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- 2016-11-15 Advanced Electrochemistry of Individual Metal Clusters Electrodeposited Atom by Atom to Nanometer by Nanometer
- Metal clusters are very important as building blocks for nanoparticles (NPs) for electrocatalysis and electroanalysis in both fundamental and applied electrochemistry. Attention has been given to unde...
- 2016-11-15 Designing Micro- and Nanoswimmers for Specific Applications
- Self-propelled colloids have emerged as a new class of active matter over the past decade. These are micrometer sized colloidal objects that transduce free energy from their surroundings and convert i...
- 2016-11-15 Earth-Abundant Heterogeneous Water Oxidation Catalysts
- Water oxidation is a key chemical transformation for the conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels. Our review focuses on recent work on robust earth-abundant heterogeneous catalysts for the oxyg...
- 2016-11-15 Spin-Dependent Transport through Chiral Molecules Studied by Spin-Dependent Electrochemistry
- Molecular spintronics (spin + electronics), which aims to exploit both the spin degree of freedom and the electron charge in molecular devices, has recently received massive attention. Our recent expe...
- 2016-11-14 1D nanocrystals with precisely controlled dimensions, compositions, and architectures
- The ability to synthesize a diverse spectrum of one-dimensional (1D) nanocrystals presents an enticing prospect for exploring nanoscale size- and shape-dependent properties. Here we report a general s...
- 2016-11-14 Helical edge states and fractional quantum Hall effect in a graphene electron–hole bilayer
- Helical 1D electronic systems are a promising route towards realizing circuits of topological quantum states that exhibit non-Abelian statistics. Here, we demonstrate a versatile platform to realize 1...
- 2016-11-14 Defects in perovskite-halides and their effects in solar cells
- Solar cells based on perovskite-halide light absorbers have a unique set of characteristics that could help alleviate the global dependence on fossil fuels for energy generation. They efficiently conv...
- 2016-11-14 All-printed magnetically self-healing electrochemical devices
- The present work demonstrates the synthesis and application of permanent magnetic Nd2Fe14B microparticle (NMP)–loaded graphitic inks for realizing rapidly self-healing inexpensive printed electrochem...
- 2016-11-14 Material design and engineering of next-generation flow-battery technologies
- Spatial separation of the electrolyte and electrode is the main characteristic of flow-battery technologies, which liberates them from the constraints of overall energy content and the energy/power ra...
- 2016-11-14 Localized dielectric breakdown and antireflection coating in metal–oxide–semiconductor photoelectrodes
- Silicon-based photoelectrodes for solar fuel production have attracted great interest over the past decade, with the major challenge being silicon’s vulnerability to corrosion. A metal–insulator–se...
- 2016-11-14 Graded bandgap perovskite solar cells
- Organic–inorganic halide perovskite materials have emerged as attractive alternatives to conventional solar cell building blocks. Their high light absorption coefficients and long diffusion lengths s...
- 2016-11-14 A multifunctional biphasic water splitting catalyst tailored for integration with high-performance semiconductor photoanodes
- Artificial photosystems are advanced by the development of conformal catalytic materials that promote desired chemical transformations, while also maintaining stability and minimizing parasitic light ...
- 2016-11-14 High-strength magnetically switchable plasmonic nanorods assembled from a binary nanocrystal mixture
- Next-generation ‘smart’ nanoparticle systems should be precisely engineered in size, shape and composition to introduce multiple functionalities, unattainable from a single material. Bottom-up chemi...
- 2016-11-14 Self-assembly of nanoparticles into biomimetic capsid-like nanoshells
- Nanoscale compartments are one of the foundational elements of living systems. Capsids, carboxysomes, exosomes, vacuoles and other nanoshells easily self-assemble from biomolecules such as lipids or p...
- 2016-11-02 Direct–indirect character of the bandgap in methylammonium lead iodide perovskite
- Metal halide perovskites such as methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) are generating great excitement due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties, which lend them to application in high-effi...
- 2016-11-02 Conductive MOF electrodes for stable supercapacitors with high areal capacitance
- Owing to their high power density and superior cyclability relative to batteries, electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) have emerged as an important electrical energy storage technology that...
- 2016-11-01 Imaging the motion of electrons across semiconductor heterojunctions
- Technological progress since the late twentieth century has centred on semiconductor devices, such as transistors, diodes and solar cells. At the heart of these devices is the internal motion of elect...
- 2016-10-31 Self-powered textile for wearable electronics by hybridizing fiber-shaped nanogenerators, solar cells, and supercapacitors
- Wearable electronics fabricated on lightweight and flexible substrate are believed to have great potential for portable devices, but their applications are limited by the life span of their batteries....
- 2016-10-28 Super-dry reforming of methane intensifies CO2 utilization via Le Chatelier’s principle
- Upgrading CO2 with methaneThe use of carbon dioxide as a reactant could help to mitigate its impact on climate, but it is difficult to activate as an oxidant. Buelens et al. combined methane in a high...
- 2016-10-28 Stacking sequence and interlayer coupling in few-layer graphene revealed by in situ imaging
- In the transition from graphene to graphite, the addition of each individual graphene layer modifies the electronic structure and produces a different material with unique properties. Controlled growt...