Structures, properties, and applications of zwitterionic polymers
October 2022
Zwitterionic polymers have attracted research attention in recent years owing to their unique molecular structures. In the same repeat unit, positive and negative charges are simultaneously located...
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Advances in lithium-ion battery recycling: Strategies, pathways, and technologies
Available online 29 June 2024
•Typical battery recycling processes are summarized, including pretreatment, pyrometallurgy, and hydrometallurgy.•The characteristics of the various parallel processes are meticulously analyzed.•Innovative...
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Covalent organic frameworks: Design, synthesis, characterization, and applications
January 2024
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as an interesting class of crystalline porous materials with desirable properties (such as highly ordered porosity, structural versatility, high chemical...
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Navigating micro- and nano-motors/swimmers with machine learning: Challenges and future directions
July 2024
Micro-/nano-motors (MNMs) or swimmers are minuscule machines that can convert various forms of energy, such as chemical, electrical, or magnetic energy, into motion. These devices have attracted significant...
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Two-dimensional Dirac materials: Tight-binding lattice models and material candidates
January 2023
The discovery of graphene has led to the devotion of intensive efforts, theoretical and experimental, to produce two-dimensional (2D) materials that can be used for developing functional materials and...
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Recent progress of electromagnetic wave absorbers: A systematic review and bibliometric approach
July 2023
The electromagnetic wave absorption capabilities of an absorber depend on its dielectric and magnetic components, which determine its interfacial polarization, conductivity loss, magnetic loss, and...
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Advancements in materials for hydrogen production: A review of cutting-edge technologies
January 2024
Hydrogen, a clean and versatile energy carrier, has gained significant attention as a potential solution for addressing the challenges of climate change and energy sustainability. Efficient hydrogen...
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Liquid embolic agents for interventional embolization
January 2022
•Established and emerging liquid embolic agents were summarized in this review.•The embolization mechanism and usage of liquid embolic agents were discussed.•Prospective and rational design guidelines...
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Organic-inorganic hybrid materials and architectures in optoelectronic devices: Recent advancements
July 2024
Organic-inorganic hybrids are next-generation materials for use in high-performance optoelectronic devices owing to their adaptabilities in terms of design and properties. This article reviews the application...
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Shape transformation of gold nanoparticles in aqueous CTAB/CTAC solution to generate high-index facets for electrocatalysis and SERS activity
April 2023
Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) have demonstrated great potential in chemical and biological sensing, catalysis, biomedicine, X-ray computed tomography, and other applications, owing to their unique properties....
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Carbon materials for metal-ion batteries
October 2023
•Carbon materials are indispensable for metal ions batteries.•Discuss the recent development trend of advanced carbon-based materials.•Address the impact of structural properties on energy storage....
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Transient self-assembly driven by chemical fuels
January 2024
Self-assembly has been extensively studied in chemistry, physics, biology, and materials engineering and has become an important “bottom-up” approach in creating intriguing structures for different...
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Rapid Joule-heating synthesis of metal/carbon-based electrocatalysts for efficient carbon dioxide reduction
Available online 20 June 2024
Carbon-loaded metal nanoparticles (NPs) are widely employed as functional materials for electrocatalysis. In this study, a rapid thermal shock method was developed to load various metal nanoparticles...
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Theoretical study on the efficiency of new organic dyes based on (E)-2-(2-(thiophen-3-yl)vinyl)-1,1′-bipyrrole as dye-sensitized solar cell sensitizers
Available online 20 July 2024
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have gained critical importance as a leading emerging photovoltaic technology for low-cost power generation due to their simple production, light weight, applicability...
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Recent advances in the electrocatalytic oxidative upgrading of lignocellulosic biomass
April 2024
Lignocellulosic biomass is a critical renewable carbon resource, but most of its utilization is inefficient, and electrocatalytic oxidation is a promising method of upgrading lignocellulose into value-added...
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Non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction toward seawater splitting: A review
July 2023
The direct electrolytic splitting of abundant seawater instead of scarce freshwater is an ideal strategy for producing clean and renewable hydrogen (H2) fuels. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is...
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Low-temperature catalytic methane deep oxidation over sol-gel derived mesoporous hausmannite (Mn3O4) spherical particles
July 2024
In this study, Mn3O4 spherical particles (SPs) were synthesized by the sol-gel process, after which they were thermally annealed at 400 °C, and comprehensively characterized. X-ray Diffraction (XRD)...
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Flexible bifunctional electrocatalyst (Ni@(Ni,Fe)Se2/Ni@CC) by adjusting d-band center for high-efficiency HER and overall water splitting
July 2024
Nickel foam is widely used as a collector for electrocatalysts because of its excellent electrical conductivity; however, it is prone to react with elements such as oxygen, sulfur, and phosphorus during...
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Micro/nanomotor: A promising drug delivery system for cancer therapy
April 2023
Micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are small-scale devices that can effectively convert various forms of energy into mechanical motion. Their controllable motility and good permeability have attracted the interest...
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Printable electrode materials for supercapacitors
January 2022
•Application of printing technology in supercapacitor.•This paper introduces three main printing technologies of inkjet printing, screen printing and 3D printing, including the principle of each printing...
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Impact of doping and hydrostatic pressure on structural, electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of novel double halide perovskite Cs2LiGaBr6
Available online 26 June 2024
•Cr and Mn doping of Cs2LiGaBr6 perovskites induce dopant modulated band structure shifts and introduce intermediate levels.•Pressure-induced variations in band gap reveal quantum confinement effects,...
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An overview of metal hydroxyfluoride–A novel semiconductor material
April 2024
Semiconductors have been widely used in many high-tech fields such as photo- and electro-catalysis, ion batteries, and solar cells. In addition to the earliest discovered elemental and compound semiconductors,...
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MXene-derived TiO2 nanosheets/rGO heterostructures for superior sodium-ion storage
Available online 29 May 2024
Transition metal oxides hold promise as electrode materials for energy-storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors. However, achieving ideal electrode materials with high capacity, long-term...
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Theoretical studies of two-dimensional structure design and topological electronic properties of organic Dirac materials
July 2024
Owing to the significant development in graphene, an increasing number of studies have been conducted to identify novel two-dimensional (2D) organic materials with Dirac cones and topological properties....
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Recent advances and trends of single-atom catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathodes
April 2024
•The components and principle of PEMFC are introduced.•The ORR mechanism of M-N-C SACs are reviewed.•Applications of M-N-C SACs for PEMFC cathode are briefly summarized.•The challenges and future perspective...
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