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- 2016-02-14 Multinary I-III-VI2 and I2-II-IV-VI4 Semiconductor Nanostructures for Photocatalytic Applications
- Semiconductor nanostructures that can effectively serve as light-responsive photocatalysts have been of considerable interest over the past decade. This is because their use in light-induced photocata...
- 2016-02-14 Uranium-mediated electrocatalytic dihydrogen production from water
- Depleted uranium is a mildly radioactive waste product that is stockpiled worldwide. The chemical reactivity of uranium complexes is well documented, including the stoichiometric activation of small m...
- 2016-02-14 Sub-particle reaction and photocurrent mapping to optimize catalyst-modified photoanodes
- The splitting of water photoelectrochemically into hydrogen and oxygen represents a promising technology for converting solar energy to fuel. The main challenge is to ensure that photogenerated holes ...
- 2016-02-14 Why do batteries fail?
- Rechargeable batteries are found in a range of everyday devices, from shavers and laptops to cars and airplanes. Over time, these batteries can fail, either through a gradual loss of charge or through...
- 2016-02-13 Anisotropic Growth of TiO2 onto Gold Nanorods for Plasmon-Enhanced Hydrogen Production from Water Reduction
- Plasmonic metal/semiconductor heterostructures show promise for visible-light-driven photocatalysis. Gold nanorods (AuNRs) semi-coated with TiO2 are expected to be ideally structured systems for hydro...
- 2016-02-13 High-efficiency electrochemical thermal energy harvester using carbon nanotube aerogel sheet electrodes
- Conversion of low-grade waste heat into electricity is an important energy harvesting strategy. However, abundant heat from these low-grade thermal streams cannot be harvested readily because of the a...
- 2016-02-13 Ionic polarization-induced current–voltage hysteresis in CH3NH3PbX3 perovskite solar cells
- CH3NH3PbX3 (MAPbX3) perovskites have attracted considerable attention as absorber materials for solar light harvesting, reaching solar to power conversion efficiencies above 20%. In spite of the rapid...
- 2016-02-13 Atomically isolated nickel species anchored on graphitized carbon for efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis
- Hydrogen production through electrochemical process is at the heart of key renewable energy technologies including water splitting and hydrogen fuel cells. Despite tremendous efforts, exploring cheap,...
- 2016-02-13 Pure and stable metallic phase molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for hydrogen evolution reaction
- Metallic-phase MoS2 (M-MoS2) is metastable and does not exist in nature. Pure and stable M-MoS2 has not been previously prepared by chemical synthesis, to the best of our knowledge. Here we report a h...
- 2016-02-13 Giant conductivity switching of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerfaces governed by surface protonation
- Complex-oxide interfaces host a diversity of phenomena not present in traditional semiconductor heterostructures. Despite intense interest, many basic questions remain about the mechanisms that give r...
- 2016-02-13 Advanced intermediate temperature sodium–nickel chloride batteries with ultra-high energy density
- Sodium-metal halide batteries have been considered as one of the more attractive technologies for stationary electrical energy storage, however, they are not used for broader applications despite thei...
- 2016-02-03 Three-dimensional porous carbon composites containing high sulfur nanoparticle content for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
- Sulfur is a promising cathode material for lithium–sulfur batteries because of its high theoretical capacity (1,675 mA h g-1); however, its low electrical conductivity and the instability of sulfu...
- 2016-02-01 Gate-induced superconductivity in atomically thin MoS2 crystals
- When thinned down to the atomic scale, many layered van der Waals materials exhibit an interesting evolution of their electronic properties, whose main aspects can be accounted for by changes in the s...
- 2016-02-01 Reconfigurable chiroptical nanocomposites with chirality transfer from the macro-to the nanoscale
- Nanostructures with chiral geometries exhibit strong polarization rotation. However, achieving reversible modulation of chirality and polarization rotation in device-friendly solid-state films is diff...
- 2016-02-01 Energy landscapes and functions of supramolecular systems
- By means of two supramolecular systems—peptide amphiphiles engaged in hydrogen-bonded β-sheets, and chromophore amphiphiles driven to assemble by π-orbital overlaps—we show that the minima in the ...
- 2016-02-01 Biomimetic 4D printing
- Shape-morphing systems can be found in many areas, including smart textiles, autonomous robotics, biomedical devices, drug delivery and tissue engineering. The natural analogues of such systems are ex...
- 2016-02-01 Conversion of CO2 from Air into Methanol Using a Polyamine and a Homogeneous Ruthenium Catalyst
- A highly efficient homogeneous catalyst system for the production of CH3OH from CO2 using pentaethylenehexamine and Ru-Macho-BH (1) at 125–165 °C in an ethereal solvent has been developed (initial tu...
- 2016-02-01 Growth of conformal graphene cages on micrometre-sized silicon particles as stable battery anodes
- Nanostructuring has been shown to be fruitful in addressing the problems of high-capacity Si anodes. However, issues with the high cost and poor Coulombic efficiencies of nanostructured Si still need ...
- 2016-02-01 Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents
- Organic solar cells have desirable properties, including low cost of materials, high-throughput roll-to-roll production, mechanical flexibility and light weight. However, all top-performance devices a...
- 2016-02-01 Efficient silicon solar cells with dopant-free asymmetric heterocontacts
- A salient characteristic of solar cells is their ability to subject photo-generated electrons and holes to pathways of asymmetrical conductivity—‘assisting’ them towards their respective contacts. ...
