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- 2016-07-01 Array of nanosheets render ultrafast and high-capacity Na-ion storage by tunable pseudocapacitance
- Sodium-ion batteries are a potentially low-cost and safe alternative to the prevailing lithium-ion battery technology. However, it is a great challenge to achieve fast charging and high power density ...
- 2016-06-30 Magnetic assembly of transparent and conducting graphene-based functional composites
- Innovative methods producing transparent and flexible electrodes are highly sought in modern optoelectronic applications to replace metal oxides, but available solutions suffer from drawbacks such as ...
- 2016-06-30 Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis
- Despite intense research in past decades, the lack of high-performance catalysts for fuel cell reactions remains a challenge in realizing fuel cell technologies for transportation applications. Here w...
- 2016-06-30 Superconcentrated electrolytes for a high-voltage lithium-ion battery
- Finding a viable electrolyte for next-generation 5 V-class lithium-ion batteries is of primary importance. A long-standing obstacle has been metal-ion dissolution at high voltages. The LiPF6 salt in ...
- 2016-06-30 Coherent commensurate electronic states at the interface between misoriented graphene layers
- Graphene and layered materials in general exhibit rich physics and application potential owing to their exceptional electronic properties, which arise from the intricate π-orbital coupling and the sy...
- 2016-06-30 Tunable phonon-cavity coupling in graphene membranes
- A major achievement of the past decade has been the realization of macroscopic quantum systems by exploiting the interactions between optical cavities and mechanical resonators. In these systems, phon...
- 2016-06-30 Dynamical strong coupling and parametric amplification of mechanical modes of graphene drums
- Mechanical resonators are ubiquitous in modern information technology. With the possibility of coupling them to electromagnetic and plasmonic modes, they hold promise as the key building blocks in fut...
- 2016-06-29 Intriguing Optoelectronic Properties of Metal Halide Perovskites
- A new chapter in the long and distinguished history of perovskites is being written with the breakthrough success of metal halide perovskites (MHPs) as solution-processed photovoltaic (PV) absorbers. ...
- 2016-06-29 Metal–organic framework-based separator for lithium–sulfur batteries
- Lithium–sulfur batteries are a promising energy-storage technology due to their relatively low cost and high theoretical energy density. However, one of their major technical problems is the shuttlin...
- 2016-06-29 A vacuum flash–assisted solution process for high-efficiency large-area perovskite solar cells
- While metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) presently attract enormous research interest because of their high solar to electric power conversion efficiency (PCE) and low fabrication costs, their...
- 2016-06-29 Facet-dependent trapping and dynamics of excess electrons at anatase TiO2 surfaces and aqueous interfaces
- Excess electrons from intrinsic defects, dopants and photoexcitation play a key role in many of the properties of TiO2. Understanding their behaviour is important for improving the performance of TiO2...
- 2016-06-29 Colloidal quantum dot ligand engineering for high performance solar cells
- Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are fast-improving materials for next-generation solution-processed optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, photocatalysis, light emitting diodes, and photodetectors....
- 2016-06-29 Efficient solar-driven water splitting by nanocone BiVO4-perovskite tandem cells
- Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) has been widely regarded as a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting because of its low cost, its high stability against photocorrosion, ...
- 2016-06-29 Slower carriers limit charge generation in organic semiconductor light-harvesting systems
- Blends of electron-donating and -accepting organic semiconductors are widely used as photoactive materials in next-generation solar cells and photodetectors. The yield of free charges in these systems...
- 2016-06-29 Unassisted photoelectrochemical water splitting exceeding 7% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency using photon recycling
- Various tandem cell configurations have been reported for highly efficient and spontaneous hydrogen production from photoelectrochemical solar water splitting. However, there is a contradiction betwee...
- 2016-06-29 Discovery of earth-abundant nitride semiconductors by computational screening and high-pressure synthesis
- Nitride semiconductors are attractive because they can be environmentally benign, comprised of abundant elements and possess favourable electronic properties. However, those currently commercialized a...
- 2016-06-29 Two-dimensional shape memory graphene oxide
- Driven by the increasing demand for micro-/nano-technologies, stimuli-responsive shape memory materials at nanoscale have recently attracted great research interests. However, by reducing the size of ...
- 2016-06-29 Activated desorption at heterogeneous interfaces and long-time kinetics of hydrocarbon recovery from nanoporous media
- Hydrocarbon recovery from unconventional reservoirs (shale gas) is debated due to its environmental impact and uncertainties on its predictability. But a lack of scientific knowledge impedes the propo...
- 2016-06-29 Spontaneous incorporation of gold in palladium-based ternary nanoparticles makes durable electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
- Replacing platinum by a less precious metal such as palladium, is highly desirable for lowering the cost of fuel-cell electrocatalysts. However, the instability of palladium in the harsh environment o...
- 2016-06-29 Mapping polaronic states and lithiation gradients in individual V2O5 nanowires
- The rapid insertion and extraction of Li ions from a cathode material is imperative for the functioning of a Li-ion battery. In many cathode materials such as LiCoO2, lithiation proceeds through solid...
