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- 2015-09-07 CO2 Hydrogenation to Formate and Methanol as an Alternative to Photo- and Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
- In this Review, we have described CO2 hydrogenation as an alternative method for so-called artificial photosynthesis to produce fuels, such as formate/formic acid and methanol, with good selectivity a...
- 2015-09-07 Waltzing with the Versatile Platform of Graphene to Synthesize Composite Photocatalysts
- As such, we have attempted to cast a panoramic review of graphene-based photocatalysis, which has covered a systematic understanding of the multifarious roles of graphene in boosting the photocatalyti...
- 2015-09-06 Highly thermally conductive and mechanically strong graphene fibers
- Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms bonded in a hexagonal lattice, is the thinnest, strongest, and stiffest known material and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. However, these super...
- 2015-09-06 Identification of active sites in CO oxidation and water-gas shift over supported Pt catalysts
- Identification and characterization of catalytic active sites are the prerequisites for an atomic level understanding of the catalytic mechanism and rational design of high-performance heterogeneous c...
- 2015-09-06 Printable Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries: A New Route toward Shape-Conformable Power Sources with Aesthetic Versatility for Flexible Electronics
- Forthcoming flexible/wearable electronic devices with shape diversity and mobile usability garner a great deal of attention as an innovative technology to bring unprecedented changes in our daily live...
- 2015-09-02 Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and methane at an immobilized cobalt protoporphyrin
- The electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide and water into useful products is a major challenge in facilitating a closed carbon cycle. Here we report a cobalt protoporphyrin immobilized on a pyro...
- 2015-09-02 Low-Bandgap Near-IR Conjugated Polymers/Molecules for Organic Electronics
- In this Review, we discuss the scientific origins, practical approaches of designing the low-bandgap polymers/molecules, and their associated physical properties. We then provide a synopsis of major a...
- 2015-09-02 Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy: An Emerging Tool for Fundamental Catalysis Research
- Although atomic force microscopy (AFM) was rapidly adopted as a routine surface imaging apparatus after its introduction in 1986, it has not been widely used in catalysis research. The reason is that ...
- 2015-09-02 Insights into Electrochemical Reactions from Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- The understanding of fundamental processes in the bulk and at the interfaces of electrochemical devices is a prerequisite for the development of new technologies with higher efficiency and improved pe...
- 2015-09-02 Plasmon-induced resonance energy transfer for solar energy conversion
- In Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET), energy non-radiatively transfers from a blue-shifted emitter to a red-shifted absorber by dipole-dipole coupling. This study shows that plasmonics enables ...
- 2015-08-31 Long-lived photoinduced polaron formation in conjugated polyelectrolyte-fullerene assemblies
- The efficiency of biological photosynthesis results from the exquisite organization of photoactive elements that promote rapid movement of charge carriers out of a critical recombination range. If syn...
- 2015-08-31 Reversible adapting layer produces robust single-crystal electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution
- Electrochemically converting water into oxygen/hydrogen gas is ideal for high-density renewable energy storage in which robust electrocatalysts for efficient oxygen evolution play crucial roles. To da...
- 2015-08-28 Substitutional doping in nanocrystal superlattices
- Doping is a process in which atomic impurities are intentionally added to a host material to modify its properties. It has had a revolutionary impact in altering or introducing electronic, magnetic, l...
- 2015-08-28 Accommodating lithium into 3D current collectors with a submicron skeleton towards long-life lithium metal anodes
- Lithium metal is one of the most attractive anode materials for electrochemical energy storage. However, the growth of Li dendrites during electrochemical deposition, which leads to a low Coulombic ef...
- 2015-08-28 Wet-chemical synthesis and applications of non-layer structured two-dimensional nanomaterials
- Non-layer structured nanomaterials with single- or few-layer thickness have two-dimensional sheet-like structures and possess intriguing properties. Recent years have seen major advances in developmen...
- 2015-08-28 Efficiently photo-charging lithium-ion battery by perovskite solar cell
- Electric vehicles using lithium-ion battery pack(s) for propulsion have recently attracted a great deal of interest. The large-scale practical application of battery electric vehicles may not be reali...
- 2015-08-26 Low surface recombination velocity in solution-grown CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite single crystal
- Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites are attracting intense research effort due to their impressive performance in solar cells. While the carrier transport parameters such as mobility and bulk carrier...
- 2015-08-26 Macroscopic and direct light propulsion of bulk graphene material
- It has been a great challenge to achieve the direct light manipulation of matter on a bulk scale. In this work the direct light propulsion of matter is observed on a macroscopic scale using a bulk gra...
- 2015-08-26 Status and prospects for ternary organic photovoltaics
- In the past few years, ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) featuring multiple donor or acceptor materials in the active layer have emerged as a promising structure to simultaneously improve all solar c...
- 2015-08-24 Quantitative Detection of Photothermal and Photoelectrocatalytic Effects Induced by SPR from Au@Pt Nanoparticles
- The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) induced photothermal and photoelectrocatalysis effects are crucial for catalytic reactions in many areas. However, it is still difficult to distinguish these two ef...