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A review on additive/subtractive hybrid manufacturing of directed energy deposition (DED) process

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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Cu-based bimetallic electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction

The extensive consumption of fossil fuels has caused the rapid increase in the CO2 level in the atmosphere, forcing people to find a clean and efficient technology of CO2 conversion to alleviate CO2...

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Design of titanium alloys by additive manufacturing: A critical review

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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A review of Ni based powder catalyst for urea oxidation in assisting water splitting reaction

Water splitting has been regarded as a sustainable and environmentally-friendly technique to realize green hydrogen generation, while more energy is consumed due to the high overpotentials required...

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Unveiling the unique bifunctionality of L12-structured nanoprecipitates in a FeCoNiAlTi-type high-entropy alloy

Nanoprecipitation strengthening has been widely adopted as an effective way to design high-strength alloys, which generally leads to the loss of ductility. Here we unveil the unique bifunctionality...

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Multiscale modelling of irradiation damage behavior in high entropy alloys

The increasingly harsh environment of the nuclear reactors and the insurmountable flaws of in-service materials have created an urgent need for the development of the brand-new alloys. For last decade,...

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Progress in regulating electronic structure strategies on Cu-based bimetallic catalysts for CO2 reduction reaction

To address the ever-increasing CO2 concentration problem in the atmospheric air arisen by massive consumption of fossil fuels, electrocatalytic technologies that reduce CO2 to generate high value-added...

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Hollow semiconductor photocatalysts for solar energy conversion

The development of high-efficient photocatalysts plays an important role in the sustainable utilization of solar energy. Hollow nanostructured photocatalysts are vital for solar light utilization and...

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Theory-oriented screening and discovery of advanced energy transformation materials in electrocatalysis

Various metal-based electrocatalysts from nanocrystals, to clusters and single-atoms, have been well-discovered towards high-efficient power devices and electrocatalytic conversion. To accelerate energy...

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Constructing Cd0.5Zn0.5S/Bi2WO6 S-scheme heterojunction for boosted photocatalytic antibiotic oxidation and Cr(VI) reduction

The development of distinguished photocatalysts with high photo-carrier disassociation and photo-redox power for efficient elimination of pollutants in water is of great significance but still a grand...

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MXenes in tribology: Current status and perspectives

MXenes are an emerging class of new two-dimensional materials, which have been widely used in energy storage, catalysis, sensing, biology, and other fields due to their unique structure and properties....

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Novel high-entropy perovskite-type symmetrical electrode for efficient and durable carbon dioxide reduction reaction

Excessive emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) has posed an imminent threat to human's environment and global prosperity. To achieve a sustainable future, solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC), which can...

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Insight into the self-discharge suppression of electrochemical capacitors: Progress and challenges

The ever-growing demands for renewable energy sources motivate the development of energy storage systems. Among them, supercapacitors are received increasing attention due to their high power density,...

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Designing carbon anodes for advanced potassium-ion batteries: Materials, modifications, and mechanisms

Recently, the limited abundance and uneven geographical distribution of Li resources seriously hamper the growing demand for lithium-based energy storage devices. In this regard, potassium-ion batteries...

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Synthesis and application of silver and copper nanowires in high transparent solar cells

Electrodes in new function-flexible optoelectronic devices, need to meet the requirements of foldability and high transmittance. In last decades, thousands of research about copper and silver nanowires...

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Novel experimental strategy towards temperature inhomogeneity during spark plasma sintering of metallic glasses

Despite the importance of temperature distribution in spark plasma sintering of metallic glasses, its quantification has been experimentally laborious. This work proposes an experimental strategy to...

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Progress and prospect of low-temperature zinc metal batteries

The commercial application of aqueous zinc metal batteries in the field of large-scale energy storage is still suffered from their low-temperature operation, in which the electrochemical behaviors of...

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Confined magnetic vortex motion from metal-organic frameworks derived Ni@C microspheres boosts electromagnetic wave energy dissipation

Magnetic domain structure plays an important role in regulating the electromagnetic properties, which dominates the magnetic response behaviors. Herein, unique magnetic vortex domain is firstly obtained...

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Construction of hollow binary oxide heterostructures by Ostwald ripening for superior photoelectrochemical removal of reactive brilliant blue KNR dye

Although the Ostwald ripening approach is often utilized to manufacture single hollow metal oxide, constructing hollow binary oxide heterostructures as potent photoelectrochemical (PEC) catalysts is...

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Preparation, properties, and electronic applications of 2D Bi2O2Se

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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Construction of zinc metal-Tin sulfide polarized interface for stable Zn metal batteries

Aqueous Zn metal batteries have become competitive electrochemical energy storage systems owing to their material abundance, low cost, high capacity, and nontoxicity. Nevertheless, the notorious Zn...

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Recent progress in template-assisted synthesis of porous carbons for supercapacitors

Porous carbons (PCs) are one of the promising electrode materials for supercapacitors attributed to their low cost, superior electronic conductivity, easy availability, and tailored pore structures....

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Stabilizing zinc anode via a chelation and desolvation electrolyte additive

The uncontrollable dendrites growth and intricately water-induced side reactions occurred on zinc anode leads to safety issues and poor electrochemical kinetics, which largely limit the widespread application...

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Additive manufacturing SiC-reinforced maraging steel: Parameter optimisation, microstructure and properties

The unique deposition manner of additive manufacturing (AM) allows the near-net-shaping of components with multiple materials configurations and complex geometries, which sheds light on the process...

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Metal support interaction of defective-rich CuO and Au with enhanced CO low-temperature catalytic oxidation and moisture resistance

Water is considered to be an inhibitor of CO oxidation. The mechanism of retarding the reaction is thought to contribute to the practical application of CO oxidation, which is investigated by constructing...

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