3D-printed redox-active polymer electrode with high-mass loading for ultra-low temperature proton pseudocapacitor
February 2025
The stable operation of supercapacitors at extremely low temperatures is crucial for applications in harsh environments. Unfortunately, conventional inorganic electrodes suffer from sluggish diffusion...
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Promoting homogeneous tungsten doping in LiNiO2 through a grain boundary phase induced by excessive lithium
February 2025
LiNiO2 (LNO) is one of the most promising cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Tungsten element in enhancing the stability of LNO has been researched extensively. However, the understanding...
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Controllable synthesis and heterogeneous tailoring of 1D perovskites, emerging properties and applications
February 2025
One-dimensional perovskites possess unique photoelectric properties that distinguish them from other perovskite types, making them a focal point in photoelectric research. In recent years, there has...
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Atomically dispersed Fe boosting elimination performance of g-C3N4 towards refractory sulfonic azo compounds via catalyst-contaminant interaction
February 2025
Herein, an oxygen-doped porous g-C3N4 photocatalyst modified with atomically dispersed Fe (Fe1/OPCN) is successfully prepared and exhibits significant superiority in removing refractory sulfonic azo...
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Coupling Enteromorpha prolifera-derived N-doped biochar with Cu-Mo2C clusters for selective CO2 hydrogenation to CO
February 2025
CO2 conversion to CO via the reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction is limited by a low CO2 conversion rate and CO selectivity. Herein, an efficient RWGS catalyst is constructed through Enteromorpha...
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Enhanced photoelectric and thermoelectric coupling factor in BiMn2O5 ferroelectric film
February 2025
Ferroelectric film materials have attracted significant interest due to their potential for harvesting various forms of clean energy from natural environmental sources. However, the photoelectric performance...
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Electrolyte-independent and sustained inorganic-rich layer with functional anion aggregates for stable lithium metal electrode
February 2025
Lithium (Li) metal batteries (LMBs) featuring ultrahigh energy densities are expected as ones of the most prominent devices for future energy storage applications. Nevertheless, the practical application...
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MA-activated lattice shrinkage and bandgap renormalization advancing the stability of FA1-xMAxPbI3 (x=0–1) perovskites photovoltaic
February 2025
Generally, referring to the stability of perovskite, the most studied perovskite material has been MA-free mixed-cation perovskite. The precise role of MA in the light-thermal-humid stability of perovskite...
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Structure-Tailored Superlattice Bi7Ti4NbO21: Coupling Octahedral Tilting and Rotation Induced High Ferroelectric Polarization for Efficient Piezo-photocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Available online 10 January 2025
Intergrowth ferroelectric semiconductors with excellent spontaneous polarization field, are highly promising piezo-photocatalytic candidate materials. In addition, developing structural design and revealing...
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High Temperature Molten Salts Mediated Deep Regeneration and Recrystallization of Ternary Nickle-Rich Cathodes
Available online 10 January 2025
Within the framework of carbon neutrality, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are progressively booming along with the growing utilization of green and clean energy. However, the extensive application of...
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Advances in powder nano-photocatalysts as pollutant removal and as emerging contaminants in water: Analysis of pros and cons on health and environment
December 2024
Photocatalysis is an advanced oxidation process where light exposure triggers a semiconducting nanomaterial (nano-photocatalyst) to generate electron-hole (e−/h+) pairs and free radicals. This phenomenon...
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Emerging semiconductor ionic materials tailored by mixed ionic-electronic conductors for advanced fuel cells
December 2024
Mixed ionic-electronic conductors (MIECs) play a crucial role in the landscape of energy conversion and storage technologies, with a pronounced focus on electrode materials’ application in solid oxide...
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Promoting effect of interfacial hole accumulation on photoelectrochemical water oxidation in BiVO4 and Mo-doped BiVO4
December 2024
Hole transfer at the semiconductor-electrolyte interface is a key elementary process in (photo)electrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. However, up to now, a detailed understanding of the hole transfer...
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Atomically dispersed NiOx cluster on high-index Pt facets boost ethanol electrooxidation through long-range synergistic sites
December 2024
Constructing the desired long-range dual sites to enhance the C–C bond-cleavage and CO-tolerate ability during ethanol oxidation reaction is of importance for further applications. Herein, the concept...
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Green and regulable synthesis of CdNCN on CdS semiconductor: Atomic-level heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
December 2024
In the realm of photoenergy conversion, the scarcity of efficient light-driven semiconductors poses a significant obstacle to the advancement of photocatalysis, highlighting the critical need for researchers...
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Atmosphere engineering of metal-free Te/C3N4 p-n heterojunction for nearly 100% photocatalytic converting CO2 to CO
December 2024
Carbon nitride (CN)-based heterojunction photocatalysts hold promise for efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction. However, suboptimal production yields and limited selectivity in CO2 conversion pose...
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Advances in electrocatalytic urea synthesis: From fundamentals to applications
December 2024
The electrocatalytic synthesis of urea (ESU) is a green and sustainable alternative to conventional production methods, and the related research is still in its infancy. Up to now, the field has been...
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Heteroatom doping in 2D MXenes for energy storage/conversion applications
December 2024
MXenes (inorganic metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides) are currently the rising star of two-dimensional (2D) family. After its discovery in 2011, initial research was concentrated on pristine...
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Frustrated Lewis Pairs Regulated Solid Polymer Electrolyte Enables Ultralong Cycles of Lithium Metal Batteries
Available online 22 December 2024
Long-cycling dendrite-free solid-state lithium metal batteries (LMBs) require fast and uniform lithium-ion (Li+) transport of solid-state electrolytes (SSEs). However, the SSEs still face the problems...
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Multicolor chiral perovskite nanowire films with strong and tailorable circularly polarized luminescence
Available online 21 December 2024
Perovskites showcased potential promise for innovative circularly polarized luminescence (CPL)-active multichannel information encryption, owing to the exceptional luminescence brightness. It was still...
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Theoretical design and experimental verification of high-entropy carbide ablative resistant coating
October 2024
Composition design of high-entropy carbides is a topic of great scientific interest for the hot-end parts in the aerospace field. A novel theoretical method through an inverse composition design route,...
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Ultrahigh energy density in dielectric nanocomposites by modulating nanofiller orientation and polymer crystallization behavior
October 2024
High-energy density dielectrics for electrostatic capacitors are in urgent demand for advanced electronics and electrical power systems. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) based nanocomposites have attracted...
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The hybrid Pt nanoclusters/Ru nanowires catalysts accelerating alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction
October 2024
Water electrolysis via alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a promising approach for large-scale production of high-purity hydrogen at a low cost, utilizing renewable and clean energy. However,...
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Magnetostrictive strain-sensitivity synergy for laser-beam powder bed fusion processed Fe81Ga19 alloys by magnetic field annealing
October 2024
Magnetostrictive Fe–Ga alloys have been demonstrated potentialities for numerous applications, whereas, suffering a tradeoff between large magnetostrictive strain and high sensitivity. Herein, bulk...
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Unlocking the decomposition limitations of the Li2C2O4 for highly efficient cathode preliathiations
October 2024
The development of high-energy-density Li-ion batteries is hindered by the irreversible capacity loss during the initial charge-discharge process. Therefore, pre-lithiation technology has emerged in...
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