- 2016-10-09 High-quality graphene via microwave reduction of solution-exfoliated graphene...
- Efficient exfoliation of graphite in solutions to obtain high-quality graphene flakes is desirable for printable electronics, catalysis, energy storage, and composites. Graphite oxide with large lateral dimensions has an exfoliation yield of ~100% but it has not been possible to completely remove...
- 2016-10-09 High-quality graphene via microwave reduction of solution-exfoliated graphene...
- Efficient exfoliation of graphite in solutions to obtain high-quality graphene flakes is desirable for printable electronics, catalysis, energy storage, and composites. Graphite oxide with large later...
- 2016-10-08 Metal–organic frameworks as selectivity regulators for hydrogenation reactio...
- Owing to the limited availability of natural sources, the widespread demand of the flavouring, perfume and pharmaceutical industries for unsaturated alcohols is met by producing them from α,β-unsatu...
- 2016-10-08 Quasi-ballistic carbon nanotube array transistors with current density exceed...
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are tantalizing candidates for semiconductor electronics because of their exceptional charge transport properties and one-dimensional electrostatics. Ballistic transport approa...
- 2016-10-08 Electromagnetic interference shielding with 2D transition metal carbides (MXe...
- Materials with good flexibility and high conductivity that can provide electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding with minimal thickness are highly desirable, especially if they can be easily proces...
- 2016-10-08 Activity origin and catalyst design principles for electrocatalytic hydrogen ...
- 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...
- 2016-10-02 Surface phononic grapheme
- Strategic manipulation of wave and particle transport in various media is the key driving force for modern information processing and communication. In a strongly scattering medium, waves and particle...
- 2016-10-02 Quantifying losses and thermodynamic limits in nanophotonic solar cells
- Nanophotonic engineering shows great potential for photovoltaics: the record conversion efficiencies of nanowire solar cells are increasing rapidly and the record open-circuit voltages are becoming co...
- 2016-09-21 Adsorbate-mediated strong metal–support interactions in oxide-supported Rh c...
- The optimization of supported metal catalysts predominantly focuses on engineering the metal site, for which physical insights based on extensive theoretical and experimental contributions have enable...
- 2016-09-21 In situ observation of self-assembled hydrocarbon Fischer–Tropsch products o...
- Fischer–Tropsch synthesis is a heterogeneous catalytic reaction that creates approximately 2% of the world's fuel. It involves the synthesis of linear hydrocarbon molecules from a gaseous mixture of ...
- 2016-09-12 Efficient and mechanically robust stretchable organic light-emitting devices ...
- Stretchable organic light-emitting devices are becoming increasingly important in the fast-growing fields of wearable displays, biomedical devices and health-monitoring technology. Although highly str...
- 2016-09-12 Advances in lithium–sulfur batteries based on multifunctional cathodes and e...
- Amid burgeoning environmental concerns, electrochemical energy storage has rapidly gained momentum. Among the contenders in the ‘beyond lithium’ energy storage arena, the lithium–sulfur (Li–S) bat...
- 2016-09-12 Switching on electrocatalytic activity in solid oxide cells
- Solid oxide cells (SOCs) can operate with high efficiency in two ways—as fuel cells, oxidizing a fuel to produce electricity, and as electrolysis cells, electrolysing water to produce hydrogen and ox...
- 2016-09-12 Upscaling of integrated photoelectrochemical water-splitting devices to large...
- Photoelectrochemical water splitting promises both sustainable energy generation and energy storage in the form of hydrogen. However, the realization of this vision requires laboratory experiments to ...
- 2016-09-12 Room temperature stable COx-free H2 production from methanol with magnesium o...
- Methanol, which contains 12.6 weight percent hydrogen, is a good hydrogen storage medium because it is a liquid at room temperature. However, by releasing the hydrogen, undesirable CO and/or CO2 bypro...
- 2016-09-12 In situ study of the formation mechanism of two-dimensional superlattices fro...
- Oriented attachment of PbSe nanocubes can result in the formation of two-dimensional (2D) superstructures with long-range nanoscale and atomic order. This questions the applicability of classic models...
- 2016-09-12 A highly active and stable IrOx/SrIrO3 catalyst for the oxygen evolution reac...
- Oxygen electrochemistry plays a key role in renewable energy technologies such as fuel cells and electrolyzers, but the slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) limit the performance and c...
- 2016-09-12 Applications of hierarchically structured porous materials from energy storag...
- Over the last decade, significant effort has been devoted to the applications of hierarchically structured porous materials owing to their outstanding properties such as high surface area, excellent a...
- 2016-09-12 Scalable synthesis of silicon-nanolayer-embedded graphite for high-energy lit...
- Existing anode technologies are approaching their limits, and silicon is recognized as a potential alternative due to its high specific capacity and abundance. However, to date the commercial use of s...
- 2016-09-12 Facile fabrication of large-grain CH3NH3PbI3−xBrx films for high-efficiency ...
- Organometallic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown great promise as a low-cost, high-efficiency photovoltaic technology. Structural and electro-optical properties of the perovskite absorbe...