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Using oxides to compute with heat Nat. Rev. Mater. (IF 83.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Guillaume F. Nataf, Sebastian Volz, Jose Ordonez-Miranda, Jorge Íñiguez-González, Riccardo Rurali, Brahim Dkhil
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Sweet-spot operation of a germanium hole spin qubit with highly anisotropic noise sensitivity Nat. Mater. (IF 41.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 N. W. Hendrickx, L. Massai, M. Mergenthaler, F. J. Schupp, S. Paredes, S. W. Bedell, G. Salis, A. Fuhrer
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Electrochemical fabrication of multiple crystalline-amorphous heterogeneous single-atom electrocatalysts for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Qi Zhang, Pei yao Pan, Xuewen Xia, Shujuan Wang, Zhongya Pang, Guangshi Li, Li Ji, Xing Yu, Xionggang Lu, Xingli Zou
Constructing multiple nanosized heterogeneous structures with in-situ optimized coordination environment for dispersing and stabilizing noble metal single atoms (SAs) is a highly effective strategy for high-efficiency utilization of SAs and improving electrocatalytical performances of oxygen evolution reactions (OER). Herein, a multiple crystalline-amorphous heterogeneous composite (CoP2@CN-Ir(200))
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Influence of Ge Substitution on the Structure and Optical Properties of CuZnSn1–xGexS4 Photovoltaic Materials J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Amit Bhattacharya, Vidyanshu Mishra, Victor Terskikh, Arthur Mar, Vladimir K Michaelis
Germanium substitution in the well-known photovoltaic material Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has been previously shown to improve power conversion efficiencies, but detailed information about the local structure within solid solutions Cu2ZnSn1–xGexS4 has so far been lacking. Given the many ways that the metal cations can be distributed, several structural models for the site distribution are possible. In conjunction
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Selective synthesis of monodisperse bimetallic nickel–cobalt phosphates with different nanoarchitectures for battery-like supercapacitors J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Ni Luh Wulan Septiani, Silvia Chowdhury, Andri Hardiansyah, Mia Rinawati, Min-Hsin Yeh, Hiroki Nara, Yusuke Yamauchi, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Brian Yuliarto
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The Separator of Polyacrylonitrile Modified with Prussian Blue Analogs for High-efficiency Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Junwei Chen, Zhiman Bai, Xinxin Yu, Wen Zhang, Tongtong Jiang, Mingzai Wu
For their safety and cost-effectiveness, aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) emerge as a promising candidate for large-scale energy storage applications. Nonetheless, Zn dendrite growth on metallic zinc anodes severely affects the cycling stability and Coulombic efficiency. Herein, a polyacrylonitrile separator modified with FeNi-based Prussian blue analog (FeNi-PBA@PAN) was rationally designed and
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Hierarchically coated halide layers: enhancing the performance at composite cathode interfaces in solid-state Li–metal batteries J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Jee Yun Jung, Hyeseong Jeong, Young Jung Kim, Sung Man Cho, Yongjun Jang, Hyoungchul Kim
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Increasing Mo5+ in M-doped La2(MoO4)3 (M=Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) toward efficient electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Liangqing Hu, Yanming Guo, Jin Chang, Yinpeng Lu, Xiaojiang Su, Xinyi Zhang, Di Geng, Yue-Ming Ren, Tong Wei, Hexin Zhang, Jing Feng
The efficiency of nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is limited by the stability of N2 and sluggish reaction. We synthesized A-site M (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) doped La2(MoO4)3 by hydrothermal method. Enhanced electron-donating capacity of M (Fe> Co> Ni> Cu> Zn) promotes the conversion of Mo6+ to Mo5+. The obtained order of Mo5+ percentage is (Fe:52%> Co:39%> Ni:32%> Cu:21%> Zn:18%), which was proved
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Proton Surface Exchange Kinetics of Perovskite Triple Conducting Thin Films for Protonic Ceramic Electrolysis Cells: BaPr0.9Y0.1O3-δ (BPY) vs. Ba1-xCo0.4Fe0.4Zr0.1Y0.1O3-δ (BCFZY) J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Jongmin Lee, Haley B Buckner, Nicola Helen Perry
Protonic ceramic electrolysis cells (PCECs) are an attractive green H2 production technology, given their intermediate-temperature operating range and ability to produce dry H2. However, PCECs will benefit from development of more efficient and durable “triple conducting” anodes where steam is split, H incorporated, and oxygen evolved. In this work, we evaluated the kinetics of the steam-splitting
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Developing Solid-State Single-, Arrayed-, and Composite-Nanopore Sensors for Biochemical Sensing Applications Acc. Mater. Res. (IF 14.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Zhong-Qiu Li, Li-Qiu Huang, Kang Wang, Xing-Hua Xia
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Rare Earth Interface Structure Materials: Synthesis, Applications, and Mechanisms Acc. Mater. Res. (IF 14.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Wei Shen, Pengfei Da, Linchuan Guo, Pinxian Xi, Chun-Hua Yan
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Tools and Tricks for Single Crystal Growth Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Tanya Berry, Nicholas Ng, Tyrel M. McQueen
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Structural Analysis and Redox Properties of Oxygen-“Breathing” A(Mn1–xCux)O3 (A = La, Pr) Perovskites Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Gregor Koch, Giulia Bellini, Frank Girgsdies, Michael Hävecker, Spencer J. Carey, Olaf Timpe, Thomas Götsch, Thomas Lunkenbein, Gudrun Auffermann, Andrey Tarasov, Robert Schlögl, Annette Trunschke
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Rational Design of Polymeric mRNA Delivery Vectors to Achieve Excellent Room-Temperature Storage Stability and Delivery Efficiency Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Junqiu Shi, Haiyang Yin, Qingmei Sun, Runxin Teng, Yunqing Zhu, Jianzhong Du
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Lone-Pair Origins of Polymorphism: Sn Monochalcogenides as a Case Study Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Long Truong Nguyen, Guy Makov
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Mn–Mn Magnetic Coupling Interaction-Induced Red Emission in a Tetra-Coordinated Lattice Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Wei Wang, Yi Wei, Lei Qiu, Maxim S. Molokeev, Hang Yang, Huiru Liu, Rui Gao, Mengyu Guan, Dong Tu, Guogang Li
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Topochemical Fluoride Exchange Reaction with Anionic Electrons toward Fluoride-Ion Conduction in Layered Ba2–xAxNF1–x (A = Na, K) Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Chanachai Pattanathummasid, Nozomu Yasufuku, Ryoji Asahi, Alex Kutana, Masato Hagihara, Kazuhiro Mori, Tsuyoshi Takami
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Reducing Voltage Hysteresis in Li-Rich Sulfide Cathodes by Incorporation of Mn Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Xiaotong Li, Seong Shik Kim, Michelle D. Qian, Eshaan S. Patheria, Jessica L. Andrews, Colin T. Morrell, Brent C. Melot, Kimberly A. See
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Epitaxial Intercalation Growth of hBN/Graphene Bilayer Heterostructure on Commercial Copper Foil Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Shengnan Wang, Jack Crowther, Hiroyuki Kageshima, Hiroki Hibino, Yoshitaka Taniyasu
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Liquid Metal-Based Supramolecular Oleogel Lubricants Constructed by Dynamic Disulfide and Hydrogen Bonds for Antiwear and Friction Reduction Chem. Mater. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Tiantian Wang, Shenghua Xue, Baoluo He, Shujuan Liu, Qian Ye, Feng Zhou, Weimin Liu
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Electrophoretic Microfluidic Characterization of mRNA- and pDNA-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Adriana Coll De Peña, Daniel Zimmer, Everett Gutterman-Johns, Nicole M. Chen, Anubhav Tripathi, Christina M. Bailey-Hytholt
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Removal and Reoccurrence of LLZTO Surface Contaminants under Glovebox Conditions ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Marco Siniscalchi, Joshua S. Gibson, James Tufnail, Jack E. N. Swallow, Jarrod Lewis, Guillaume Matthews, Burcu Karagoz, Matthijs A. van Spronsen, Georg Held, Robert S. Weatherup, Chris R. M. Grovenor, Susannah C. Speller
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Two-Photon Absorption Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen/Paclitaxel Nanoparticles for Cancer Theranostics ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Liwei Zhu, Yiming Wang, Jiayi Song, Zonghai Sheng, Ji Qi, Ying Li, Guoxin Li, Ben Zhong Tang
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Zwitterionic Hydrogel Coating with Antisediment Properties for Marine Antifouling Applications ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Boyi Song, Ershuai Zhang, Yuanjie Shi, Wei Wang, Hui Zhu, Sheu-Jane Gallagher, Stephen Fischer, Jennifer Rigney, Edward Kim, Zhiqiang Cao
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Gene Transfection Efficiency Improvement with Lipid Conjugated Cationic Carbon Dots ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Jiuyan Chen, Fang Li, Bowen Zhao, Jun Gu, Nicholas Michael Brejcha, Mattia Bartoli, Wei Zhang, Yiqun Zhou, Shiwei Fu, Justin B. Domena, Alyan Zafar, Fuwu Zhang, Alberto Tagliaferro, Fulvia Verde, Fangliang Zhang, Yanbin Zhang, Roger M. Leblanc
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Predominant P3-Type Solid–Solution Phase Transition Enables High-Stability O3-Type Na-Ion Cathodes ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Hao Guo, Chenglong Zhao, Dong Zhou, Jianlin Wang, Xiaobai Ma, Jianxiang Gao, Xuesheng Jiao, Xufeng Hu, Xuedong Bai, Kai Sun, Dongfeng Chen
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Porphyrin-Based Self-Assembled Nanoparticles for PET/MR Imaging of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Xiaomin Fu, Zhongyuan Cai, Shengxiang Fu, Huawei Cai, Mufeng Li, Haojie Gu, Rongrong Jin, Chunchao Xia, Su Lui, Bin Song, Qiyong Gong, Hua Ai
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Strain and Electric Field Engineering of G-ZnO/SnXY (X, Y = S, Se) S-Scheme Heterostructures for Photocatalyst and Electronic Device Applications: A Hybrid DFT Calculation ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Yue Tang, YiPeng Wang, Xinlu Cheng, Hong Zhang
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Coprecipitation Strategy for Halide-Based Solid-State Electrolytes and Atmospheric-Dependent In Situ Analysis ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Josanelle Angela V. Bilo, Chung-Kai Chang, Yu-Chun Chuang, Mu-Huai Fang
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Electrochemiluminescence in Graphitic Carbon Nitride Decorated with Silver Nanoparticles for Dopamine Determination Using Machine Learning ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Fang Li, Hao Peng, Nuotong Shen, Chen Yang, Limin Zhang, Bing Li, Jianbo He
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Cyclic Wear Reliability of 2D Monolayers ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Nima Barri, Akshat Rastogi, Md Akibul Islam, Boran Kumral, Pedro Guerra Demingos, Momoko Onodera, Tomoki Machida, Chandra Veer Singh, Tobin Filleter
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A Flexible Terahertz Metamaterial Sensor for Pesticide Sensing and Detection ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Dongxu Wang, Siyuan Luo, Kai-Da Xu
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Mix and Shake: A Mild Way to Drug-Loaded Lysozyme Nanoparticles ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Cheng Cao, Linqing Tian, Joanna Li, Radhika Raveendran, Martina H. Stenzel
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Modulating Electron Transfer between Pt and MOF Support through Pd Doping Promotes Nanozyme Catalytic Efficiency ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Yanguo Guo, Yuan Xue, Bingqing Shen, Yanxin Dong, Hai Zhang, Jiawen Yuan, Zhenjiang Liu, Longhua Li, Kewei Ren
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Correction to “Dual-Peptide-Functionalized Nanofibrous Scaffolds Recruit Host Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Vasculogenesis to Repair Calvarial Defects” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Li Li, Wanqian Liu, Yulan Zhao, Pingping Ma, Shenfang Zha, Peixin Chen, Hongwei Lu, Xiaorui Jiang, Shuang Wan, Jiangming Luo, Qijie Dai, Junxian Hu, Yohanes Kristo Sugiarto Utomo, Xinyun Han, Zhengwei Yang, Li Yang, Qingyi He
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Utilizing Rapid Hydrogen Peroxide Generation from 6-Hydroxycatechol to Design Moisture-Activated, Self-Disinfecting Coating ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Fatemeh Razaviamri, Sneha Singh, James Manuel, Zhongtian Zhang, Lynn M. Manchester, Caryn L. Heldt, Bruce P. Lee
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Optimizing Horticulture Luminescent Solar Concentrators via Enhanced Diffuse Emission Enabled by Micro-Cone Arrays ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Zhijie Xu, Martyna Michalska, Ioannis Papakonstantinou
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Droplet Energy Harvesting System Based on Total-Current Nanogenerator ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Yuanhang Li, Gang Ma, Yang Li, Jie Fu, Meishan Wang, Kuiliang Gong, Weimin Li, Xiaobo Wang, Lili Zhu, Jun Dong
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Universal liquid self-transport beneath a flexible superhydrophilic track Matter (IF 18.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Moyuan Cao, Yuchen Qiu, Haoyu Bai, Xinsheng Wang, Zhe Li, Tianhong Zhao, Yaru Tian, Yuchen Wu, Lei Jiang
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All-purpose redox-active metal-organic frameworks as both cathodic and anodic host materials for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries Matter (IF 18.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Xiaocheng Zhou, Yaoda Wang, Yuming Gu, Jian Su, Yifan Liu, Ya Yin, Shuai Yuan, Jing Ma, Zhong Jin, Jing-Lin Zuo
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Roughness-Mediated SI-Fe0CRP for Polymer Brush Engineering toward Superior Drag Reduction ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Shengfei Li, Yuxiang Zhao, Runhao Huang, Jianing Wang, Daheng Wu, Wuxin Zhang, Zhixiang Zeng, Tao Zhang
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Biomechanics of Macrophages on Disordered Surface Nanotopography ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Zixin Huo, Wenjie Yang, Javad Harati, Ajinkya Nene, Francesca Borghi, Claudio Piazzoni, Paolo Milani, Shifeng Guo, Massimiliano Galluzzi, Diana Boraschi
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Danger in the Dark: Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells with Varied Stoichiometries and Morphologies Stressed at Various Conditions ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Roja Singh, Hang Hu, Thomas Feeney, Alexander Diercks, Felix Laufer, Yang Li, The Duong, Fabian Schackmar, Bahram A. Nejand, Ulrich W. Paetzold
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Polysaccharide-Based Micro/Nanomotors for Active Ingredient Delivery in Food ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Xinyan Wang, Songyi Lin, Siqi Zhang, Zhiyu Yan, Wenwen Liu, Fanghan Li, Simin Zhang
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Taking a Tailored Approach to Material Design: A Mechanistic Study of the Selective Localization of Phase-Separated Graphene Microdomains ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Suihua He, Baris Demir, Pascaline Bouzy, Nicholas Stone, Carwyn Ward, Ian Hamerton
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Metal-Phenolic Network-Coated Nanoparticles as Stabilizers for the Engineering of Pickering Emulsions with Bioactivity ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Caiyun Shan, Xiaomiao Cui, Zhiliang Gao, Mengqi Li, Xunhui Zhang, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Aixin Song, Jiwei Cui
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Biomimetic Dual-Target Theranostic Nanovaccine Enables Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Chemo/Chemodynamic/Immune Therapy of Glioma ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Tianyu Huang, Yunqi Guo, Zhiqiang Wang, Jie Ma, Xiangyang Shi, Mingwu Shen, Shaojun Peng
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Exciton polaron formation and hot-carrier relaxation in rigid Dion–Jacobson-type two-dimensional perovskites Nat. Mater. (IF 41.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Somnath Biswas, Ruyan Zhao, Fatimah Alowa, Marios Zacharias, Sahar Sharifzadeh, David F. Coker, Dwight S. Seferos, Gregory D. Scholes
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Nanoscale Spatial and Time-resolved Mapping in Perovskite and Organic Solar Cells: A Multimodal Technique to Visualize the Photoinduced Charge Dynamics J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 M. Bilal Faheem, Yuchen Zhang, Madan Bahadur Saud, Hansheng Li, Poojan Indrajeet Kaswekar, Quinn Qiao
Recently, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and organic solar cells (OSCs) have emerged as solution-processable photovoltaic (PV) technologies with certified power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of about 26.1%, and 19.4% respectively. However, some challenges such as charge generation, separation, transport, collection, and recombination at the nanoscale still exist in fully controlling and understanding
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Visible-light-driven oxygen evolution by BaTiO3 based ferroelectric photocatalyst via water splitting J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Areef Billah, Anjuman Nesa Anju, Fumihiko Hirose, Bashir Ahmmad
BaTiO3 (BTO) is widely recognized for its ability to absorb ultraviolet light. To enable the absorption of visible light for photocatalytic water splitting, we modified its band gap energy by introducing Jahn-Teller pair ions. Band gap tuning of BTO and retaining its ferroelectric property at the same time is challenging. We synthesized Mn and Nb co-doped BTO by solid-state reaction method. These materials
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Polarized local excitons assist charge dissociation in Y6-based nonfullerene organic solar cells: a nonadiabatic molecular dynamics study J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Bin Liu, Philip C. Y. Chow, Junzhi Liu, Ding Pan
Y6-based nonfullerene organic solar cells (OSCs) have achieved an outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 19% due to the low energy loss and high exciton dissociation efficiency with a small energy offset. However, the exciton dissociation mechanism is still under debate. It is unclear why a small energy offset can lead to efficient exciton dissociation in nonfullerene systems, but causes
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Ruthenium supported on zirconia-carbon nanocomposites derived by UiO-66 for efficient photothermal catalytic CO2 reduction J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Huiling Wang, Qiang Li, Jing Chen, Hongpeng Jia
Resource utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2) is an effective strategy to mitigate global warming and achieve carbon neutrality and peak carbon goals. It is well known that different preparation methods affect the catalytic performance of catalysts. Herein, we designed an efficient Ru-ZrO2/C catalyst for photothermal catalytic CO2 reduction by pretreating UiO-66 in the N2 atmosphere and then loading
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Synergistic Design of g-C3N4-Supported CNTs: Experimental and DFT Insights for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in Flexible Li-S Batteries J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Vijay K Tomer, Rameshwar L. Kumawat, Otavio Augusto Titton Dias, Ritu Malik, George C Schatz, Mohini M. Sain
Rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries (LiSBs) are a highly promising energy storage and conversion system due to their high theoretical specific capacity and energy density, yet their widespread applications suffer from challenges including the insulating nature of sulfur, the shuttle effect, and the sluggish redox kinetics of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs). In addressing these issues, we have developed
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Enhancing healability and degradability of epoxy via synergetic steric and electron-withdrawing effects for green electrical packaging J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Lei Zhang, Wenjie Sun, Zhongqi Guo, Tianyu Li, Yi Zhou, Chenglong Wu, Yonghong Cheng
Pursuing healable and degradable materials without sacrificing insulation performance becomes a great challenge for developing green electrical packaging. Herein, we report the development of a new epoxy to overcome the problem via fluorine and aryl incorporation to achieve synergetic steric and electron-withdrawing effects. The epoxy possesses remarkable healing capabilities for both mechanical and
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Tough and single lithium-ion conductive nanocomposite electrolytes based on PAES-g-PEG and POSS–PEG for lithium–sulfur batteries J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Yunho Shin, Anh Le Mong, Chi Nguyen Thi Linh, Dukjoon Kim
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Insights into Electrolyte Flooding in Flexible Gas Diffusion Electrodes for CO2 electrolysis: From Mechanisms to Effective Mitigation Strategies J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Yuming Wu, Hesamoddin Rabiee, Xiu Song Zhao, Geoff Wang, Yijiao Jiang
The advancement of CO2 electrolysis has reached a stage where practical CO2 electrolysers show promise for high conversion rate, low manufacture cost, and extended system durability. While gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) as flexible cathodes play a pivotal role in flow cell electrolysers, a prevalent issue arises with the implemented GDEs. Electrolyte flooding refers to the infiltration of bulk liquid
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Synergistically coupling CoS/FeS2 heterojunction nanosheets on MXene via dual molten salts etching strategy for efficient oxygen evolution reaction J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Zuliang Zhang, Tian Liang, Chulong Jin, Shuyi Zhang, Yuanyuan Cui, Jinxing Chen, Xiaojun Zeng
Metal sulfides exhibit good catalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) due to their distinctive electronic and structural properties; however, their inadequate electrical conductivity hinders electron transfer, while easy agglomeration obstructs active sites. Herein, a dual molten salt etching strategy and subsequent sulfidation are employed to anchor CoS/FeS2 heterojunction nanosheets
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Photocatalyzed dimethylacrylamide polymerization in aqueous solution using 4-Nitrophenylacetylene-Modified Cu2O Crystals J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Yu-Chien Chen, Xing-Fu Huang, Huei-Ting Hsu, Er-Ting Wu, Chi-How Peng, Michael H. Huang
Cu2O cubes, octahedra, and rhombic dodecahedra with and without surface 4-nitrophenylacetylene (4-NA) functionalization were used to catalyze dimethylacrylamide (DMA) photopolymerization in water. Among these samples, the 4-NA-modified Cu2O cubes presented a highest monomer conversion percentage of 69% after 1 h of 420 nm light irradiation, possibly due to the most efficient electron transfer from
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Ultrafast hole relaxation between dual valence bands in methylammonium lead iodide J. Mater. Chem. A (IF 11.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Sen Mou, Mauro Leoncini, Salvatore Macis, Gabriele Nisticò, Luca Tomarchio, Annalisa D'Arco, Maria Chiara Paolozzi, Massimo Petrarca, Salvatore Gambino, Aurora Rizzo, Stefano Lupi
Hybrid organometal halide perovskites have attracted much attention owing to their high conversion efficiencies in solar cell applications. Besides this, hybrid organometal halide perovskites have also been demonstrated to be promising for light-emitting diodes, lasers, and field-effect transistors. Harvesting excess energy of hot carriers is desirable to improve the efficiency of solar cells. The