- 2015-12-04 Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale
- Thermal-catalytic gas processing is integral to many current industrial processes. Ever-increasing demands on conversion and energy efficiencies are a strong driving force for the development of alter...
- 2015-12-04 Two-Inch-Sized Perovskite CH3NH3PbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) Crystals: Growth and Cha...
- Two-inch-sized perovskite crystals, CH3NH3PbX3 (X=I, Br, Cl), with high crystalline quality are prepared by a solution-grown strategy. The availability of large perovskite crystals is expected to tran...
- 2015-12-04 Dithienopicenocarbazole as the kernel module of low-energy-gap organic dyes f...
- An electron-donor with a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dithieno[2′,3′:2,3;3′′,2′′:10,11]piceno[1,14,13,12-bcdefgh]carbazole (DTPC) as the primary skeleton and also decorated with multiple solu...
- 2015-12-03 Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper for programmable instant self-fo...
- Origami-inspired active graphene-based paper with programmed gradients in vertical and lateral directions is developed to address many of the limitations of polymer active materials including slow res...
- 2015-12-02 High-energy density nonaqueous all redox flow lithium battery enabled with a ...
- Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are considered one of the most promising large-scale energy storage technologies. However, conventional RFBs suffer from low energy density due to the low solubility of the...
- 2015-12-01 Molecular cavity optomechanics as a theory of plasmon-enhanced Raman scatteri...
- The exceptional enhancement of Raman scattering by localized plasmonic resonances in the near field of metallic nanoparticles, surfaces or tips (SERS, TERS) has enabled spectroscopic fingerprinting do...
- 2015-12-01 Reversible trapping and reaction acceleration within dynamically self-assembl...
- The chemical behaviour of molecules can be significantly modified by confinement to volumes comparable to the dimensions of the molecules. Although such confined spaces can be found in various nanostr...
- 2015-12-01 Activating and optimizing MoS2 basal planes for hydrogen evolution through th...
- As a promising non-precious catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER;), molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is known to contain active edge sites and an inert basal plane. Activating the MoS2 basal ...
- 2015-12-01 A new active Li-Mn-O compound for high energy density Li-ion batteries
- The search for new materials that could improve the energy density of Li-ion batteries is one of today’s most challenging issues. Many families of transition metal oxides as well as transition metal ...
- 2015-12-01 Enhanced optoelectronic quality of perovskite thin films with hypophosphorous...
- Solution-processed metal halide perovskite semiconductors, such as CH3NH3PbI3, have exhibited remarkable performance in solar cells, despite having non-negligible density of defect states. A likely ca...
- 2015-12-01 A Sustainable Route from Biomass Byproduct Okara to High Content Nitrogen-Dop...
- A sustainable route from biomass byproduct okara as a natural nitrogen fertilizer to high content N-doped carbon sheets is demonstrated. The as-prepared unique structure exhibits high specific capacit...
- 2015-12-01 Flexible and Foldable Li-O2 Battery Based on Paper-Ink Cathode
- A flexible freestanding air cathode inspired by traditional Chinese calligraphy art is built. When this novel electrode is employed as both a new concept cathode and current collector, to replace conv...
- 2015-11-27 A quick look at how photoelectrodes work
- It is appealing to harvest solar energy directly into chemical bonds with photo-electrochemical (PEC) cells—for example, by splitting water into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2), as first demonstrated b...
- 2015-11-27 Near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield in MoS2
- Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides have emerged as a promising material system for optoelectronic applications, but their primary figure of merit, the room-temperature photoluminesc...
- 2015-11-27 Highly active and durable methanol oxidation electrocatalyst based on the syn...
- Active and durable electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation reaction are of critical importance to the commercial viability of direct methanol fuel cell technology. Unfortunately, current methanol oxid...
- 2015-11-27 Growing Uniform Graphene Disks and Films on Molten Glass for Heating Devices ...
- The direct growth of uniform graphene disks and their continuous film is achieved by exploiting the molten state of glass. The use of molten glass enables highly uniform nucleation and an enhanced gro...
- 2015-11-27 Pie-like electrode design for high-energy density lithium–sulfur batteries
- Owing to the overwhelming advantage in energy density, lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery is a promising next-generation electrochemical energy storage system. Despite many efforts in pursuing long cycle...
- 2015-11-27 Fast growth of inch-sized single-crystalline graphene from a controlled singl...
- Wafer-scale single-crystalline graphene monolayers are highly sought after as an ideal platform for electronic and other applications1, 2, 3. At present, state-of-the-art growth methods based on chemi...
- 2015-11-27 Porous Molybdenum-Based Hybrid Catalysts for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolut...
- We have synthesized a porous Mo-based composite obtained from a polyoxometalate-based metal–organic framework and graphene oxide (POMOFs/GO) using a simple one-pot method. The MoO2@PC-RGO hybrid mate...
- 2015-11-27 Quantitative Detection of Photothermal and Photoelectrocatalytic Effects Indu...
- The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) induced photothermal and photoelectrocatalysis effects are crucial for catalytic reactions in many areas. However, it is still difficult to distinguish these two effects quantitatively. Here we used surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) to detect the phototh...