Ultrathin black phosphorus nanosheets for efficient singlet oxygen generation
- Benefiting from its strong oxidizing properties, the singlet oxygen has garnered serious attentions in physical, chemical, as well as biological studies. However, the photosensitizers for the generati...
- 2015-08-24 Local atomic structure modulations activate metal oxide as electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution in acidic water
- Modifications of local structure at atomic level could precisely and effectively tune the capacity of materials, enabling enhancement in the catalytic activity. Here we modulate the local atomic struc...
- 2015-08-24 Catalysis on singly dispersed bimetallic sites
- A catalytic site typically consists of one or more atoms of a catalyst surface that arrange into a configuration offering a specific electronic structure for adsorbing or dissociating reactant molecul...
- 2015-08-24 Covalent organic frameworks comprising cobalt porphyrins for catalytic CO2 reduction in water
- Conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and other value-added carbon products is an important challenge for clean energy research. Here, we report modular optimization of covalent organic fram...
- 2015-08-18 Improved performance and stability of perovskite solar cells by crystal crosslinking with alkylphosphonic acid ω-ammonium chlorides
- In the past few years, organic–inorganic halide perovskites have rapidly emerged as promising materials for photovoltaic applications, but simultaneously achieving high performance and long-term stab...
- 2015-08-17 A Unique Ternary Semiconductor-(Semiconductor/Metal) Nano-Architecture for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
- It has been a long-standing demand to design hetero-nanostructures for charge-flow steering in semiconductor systems. Multi-component nanocrystals exhibit multifunctional properties or synergistic per...
- 2015-08-17 Nanomaterials in transistors: From high-performance to thin-film applications
- For more than 50 years, silicon transistors have been continuously shrunk to meet the projections of Moore’s law but are now reaching fundamental limits on speed and power use. With these limits at h...
- 2015-08-17 Flow-enhanced solution printing of all-polymer solar cells
- Morphology control of solution coated solar cell materials presents a key challenge limiting their device performance and commercial viability. Here we present a new concept for controlling phase sepa...
- 2015-08-17 Visualizing nanoscale 3D compositional fluctuation of lithium in advanced lithium-ion battery cathodes
- The distribution of cations in Li-ion battery cathodes as a function of cycling is a pivotal characteristic of battery performance. The transition metal cation distribution has been shown to affect ca...
- 2015-08-11 Synthesis and Development of Graphene–Inorganic Semiconductor Nanocomposites
- Several topics have been discussed in this paper with the view to demonstrating the significant effects of the heterogeneous structures of inorganic semiconductors and graphene with various dimensions...
- 2015-08-11 Silicon Surface Modification and Characterization for Emergent Photovoltaic Applications Based on Energy Transfer
- This review summarizes progress made and challenges encountered in the development of photovoltaic structures based on energy transfer sensitization of semiconductor substrates emphasizing silicon (pl...
- 2015-08-11 Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells
- Tremendous progress has been made recently in almost every aspect of PSCs. Many empirical design rules have been extracted from these results. In this review, we examined a wide range of polymer mater...
- 2015-08-11 Networks of Semiconducting SWNTs: Contribution of Midgap Electronic States to the Electrical Transport
- Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) thin films provide a unique platform for the development of electronic and photonic devices because they combine the advantages of the outstanding physical propert...
- 2015-08-10 Fast and long-range triplet exciton diffusion in metal–organic frameworks for photon upconversion at ultralow excitation power
- The conversion of low-energy light into photons of higher energy based on sensitized triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) has emerged as a promising wavelength-shifting methodology beca...
- 2015-08-10 Epitaxial growth of two-dimensional stanene
- Following the first experimental realization of graphene, other ultrathin materials with unprecedented electronic properties have been explored, with particular attention given to the heavy group-IV e...
- 2015-08-10 Flexible lithium-oxygen battery based on a recoverable cathode
- Although flexible power sources are crucial for the realization next-generation flexible electronics, their application in such devices is hindered by their low theoretical energy density. Rechargeabl...
- 2015-08-10 An on-chip electrical transport spectroscopy approach for in situ monitoring electrochemical interfaces
- In situ monitoring electrochemical interfaces is crucial for fundamental understanding and continued optimization of electrocatalysts. Conventional spectroscopic techniques are generally difficult to ...
- 2015-08-10 Molecular metal-Nx centres in porous carbon for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
- Repla1cement of precious platinum with efficient and low-cost catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution at low overpotentials holds tremendous promise for clean energy devices. Here we report ...
- 2015-08-10 Ultrathin Co3S4 Nanosheets that Synergistically Engineer Spin States and Exposed Polyhedra that Promote Water Oxidation under Neutral Conditions
- Development of efficient and affordable electrocatalysts in neutral solutions is paramount importance for the renewable energy. Herein, we report that the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance o...