- 2017-07-28 Atomic-resolution imaging of electrically induced oxygen vacancy migration an...
- Oxygen ion transport is the key issue in redox processes. Visualizing the process of oxygen ion migration with atomic resolution is highly desirable for designing novel devices such as oxidation catal...
- 2017-07-28 Synthesis of ordered carbonaceous frameworks from organic crystals
- Despite recent advances in the carbonization of organic crystalline solids like metal-organic frameworks or supramolecular frameworks, it has been challenging to convert crystalline organic solids int...
- 2017-07-28 Selective production of arenes via direct lignin upgrading over a niobium-bas...
- Lignin is the only large-volume renewable source of aromatic chemicals. Efficient depolymerization and deoxygenation of lignin while retaining the aromatic functionality are attractive but extremely c...
- 2017-07-28 Probing low-energy hyperbolic polaritons in van der Waals crystals with an el...
- Van der Waals materials exhibit intriguing structural, electronic, and photonic properties. Electron energy loss spectroscopy within scanning transmission electron microscopy allows for nanoscale mapp...
- 2017-07-28 Raman evidence for pressure-induced formation of diamondene
- Despite the advanced stage of diamond thin-film technology, with applications ranging from superconductivity to biosensing, the realization of a stable and atomically thick two-dimensional diamond mat...
- 2017-07-27 High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction re...
- For the large-scale sustainable implementation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells in vehicles, high-performance electrocatalysts with low platinum consumption are desirable for use as cathode ...
- 2017-07-27 A materials perspective on Li-ion batteries at extreme temperatures
- With the continuous upsurge in demand for energy storage, batteries are increasingly required to operate under extreme environmental conditions. Although they are at the technological forefront, Li-io...
- 2017-07-27 Dopant compensation in alloyed CH3NH3PbBr3−xClx perovskite single crystals f...
- Organic–inorganic halide perovskites (OIHPs) bring an unprecedented opportunity for radiation detection with their defect-tolerance nature, large mobility–lifetime product, and simple crystal growth...
- 2017-07-27 Excitation-wavelength-dependent small polaron trapping of photoexcited carrie...
- Small polaron formation is known to limit ground-state mobilities in metal oxide photocatalysts. However, the role of small polaron formation in the photoexcited state and how this affects the photoco...
- 2017-07-27 Dynamic surface self-reconstruction is the key of highly active perovskite na...
- The growing need to store increasing amounts of renewable energy has recently triggered substantial R&D efforts towards efficient and stable water electrolysis technologies. The oxygen evolution react...
- 2017-07-27 Photo-excited hot carrier dynamics in hydrogenated amorphous silicon imaged b...
- Charge carrier dynamics in amorphous semiconductors has been a topic of intense research that has been propelled by modern applications in thin-film solar cells, transistors and optical sensors. Charg...
- 2017-07-27 Solid-State Plasmonic Solar Cells
- Metallic nanoparticles such as silver and gold show localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs), which are associated with near-field enhancement effects in the vicinity of nanoparticles. Therefore, ...
- 2017-07-27 Air-stable and freestanding lithium alloy/graphene foil as an alternative to ...
- Developing high-capacity anodes is a must to improve the energy density of lithium batteries for electric vehicle applications. Alloy anodes are one promising option, but without pre-stored lithium, t...
- 2017-07-25 Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vort...
- Quantized magnetic vortices driven by electric current determine key electromagnetic properties of superconductors. While the dynamic behavior of slow vortices has been thoroughly investigated, the ph...
- 2017-07-25 Achieving ultrahigh triboelectric charge density for efficient energy harvest...
- With its light weight, low cost and high efficiency even at low operation frequency, the triboelectric nanogenerator is considered a potential solution for self-powered sensor networks and large-scale...
- 2017-07-25 Highly-conducting molecular circuits based on antiaromaticity
- Aromaticity is a fundamental concept in chemistry. It is described by Hückel’s rule that states that a cyclic planar π-system is aromatic when it shares 4n+2 π-electrons and antiaromatic when it po...
- 2017-07-25 Impact of interfacial molecular orientation on radiative recombination and ch...
- A long standing question in organic electronics concerns the effects of molecular orientation at donor/acceptor heterojunctions. Given a well-controlled donor/acceptor bilayer system, we uncover the g...
- 2017-07-24 Laser-induced plasmonic colours on metals
- Plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoparticles have been used since antiquity to colour glasses. The use of metal nanostructures for surface colourization has attracted considerable interest following...
- 2017-07-24 Meniscus-assisted solution printing of large-grained perovskite films for hig...
- Control over morphology and crystallinity of metal halide perovskite films is of key importance to enable high-performance optoelectronics. However, this remains particularly challenging for solution-...
- 2017-07-24 Immobilization of single argon atoms in nano-cages of two-dimensional zeolite...
- The confinement of noble gases on nanostructured surfaces, in contrast to bulk materials, at non-cryogenic temperatures represents a formidable challenge. In this work, individual Ar atoms are trapped...