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- 2017-02-10 Self-surface charge exfoliation and electrostatically coordinated 2D hetero-layered hybrids
- At present, the technological groundwork of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) hetero-layered structures realized by successive thin film epitaxial growth is in principle constrained by lattice matc...
- 2017-02-10 Quantification of ion confinement and desolvation in nanoporous carbon supercapacitors with modelling and in situ X-ray scattering
- A detailed understanding of confinement and desolvation of ions in electrically charged carbon nanopores is the key to enable advanced electrochemical energy storage and water treatment technologies. ...
- 2017-02-10 Phase transformation mechanism in lithium manganese nickel oxide revealed by single-crystal hard X-ray microscopy
- Understanding the reaction pathway and kinetics of solid-state phase transformation is critical in designing advanced electrode materials with better performance and stability. Despite the first-order...
- 2017-02-10 Quasi–solid state rechargeable Na-CO2 batteries with reduced graphene oxide Na anodes
- Na-CO2 batteries using earth-abundant Na and greenhouse gas CO2 are promising tools for mobile and stationary energy storage, but they still pose safety risks from leakage of liquid electrolyte and in...
- 2017-02-10 Water-evaporation-induced electricity with nanostructured carbon materials
- Water evaporation is a ubiquitous natural process that harvests thermal energy from the ambient environment. It has previously been utilized in a number of applications including the synthesis of nano...
- 2017-02-06 Design principles for shift current photovoltaics
- While the basic principles of conventional solar cells are well understood, little attention has gone towards maximizing the efficiency of photovoltaic devices based on shift currents. By analysing ef...
- 2017-02-06 Edge reactivity and water-assisted dissociation on cobalt oxide nanoislands
- Transition metal oxides show great promise as Earth-abundant catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in electrochemical water splitting. However, progress in the development of highly active oxide...
- 2017-02-06 Single-step ambient-air synthesis of graphene from renewable precursors as electrochemical genosensor
- Thermal chemical vapour deposition techniques for graphene fabrication, while promising, are thus far limited by resource-consuming and energy-intensive principles. In particular, purified gases and e...
- 2017-02-06 A general patterning approach by manipulating the evolution of two-dimensional liquid foams
- The evolution of gas-liquid foams has been an attractive topic for more than half a century. However, it remains a challenge to manipulate the evolution of foams, which restricts the development of po...
- 2017-02-06 Efficient perovskite light-emitting diodes featuring nanometre-sized crystallites
- Organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite materials are emerging as highly attractive semiconductors for use in optoelectronics. In addition to their use in photovoltaics, perovskites are promising for rea...
- 2017-02-06 Efficient and stable solution-processed planar perovskite solar cells via contact passivation
- Planar perovskite solar cells made entirely via solution-processing at low temperatures (20% retained 90% (97% after dark recovery) of their initial performance after 500 hours continuous room-tempera...
- 2017-02-06 Self-assembled dynamic perovskite composite cathodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells
- Electrode materials for intermediate temperature (500–700 ∘C) solid oxide fuel cells require electrical and mechanical stability to maintain performance during the cell lifetime. This has proven di...
- 2017-02-06 Nanoparticle-induced unusual melting and solidification behaviours of metals
- Effective control of melting and solidification behaviours of materials is significant for numerous applications. It has been a long-standing challenge to increase the melted zone (MZ) depth while shr...
- 2017-02-06 Buckled two-dimensional Xene sheets
- Silicene, germanene and stanene are part of a monoelemental class of two-dimensional (2D) crystals termed 2D-Xenes (X = Si, Ge, Sn and so on) which, together with their ligand-functionalized derivativ...
- 2017-02-06 Activity origin and catalyst design principles for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution on heteroatom-doped graphene
- The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a fundamental process in electrocatalysis and plays an important role in energy conversion through water splitting to produce hydrogen. Effective candidates fo...
- 2017-02-06 Functional Graphene Nanomaterials Based Architectures: Biointeractions, Fabrications, and Emerging Biological Applications
- Functional graphene nanomaterials (FGNs) are fast emerging materials with extremely unique physical and chemical properties and physiological ability to interfere and/or interact with bioorganisms; as...
- 2017-02-06 p-wave triggered superconductivity in single-layer graphene on an electron-doped oxide superconductor
- Electron pairing in the vast majority of superconductors follows the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer theory of superconductivity, which describes the condensation of electrons into pairs with antiparallel...
- 2017-02-06 Transformation of bulk alloys to oxide nanowires
- One dimensional (1D) nanostructures offer prospects for enhancing the electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of a broad range of functional materials and composites, but their synthesis method...
- 2017-01-17 Intragranular cracking as a critical barrier for high-voltage usage of layer-structured cathode for lithium-ion batteries
- LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2-layered cathode is often fabricated in the form of secondary particles, consisting of densely packed primary particles. This offers advantages for high energy density and alleviati...
- 2017-01-17 Modelling heterogeneous interfaces for solar water splitting
- The generation of hydrogen from water and sunlight offers a promising approach for producing scalable and sustainable carbon-free energy. The key of a successful solar-to-fuel technology is the design...
