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- 2016-05-11 Superior visible light hydrogen evolution of Janus bilayer junctions via atomic-level charge flow steering
- Although photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (PHE) is ideal for solar-to-fuel conversion, it remains challenging to construct a highly efficient PHE system by steering the charge flow in a precise manne...
- 2016-05-11 Direct electronic measurement of Peltier cooling and heating in graphene
- Thermoelectric effects allow the generation of electrical power from waste heat and the electrical control of cooling and heating. Remarkably, these effects are also highly sensitive to the asymmetry ...
- 2016-05-11 Metal halide perovskites for energy applications
- Exploring prospective materials for energy production and storage is one of the biggest challenges of this century. Solar energy is one of the most important renewable energy resources, due to its wid...
- 2016-05-11 Functionalization mediates heat transport in graphene nanoflakes
- The high thermal conductivity of graphene and few-layer graphene undergoes severe degradations through contact with the substrate. Here we show experimentally that the thermal management of a micro he...
- 2016-05-11 Atomistic understanding of cation exchange in PbS nanocrystals using simulations with pseudoligands
- Cation exchange is a powerful tool for the synthesis of nanostructures such as core–shell nanocrystals, however, the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Interactions of cations with ligands an...
- 2016-05-10 Fabrication of carbon nanorods and graphene nanoribbons from a metal–organic framework
- One- and two-dimensional carbon nanomaterials are attracting considerable attention because of their extraordinary electrical, mechanical and thermal properties, which could lead to a range of importa...
- 2016-05-09 Multi-shelled metal oxides prepared via an anion-adsorption mechanism for lithium-ion batteries
- One of the major problems in the development of lithium-ion batteries is the relatively low capacity of cathode materials compared to anode materials. Owing to its high theoretical capacity, vanadium ...
- 2016-05-09 Semiconductor nanowire lasers
- The discovery and continued development of the laser has revolutionized both science and industry. The advent of miniaturized, semiconductor lasers has made this technology an integral part of everyda...
- 2016-05-06 Mesoporous materials for energy conversion and storage devices
- To meet the growing energy demands in a low-carbon economy, the development of new materials that improve the efficiency of energy conversion and storage systems is essential. Mesoporous materials off...
- 2016-05-06 Uniform patchy and hollow rectangular platelet micelles from crystallizable polymer blends
- Growing patterned rectangular objectsThe growth of patterned objects usually requires a template to aid the positioning of multiple materials. Qiu et al. used the seeded growth of a crystallizable blo...
- 2016-05-06 Extremely Weak van der Waals Coupling in Vertical ReS2 Nanowalls for High-Current-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries
- The synthesis of vertical ReS2 nanowalls on 3D graphene foam (V-ReS2/3DGF) is demonstrated by a chemical vapor deposition route. The vertical nanowall structure leads to an effective exposure of activ...
- 2016-05-06 3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination
- Plasmonics has generated tremendous excitement because of its unique capability to focus light into subwavelength volumes, beneficial for various applications such as light harvesting, photodetection4...
- 2016-05-06 Proton transfer dynamics control the mechanism of O2 reduction by a non-precious metal electrocatalyst
- Many chemical and biological processes involve the transfer of both protons and electrons. The complex mechanistic details of these proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions require independen...
- 2016-05-05 Near-field dielectric scattering promotes optical absorption by platinum nanoparticles
- Recent years have seen a surge of interest in tuning the optical properties of metals for a wide range of applications. In contrast to the well-studied plasmonic metals (mainly Au and Ag), which have ...
- 2016-05-05 Semi-metallic Be5C2 monolayer global minimum with quasi-planar pentacoordinate carbons and negative Poisson’s ratio
- Designing new materials with novel topological properties and reduced dimensionality is always desirable for material innovation. Here we report the design of a two-dimensional material, namely Be5C2 ...
- 2016-05-05 Seawater usable for production and consumption of hydrogen peroxide as a solar fuel
- Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in water has been proposed as a promising solar fuel instead of gaseous hydrogen because of advantages on easy storage and high energy density, being used as a fuel of a one-c...
- 2016-05-04 Origin of low sodium capacity in graphite and generally weak substrate binding of Na and Mg among alkali and alkaline earth metals
- SignificanceThe growing demand for energy storage urges the development of alternative cation batteries, which calls for a systematic understanding of binding energetics. We discover a general phenome...
- 2016-05-03 Covalent functionalization and passivation of exfoliated black phosphorus via aryl diazonium chemistry
- Functionalization of atomically thin nanomaterials enables the tailoring of their chemical, optical and electronic properties. Exfoliated black phosphorus (BP)—a layered two-dimensional semiconductor...
- 2016-05-03 A supramolecular ruthenium macrocycle with high catalytic activity for water oxidation that mechanistically mimics photosystem II
- Mimicking the ingenuity of nature and exploiting the billions of years over which natural selection has developed numerous effective biochemical conversions is one of the most successful strategies in...
- 2016-05-03 Electrical generation and control of the valley carriers in a monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide
- Electrically controlling the flow of charge carriers is the foundation of modern electronics. By accessing the extra spin degree of freedom (DOF) in electronics, spintronics allows for information pro...
