Collaborative Innovation Promotion Program of Universities and Colleges (2011-Program)
News&Events
Home
>
News&Events
>
CEM Collections
CEM Collections
- 2017-03-09 The rapid evolution of highly efficient perovskite solar cells
- Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted much attention because of their rapid rise to 22% efficiencies. Here, we review the rapid evolution of PSCs as they enter a new phase that could revolution...
- 2017-03-09 Nanostructured material-based biofuel cells: recent advances and future prospects
- During the past decade, biofuel cells (BFCs) have emerged as an emerging technology on account of their ability to directly generate electricity from biologically renewable catalysts and fuels. Due to...
- 2017-03-09 A two-dimensional conjugated aromatic polymer via C–C coupling reaction
- The fabrication of crystalline 2D conjugated polymers with well-defined repeating units and in-built porosity presents a significant challenge to synthetic chemists. Yet they present an appealing targ...
- 2017-03-09 Efficient oxygen reduction catalysis by subnanometer Pt alloy nanowires
- The common knowledge is that Pt and Pt alloy nanoparticles (NPs) less than 2 nm are not desirable for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, whether the same trend is expected in Pt-based nanowires...
- 2017-03-09 Low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide perovskite absorbers with long carrier lifetimes for all-perovskite tandem solar cells
- Tandem solar cells using only metal-halide perovskite sub-cells are an attractive choice for next-generation solar cells. However, the progress in developing efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cell...
- 2017-03-09 Evidence for anionic redox activity in a tridimensional-ordered Li-rich positive electrode β-Li2IrO3
- Lithium-ion battery cathode materials have relied on cationic redox reactions until the recent discovery of anionic redox activity in Li-rich layered compounds which enables capacities as high as 300 ...
- 2017-03-09 Precise tuning in platinum-nickel/nickel sulfide interface nanowires for synergistic hydrogen evolution catalysis
- Comprising abundant interfaces, multicomponent heterostructures can integrate distinct building blocks into single entities and yield exceptional functionalities enabled by the synergistic components....
- 2017-03-09 Synergy of ammonium chloride and moisture on perovskite crystallization for efficient printable mesoscopic solar cells
- Organometal lead halide perovskites have been widely used as the light harvester for high-performance solar cells. However, typical perovskites of methylammonium lead halides (CH3NH3PbX3, X=Cl, Br, I)...
- 2017-03-09 A tailored double perovskite nanofiber catalyst enables ultrafast oxygen evolution
- Rechargeable metal–air batteries and water splitting are highly competitive options for a sustainable energy future, but their commercialization is hindered by the absence of cost-effective, highly e...
- 2017-03-09 Conductive porous vanadium nitride/graphene composite as chemical anchor of polysulfides for lithium-sulfur batteries
- Although the rechargeable lithium–sulfur battery is an advanced energy storage system, its practical implementation has been impeded by many issues, in particular the shuttle effect causing rapid cap...
- 2017-03-09 Foldable interpenetrated metal-organic frameworks/carbon nanotubes thin film for lithium–sulfur batteries
- Lithium–sulfur batteries are promising technologies for powering flexible devices due to their high energy density, low cost and environmental friendliness, when the insulating nature, shuttle effect...
- 2017-03-08 Electrolyte additive enabled fast charging and stable cycling lithium metal batteries
- Batteries using lithium (Li) metal as anodes are considered promising energy storage systems because of their high energy densities. However, safety concerns associated with dendrite growth along with...
- 2017-03-08 Colloidal alloys with preassembled clusters and spheres
- Self-assembly is a powerful approach for constructing colloidal crystals, where spheres, rods or faceted particles can build up a myriad of structures. Nevertheless, many complex or low-coordination a...
- 2017-03-03 Chemical Modification of Semiconductor Surfaces for Molecular Electronics
- Inserting molecular monolayers within metal/semiconductor interfaces provides one of the most powerful expressions of how minute chemical modifications can affect electronic devices. This topic also h...
- 2017-03-03 Molecular Modeling of Thermodynamic and Transport Properties for CO2 and Aqueous Brines
- Molecular simulation techniques using classical force-fields occupy the space between ab initio quantum mechanical methods and phenomenological correlations. In particular, Monte Carlo and molecular d...
- 2017-03-03 Surface and Interface Engineering of Noble-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Efficient Energy Conversion Processes
- Developing cost-effective and high-performance electrocatalysts for renewable energy conversion and storage is motivated by increasing concerns regarding global energy security and creating sustainabl...
- 2017-03-03 Unravelling surface and interfacial structures of a metal–organic framework by transmission electron microscopy
- Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials with designable topology, porosity and functionality, having promising applications in gas storage and separation, ion conduction and ...
- 2017-03-03 Self-assembly of electronically abrupt borophene/organic lateral heterostructures
- Two-dimensional boron sheets (that is, borophene) have recently been realized experimentally and found to have promising electronic properties. Because electronic devices and systems require the integ...
- 2017-03-03 Interface confined hydrogen evolution reaction in zero valent metal nanoparticles-intercalated molybdenum disulfide
- Interface confined reactions, which can modulate the bonding of reactants with catalytic centres and influence the rate of the mass transport from bulk solution, have emerged as a viable strategy for ...
- 2017-03-03 High performance of a cobalt–nitrogen complex for the reduction and reductive coupling of nitro compounds into amines and their derivatives
- Replacement of precious noble metal catalysts with low-cost, non-noble heterogeneous catalysts for chemoselective reduction and reductive coupling of nitro compounds holds tremendous promise for the c...
