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- 2015-10-10 Nonadditivity of nanoparticle interactions
- Understanding interactions between inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) is central to comprehension of self-organization processes and a wide spectrum of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena. However...
- 2015-10-10 Review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Deep Dive” Effort to Understand Voltage Fade in Li- and Mn-Rich Cathodes
- The commercial introduction of the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery nearly 25 years ago marked a technological turning point. Portable electronics, dependent on energy storage devices, have permeated our ...
- 2015-10-10 Bio-Derived, Binderless, Hierarchically Porous Carbon Anodes for Li-ion Batteries
- Here we explore the electrochemical performance of pyrolyzed skins from the species A. bisporus, also known as the Portobello mushroom, as free-standing, binder-free, and current collector-free Li-ion...
- 2015-10-08 Harnessing the Synergistic and Complementary Properties of Fullerene and Transition-Metal Compounds for Nanomaterial Applications
- Transition-metal-containing moieties can be combined with fullerene cages in a number of different ways either endohedrally, encased within the fullerene cage, or exohedrally, attached to the cage ext...
- 2015-10-08 Electrochemistry of Nanostructured Layered Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides
- Layered transition-metal dichalcogenides have very interesting electrochemical properties which depend on their elemental composition, crystal structure, size, and defects. Their electrochemistry is s...
- 2015-10-08 Protic Ionic Liquids: Evolving Structure–Property Relationships and Expanding Applications
- The inherent nature of PILs of having protons available for proton conduction, without needing to be acidic, makes them highly suitable as electrolytes, such as in fuel cells and batteries. A perspect...
- 2015-10-08 Protic Ionic Liquids: Evolving Structure–Property Relationships and Expanding Applications
- The inherent nature of PILs of having protons available for proton conduction, without needing to be acidic, makes them highly suitable as electrolytes, such as in fuel cells and batteries. A perspect...
- 2015-10-08 Light-Driven Heterogeneous Reduction of Carbon Dioxide: Photocatalysts and Photoelectrodes
- A wide variety of semiconductor systems have proven capable of harnessing near-ultraviolet and visible light and using that energy to drive the reduction of carbon dioxide through photocatalysis or ph...
- 2015-10-08 Interfacial Donor–Acceptor Engineering of Nanofiber Materials To Achieve Photoconductivity and Applications
- Self-assembly of π-conjugate molecules often leads to formation of well-defined nanofibril structures dominated by the columnar π–π stacking between the molecular planes. These nanofibril material...
- 2015-10-08 Self-assembled hybrid metal oxide base catalysts prepared by simply mixing with organic modifiers
- Multidentate materials formed by simply mixing heterogeneous and homogeneous components are promising for construction of versatile active sites on the surface of heterogeneous compounds, however, to ...
- 2015-10-08 End-bonded contacts for carbon nanotube transistors with low, size-independent resistance
- Moving beyond the limits of silicon transistors requires both a high-performance channel and high-quality electrical contacts. Carbon nanotubes provide high-performance channels below 10 nanometers, b...
- 2015-10-08 Megasupramolecules for safer, cleaner fuel by end association of long telechelic polymers
- We used statistical mechanics to design polymers that defy conventional wisdom by self-assembling into “megasupramolecules” (≥5000 kg/mol) at low concentration (≤0.3 weight percent). Theoretical t...
- 2015-10-08 Understanding catalysis in a multiphasic two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide
- Establishing processing–structure–property relationships for monolayer materials is crucial for a range of applications spanning optics, catalysis, electronics and energy. Presently, for molybdenum ...
- 2015-10-08 Patched bimetallic surfaces are active catalysts for ammonia decomposition
- Ammonia decomposition is often used as an archetypical reaction for predicting new catalytic materials and understanding the very reason of why some reactions are sensitive on material’s structure. C...
- 2015-10-08 A tunable azine covalent organic framework platform for visible light-induced hydrogen generation
- Hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic reduction of water holds promise as a sustainable source of carbon-free energy. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) present an interesting new class of photoactiv...
- 2015-10-08 Perovskite solar cells: Crystal crosslinking
- Solid-state perovskite solar cells have recently emerged and have already reached efficiencies of 20%. Now, a simple solution-processing step that crosslinks neighbouring perovskite grain surfaces has...
- 2015-09-29 Magnetically assisted slip casting of bioinspired heterogeneous composites
- Natural composites are often heterogeneous to fulfil functional demands. Manufacturing analogous materials remains difficult, however, owing to the lack of adequate and easily accessible processing to...
- 2015-09-29 Efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis using ternary pyrite-type cobalt phosphosulphide
- The scalable and sustainable production of hydrogen fuel through water splitting demands efficient and robust Earth-abundant catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Building on promising ...
- 2015-09-29 An electrodeposited inhomogeneous metal-insulator-semiconductor junction for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation
- The photoelectrochemical splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen requires a semiconductor to absorb light and generate electron-hole pairs, and a catalyst to enhance the kinetics of electron trans...
- 2015-09-29 Hierarchically arranged helical fibre actuators driven by solvents and vapours
- Mechanical responsiveness in many plants is produced by helical organizations of cellulose microfibrils. However, simple mimicry of these naturally occurring helical structures does not produce artifi...
