- 2017-05-12 Directly converting CO2 into a gasoline fuel
- The direct production of liquid fuels from CO2 hydrogenation has attracted enormous interest for its significant roles in mitigating CO2 emissions and reducing dependence on petrochemicals. Here we re...
- 2017-05-11 Remote epitaxy through graphene enables two-dimensional material-based layer ...
- Epitaxy-the growth of a crystalline material on a substrate-is crucial for the semiconductor industry, but is often limited by the need for lattice matching between the two material systems. This stri...
- 2017-05-11 The effect of illumination on the formation of metal halide perovskite films
- Optimizing the morphology of metal halide perovskite films is an important way to improve the performance of solar cells when these materials are used as light harvesters, because film homogeneity is ...
- 2017-05-11 Low-temperature activation of methane on the IrO2(110) surface
- Methane undergoes highly facile C–H bond cleavage on the stoichiometric IrO2(110) surface. From temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy experiments, we found that methane molecularly adsorbed as...
- 2017-05-11 Rechargeable nickel–3D zinc batteries: An energy-dense, safer alternative to...
- The next generation of high-performance batteries should include alternative chemistries that are inherently safer to operate than nonaqueous lithium-based batteries. Aqueous zinc-based batteries can ...
- 2017-05-10 Colloidally prepared La-doped BaSnO3 electrodes for efficient, photostable pe...
- Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) exceeding a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 20% have mainly been demonstrated by using mesoporous titanium dioxide (mp-TiO2) as an electron-transporting layer. Howev...
- 2017-05-10 High electron mobility and quantum oscillations in non-encapsulated ultrathin...
- High-mobility semiconducting ultrathin films form the basis of modern electronics, and may lead to the scalable fabrication of highly performing devices. Because the ultrathin limit cannot be reached ...
- 2017-04-19 CO2 Capture and Separations Using MOFs: Computational and Experimental Studie...
- This Review focuses on research oriented toward elucidation of the various aspects that determine adsorption of CO2 in metal–organic frameworks and its separation from gas mixtures found in indu...
- 2017-04-10 An intrinsic growth instability in isotropic materials leads to quasi-two-dim...
- Colloidal nanoplatelets are atomically flat, quasi-two-dimensional sheets of semiconductor that can exhibit efficient, spectrally pure fluorescence. Despite intense interest in their properties, the m...
- 2017-04-10 All-printed thin-film transistors from networks of liquid-exfoliated nanoshee...
- All-printed transistors consisting of interconnected networks of various types of two-dimensional nanosheets are an important goal in nanoscience. Using electrolytic gating, we demonstrate all-printed...
- 2017-04-10 Printed assemblies of GaAs photoelectrodes with decoupled optical and reactiv...
- Despite their excellent photophysical properties and record-high solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency, the high cost and limited stability of III–V compound semiconductors prohibit their practical...
- 2017-04-10 Dual-phase nanostructuring as a route to high-strength magnesium alloys
- It is not easy to fabricate materials that exhibit their theoretical ‘ideal’ strength. Most methods of producing stronger materials are based on controlling defects to impede the motion of dislocati...
- 2017-04-10 Long-range hot-carrier transport in hybrid perovskites visualized by ultrafas...
- The Shockley-Queisser limit for solar cell efficiency can be overcome if hot carriers can be harvested before they thermalize. Recently, carrier cooling time up to 100 picoseconds was observed in hybr...
- 2017-04-10 One-step fabrication of crystalline metal nanostructures by direct nanoimprin...
- Controlled fabrication of metallic nanostructures plays a central role in much of modern science and technology, because changing the dimensions of a nanocrystal enables tailoring of its mechanical, e...
- 2017-04-10 Enhanced photoelectrochemical efficiency and stability using a conformal TiO2...
- Black silicon (b-Si) is a surface-nanostructured Si with extremely efficient light absorption capability and is therefore of interest for solar energy conversion. However, intense charge recombination...
- 2017-04-10 Joule-heated graphene-wrapped sponge enables fast clean-up of viscous crude-o...
- The clean-up of viscous crude-oil spills is a global challenge. Hydrophobic and oleophilic oil sorbents have been demonstrated as promising candidates for oil-spill remediation. However, the sorption ...
- 2017-04-10 Enhancing ionic conductivity in composite polymer electrolytes with well-alig...
- In contrast to conventional organic liquid electrolytes that have leakage, flammability and chemical stability issues, solid electrolytes are widely considered as a promising candidate for the develop...
- 2017-04-10 Multiple exciton generation for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution react...
- Multiple exciton generation (MEG) in quantum dots (QDs) has the potential to greatly increase the power conversion efficiency in solar cells and in solar-fuel production. During the MEG process, two e...
- 2017-04-10 Exploring the potential of a hybrid device combining solar water heating and ...
- A hybrid solar energy system consisting of a molecular solar thermal energy storage system (MOST) combined with a solar water heating system (SWH) is presented. The MOST chemical energy storage system...
- 2017-04-07 Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination
- There remains considerable debate over the active form of gold under operating conditions of a recently validated gold catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination. We have performed an in situ x-ray abso...