- 2017-03-03 Surface and Interface Engineering of Noble-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Ef...
- 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...
- 2017-03-02 Direct observation of ion dynamics in supercapacitor electrodes using in situ...
- Ionic transport inside porous carbon electrodes underpins the storage of energy in supercapacitors and the rate at which they can charge and discharge, yet few studies have elucidated the materials pr...
- 2017-03-02 23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improve...
- As the record single-junction efficiencies of perovskite solar cells now rival those of copper indium gallium selenide, cadmium telluride and multicrystalline silicon, they are becoming increasingly a...
- 2017-03-02 A half-wave rectified alternating current electrochemical method for uranium ...
- In total there is hundreds of times more uranium in sea water than on land, but extracting it for use in nuclear power generation is challenging due to its low concentration (…3 ppb) and the high sa...
- 2017-02-24 Arrays of horizontal carbon nanotubes of controlled chirality grown using des...
- The semiconductor industry is increasingly of the view that Moore’s law—which predicts the biennial doubling of the number of transistors per microprocessor chip—is nearing its end. Consequently, t...
- 2017-02-24 Chemically diverse and multifunctional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites
- Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) can have a diverse range of compositions including halides, azides, formates, dicyanamides, cyanides and dicyanometallates. These materials have several c...
- 2017-02-24 Monolithically integrated, photo-rechargeable portable power sources based on...
- The combination of energy generation and energy storage systems is the ultimate solution to meet the ever-increasing demand for high-energy-density power sources. Here, we demonstrate a new class of m...
- 2017-02-24 Proton enhanced dynamic battery chemistry for aprotic lithium–oxygen batteri...
- Water contamination is generally considered to be detrimental to the performance of aprotic lithium–air batteries, whereas this view is challenged by recent contrasting observations. This has provoke...
- 2017-02-24 Combining polyethylene and polypropylene: Enhanced performance with PE/iPP mu...
- Polyethylene (PE) and isotactic polypropylene (iPP) constitute nearly two-thirds of the world’s plastic. Despite their similar hydrocarbon makeup, the polymers are immiscible with one another. Thus, ...
- 2017-02-24 Polyaniline nanofibers: broadening applications for conducting polymers
- Polyaniline is a conducting polymer with incredible promise, but it has had limited use due to poor reaction control and processability associated with conventional morphologies. Polyaniline nanofiber...
- 2017-02-21 Odyssey of Multivalent Cathode Materials: Open Questions and Future Challenge...
- The rapidly expanding field of nonaqueous multivalent intercalation batteries offers a promising way to overcome safety, cost, and energy density limitations of state-of-the-art Li-ion battery technol...
- 2017-02-21 Controlled Synthesis of Ultralong Carbon Nanotubes with Perfect Structures an...
- In this Account, we focus on our progress on the controlled synthesis of ultralong CNTs with perfect structures and excellent properties. A deep understanding of the CNT growth mechanism is the first ...
- 2017-02-21 Next-Generation Electrochemical Energy Materials for Intermediate Temperature...
- High temperature electrochemical devices such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and oxygen separators based on ceramic materials are used for efficient energy conversion. These devices generally opera...
- 2017-02-21 Direct Conversion of Methane to Methanol under Mild Conditions over Cu-Zeolit...
- In the recent years methane has become increasingly abundant. However, transportation costs are high and methane recovered as side product is often flared rather than valorized. The chemical utilizati...
- 2017-02-21 From Carbon-Based Nanotubes to Nanocages for Advanced Energy Conversion and S...
- In this Account, we overview our studies on carbon-based nanotubes to nanocages for energy conversion and storage, including their synthesis, performances, and related mechanisms. The two carbon nanos...
- 2017-02-21 Self-Templated Formation of Hollow Structures for Electrochemical Energy Appl...
- In this Account, we present the recent progress in self-templated formation of hollow structures especially with complex architectures, and their remarkable performance in electrochemical energy-relat...
- 2017-02-21 Nanoporous Materials for the Onboard Storage of Natural Gas
- Climate change, global warming, urban air pollution, energy supply uncertainty and depletion, and rising costs of conventional energy sources are, among others, potential socioeconomic threats that ou...
- 2017-02-10 Self-surface charge exfoliation and electrostatically coordinated 2D hetero-l...
- 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 superc...
- 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 ...
- 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...