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- 2016-12-08 Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
- The design and synthesis of efficient electrocatalysts are important for electrochemical conversion technologies. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process in such conversions, having appli...
- 2016-12-08 Ultra-smooth glassy graphene thin films for flexible transparent circuits
- Large-area graphene thin films are prized in flexible and transparent devices. We report on a type of glassy graphene that is in an intermediate state between glassy carbon and graphene and that has h...
- 2016-12-08 Photocatalytic hydrogen generation from hydriodic acid using methylammonium lead iodide in dynamic equilibrium with aqueous solution
- The solar-driven splitting of hydrohalic acids (HX) is an important and fast growing research direction for H2 production. In addition to the hydrogen, the resulting chemicals (X2/X3−) can be used to...
- 2016-12-08 Centimetre-scale micropore alignment in oriented polycrystalline metal–organic framework films via heteroepitaxial growth
- The fabrication of oriented, crystalline films of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is a critical step toward their application to advanced technologies such as optics, microelectronics, microfluidics ...
- 2016-12-06 Networking Pyrolyzed Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks by Carbon Nanotubes Improves Conductivity and Enhances Oxygen-Reduction Performance in Polymer-Electrolyte-Membrane Fuel Cells
- A high-performance nonprecious-metal oxygen-reduction electrocatalyst is prepared via in situ growth of bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate frameworks on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT) followed by ads...
- 2016-12-06 Surfactant-free single-layer graphene in water
- Dispersing graphite in water to obtain true (single-layer) graphene in bulk quantity in a liquid has been an unreachable goal for materials scientists in the past decade. Similarly, a diagnostic tool ...
- 2016-12-02 Tuning charge and correlation effects for a single molecule on a graphene device
- The ability to understand and control the electronic properties of individual molecules in a device environment is crucial for developing future technologies at the nanometre scale and below. Achievin...
- 2016-12-02 Quantifying electronic band interactions in van der Waals materials using angle-resolved reflected-electron spectroscopy
- High electron mobility is one of graphene’s key properties, exploited for applications and fundamental research alike. Highest mobility values are found in heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal ...
- 2016-12-02 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor
- Simutaneously high open circuit voltage and high short circuit current density is a big challenge for achieving high efficiency polymer solar cells due to the excitonic nature of organic semdonductors...
- 2016-12-02 Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction
- Platinum-based catalysts have been considered the most effective electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in water splitting. However, platinum utilization in these electrocatalysts is ext...
- 2016-12-02 Multifunctional non-woven fabrics of interfused graphene fibres
- Carbon-based fibres hold promise for preparing multifunctional fabrics with electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, permeability, flexibility and lightweight. However, these fabrics are of limi...
- 2016-12-02 Multiple nanostructures based on anodized aluminium oxide templates
- Several physico-chemical effects and properties in the solid state involve nanoscale interactions between adjacent materials and morphologies. Arrays of binary nanostructures can generate intimate int...
- 2016-12-02 Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
- The design and synthesis of efficient electrocatalysts are important for electrochemical conversion technologies. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process in such conversions, having appli...
- 2016-12-02 Surfactant-free single-layer graphene in water
- Dispersing graphite in water to obtain true (single-layer) graphene in bulk quantity in a liquid has been an unreachable goal for materials scientists in the past decade. Similarly, a diagnostic tool ...
- 2016-12-02 Gaps induced by inversion symmetry breaking and second-generation Dirac cones in graphene/hexagonal boron nitride
- Graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has emerged as a model van der Waals heterostructure as the superlattice potential, which is induced by lattice mismatch and crystal orientation, gives rise to ...
- 2016-12-01 Nanoarchitectures for Metal–Organic Framework-Derived Nanoporous Carbons toward Supercapacitor Applications
- The future advances of supercapacitors depend on the development of novel carbon materials with optimized porous structures, high surface area, high conductivity, and high electrochemical stability. T...
- 2016-12-01 Biredox ionic liquids with solid-like redox density in the liquid state for high-energy supercapacitors
- Kinetics of electrochemical reactions are several orders of magnitude slower in solids than in liquids as a result of the much lower ion diffusivity. Yet, the solid state maximizes the density of redo...
- 2016-12-01 Microsupercapacitors as miniaturized energy-storage components for on-chip electronics
- The push towards miniaturized electronics calls for the development of miniaturized energy-storage components that can enable sustained, autonomous operation of electronic devices for applications suc...
- 2016-12-01 Metal-complex chromophores for solar hydrogen generation
- Solar H2 generation from water has been intensively investigated as a clean method to convert solar energy into hydrogen fuel. During the past few decades, many studies have demonstrated that metal co...
- 2016-12-01 Gating of Quantum Interference in Molecular Junctions by Heteroatom Substitution
- To guide the choice of future synthetic targets for single-molecule electronics, qualitative design rules are needed, which describe the effect of modifying chemical structure. Here the effect of hete...