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- 2018-04-08 Hydrophilic directional slippery rough surfaces for water harvesting
- Multifunctional surfaces that are favorable for both droplet nucleation and removal are highly desirable for water harvesting applications but are rare. Inspired by the unique functions of pitcher pla...
- 2018-04-08 Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
- Light-induced structural dynamics plays a vital role in the physical properties, device performance, and stability of hybrid perovskite–based optoelectronic devices. We report that continuous light i...
- 2018-04-04 Emerging Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis
- Over the past few decades, the design and development of advanced electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion technologies have been subjects of extensive study. With the discovery of graphene, t...
- 2018-04-04 Nonfullerene Acceptor Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells
- The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p-type conjugated ...
- 2018-04-04 Carbothermal shock synthesis of high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles
- The controllable incorporation of multiple immiscible elements into a single nanoparticle merits untold scientific and technological potential, yet remains a challenge using conventional synthetic tec...
- 2018-04-04 Rolling up transition metal dichalcogenide nanoscrolls via one drop of ethanol
- Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted lots of interest because of their potential for electronic and optoelectronic applications. Atomically thin TMD flakes were belie...
- 2018-04-04 Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels
- Solar vapour generation is an efficient way of harvesting solar energy for the purification of polluted or saline water. However, water evaporation suffers from either inefficient utilization of solar...
- 2018-04-02 Scalable synthesis enabling multilevel bio-evaluations of natural products for discovery of lead compounds
- Challenges in the development of anti-cancer chemotherapeutics continue to exist, particularly with respect to adverse effects and development of resistance, underlining the need for novel drugs with ...
- 2018-04-02 High-speed and on-chip graphene blackbody emitters for optical communications by remote heat transfer
- High-speed light emitters integrated on silicon chips can enable novel architectures for silicon-based optoelectronics, such as on-chip optical interconnects, and silicon photonics. However, conventio...
- 2018-04-02 O2 evolution and recovery of the water-oxidizing enzyme
- In photosystem II, light-induced water oxidation occurs at the Mn4CaO5 cluster. Here we demonstrate proton releases, dioxygen formation, and substrate water incorporation in response to Mn4CaO5 oxidat...
- 2018-04-02 Oxygen radical character in group 11 oxygen fluorides
- Transition metal complexes bearing terminal oxido ligands are quite common, yet group 11 terminal oxo complexes remain elusive. Here we show that excited coinage metal atoms M (M = Au, Ag, Cu) react...
- 2018-04-02 Size-dependent activity and selectivity of carbon dioxide photocatalytic reduction over platinum nanoparticles
- Platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) are one of the most efficient cocatalysts in photocatalysis, and their size determines the activity and the selectivity of the catalytic reaction. Nevertheless, an in-d...
- 2018-04-02 Synthesis of AgN5 and its extended 3D energetic framework
- The pentazolate anion, as a polynitrogen species, holds great promise as a high-energy density material for explosive or propulsion applications. Designing pentazole complexes that contain minimal non...
- 2018-04-02 Oxidative [4+2] annulation of styrenes with alkynes under external-oxidant-free conditions
- The sequenced Diels–Alder/oxidation reaction represents a powerful route for the construction of aromatic compounds in organic synthesis. The oxidative Diels–Alder reaction with H2 evolution would b...
- 2018-04-02 Single rhodium atoms anchored in micropores for efficient transformation of methane under mild conditions
- Catalytic transformation of CH4 under a mild condition is significant for efficient utilization of shale gas under the circumstance of switching raw materials of chemical industries to shale gas. Here...
- 2018-04-02 Large-area and bright pulsed electroluminescence in monolayer semiconductors
- Transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers have naturally terminated surfaces and can exhibit a near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in the presence of suitable defect passivation. To date, stea...
- 2018-03-26 Electrolytic CO2 Reduction in a Flow Cell
- Electrocatalytic CO2 conversion at near ambient temperatures and pressures offers a potential means of converting waste greenhouse gases into fuels or commodity chemicals (e.g., CO, formic acid, metha...
- 2018-03-19 Innovative Strategies for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
- Electrocatalytic water splitting driven by renewable energy input to produce clean H2 has been widely viewed as a promising strategy of the future energy portfolio. Currently, the state-of-the-art ele...
- 2018-03-19 Advances in the Synthesis of Small Molecules as Hole Transport Materials for Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
- Over hundreds of new organic semiconductor molecules have been synthesized as hole transport materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells. However, to date, the well-known N2,N2,N2′,N2′,N7,N7,N7′, o...
- 2018-03-12 The role of reticular chemistry in the design of CO2 reduction catalysts
- The problem with current state-of-the-art catalysts for CO2 photo- or electroreduction is rooted in the notion that no single system can independently control, and thus optimize, the interplay between...