Understanding melt pool characteristics in laser powder bed fusion: An overview of single- and multi-track melt pools for process optimization
October 2023
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has made significant progress in producing solid and porous metal parts with complex shapes and geometries. However, LPBF produced parts often have defects (e.g., porosity,...
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Advancements in perovskites for solar cell commercialization: A review
April 2025
The efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has progressed rapidly, exceeding 26% for single-junction devices and surpassing 34% in perovskite-silicon tandem configurations, establishing PSCs as...
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A comprehensive review on catalysts for seawater electrolysis
October 2024
Seawater electrolysis is a sustainable energy conversion technology that generates clean energy by splitting seawater into hydrogen and oxygen. However, the catalysts used in seawater electrolysis often...
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Synthesis and modification strategies of g-C3N4 nanosheets for photocatalytic applications
February 2024
Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets (CNNs) become the most promising member in the carbon nitride family benefitted from their two-dimensional structural features. Recently, great endeavors have been...
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A review on additive/subtractive hybrid manufacturing of directed energy deposition (DED) process
October 2022
Additive manufacturing (AM) processes are reliable techniques to build highly complex metallic parts. Direct energy deposition (DED) is one of the most common technologies to 3D print metal alloys....
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Honeycomb-like single-atom catalysts with FeN3Cl sites for high-performance oxygen reduction
August 2025
The great interest of Fe-N/C based Zn-air batteries and fuel cells intrigues large numbers of studies on modulating the pore structure for fast mass transport and the electronic structure of atomic...
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Al2O3 nanoparticles as surface modifier enables deposition of high quality perovskite films for ultra-flexible photovoltaics
February 2024
Advanced photovoltaics, such as ultra-flexible perovskite solar cells (UF-PSCs), which are known for their lightweight design and high power-to-mass ratio, have been a long-standing goal that we, as...
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Single bond regulated 1O2 and ‧O2− selective generation of heptazine-based conjugated polymers for high-selectivity photocatalysis
August 2025
In conjugated polymers (CPs) photocatalytic system, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is regulated by cross-scale factors involving active site, excitonic behavior, and O2 activation process...
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Recent developments in synthesis, properties, and applications of 2D Janus MoSSe and MoSexS(1-x) alloys
August 2024
The Janus MoSSe and alloy MoSxSe(1-x), belonging to the family of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have gained significant attention for their potential applications in...
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Preparation, properties, and electronic applications of 2D Bi2O2Se
January 2023
Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer novel platforms to meet the increasing demands of next-generation miniaturized electronics. Among them, the recently emerged 2D Bi2O2Se with unique non-van der Waals...
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Electronic structure regulation inducing robust solid electrolyte interphase for stable anode-free sodium metal batteries
August 2025
Anode-free sodium metal batteries (AFSMBs) have gained attention as next-generation storage systems with high energy density and cost-effectiveness. However, non-uniform sodium (Na) deposition and an...
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Advancements in flexible Perovskite solar cells and their integration into self-powered wearable optoelectronic systems
August 2025
Driven by rapid advancements in smart wearable technologies and perovskite photovoltaics, flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSCs) have emerged as highly promising autonomous power sources, poised to...
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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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Recent progress on high-precision construction of nanoarchitectured SERS substrates for ultrasensitive bio-medical sensors
August 2025
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has evolved from a laboratory technique to a practical tool for ultra-sensitive detection, particularly in the biomedical field, where precise molecular identification...
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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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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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Regulating electric double layer in non-fluorinated ether electrolyte enables high-voltage and low-temperature lithium metal batteries
June 2025
The poor oxidation stability of ether-based solvents has long been a major challenge limiting their practical application. To enhance the oxidative stability of ether-based electrolytes, the physicochemical...
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Dual electric fields in Ni-CdS@Ni(OH)2 heterojunction: A synergistic spatial charge separation approach for enhanced coupled CO2 photoreduction and selective toluene oxidation
June 2025
Simultaneously inducing dual built-in electric fields (EFs) both within a single component and at the heterojunction interface creates a dual-driving force that is crucial for promoting spatial charge...
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Copper indium sulfide colloidal quantum dots: Advances in synthesis, structure-optoelectronic properties, and applications
June 2025
The discovery of quantum dots (QDs) stands as one of the paramount technological breakthroughs of the 20th century. Their versatility spans from everyday applications to cutting-edge scientific research,...
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Energy ceramic design for robust battery cathodes and solid electrolytes
June 2024
Microstructural design and processing science of ceramics from materials to devices are critical to the present and future applications in various fields. They have profound effects on the mechanical...
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Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of Al2O3 foams via laser powder bed fusion from Al particles
October 2023
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) combined with reaction bonding (RB) of Al particles is an effective method for preparing high-performance 3D Al2O3 ceramic foams. However, the indistinct microstructure...
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3D printing of flexible piezoelectric composite with integrated sensing and actuation applications
October 2024
3D printing of flexible piezoelectric composites (3D-FPCs) is increasingly attracting the attention due to its unique advantage for customized smart applications. However, current research mainly focuses...
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Design of titanium alloys by additive manufacturing: A critical review
January 2022
Additive manufacturing (AM) is an innovative technology that creates objects with a complex geometry layer-by-layer, and it has rapidly prospered in manufacturing metallic parts for structural and functional...
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Ultrafast piezocatalytic organic pollutant degradation enabled by dynamic spin state regulation of cobalt in nano-ferroelectrics
August 2025
Ferroelectric materials are gaining increasing attention for the development of advanced catalytic technologies due to their field-responsive polarization states. However, achieving dynamic optimization...
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Revealing the solid-state reaction process among multiphase multicomponent ceramic during ablation
August 2024
Multiphase design is a promising approach to achieve superior ablation resistance of multicomponent ultra-high temperature ceramic, while understanding the ablation mechanism is the foundation. Here,...
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