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Aqueous zinc metal batteries (ZMBs) are a promising sustainable technology for large‐scale energy storage applications. However, the water is often associated with problematic parasitic reactions on both anode and cathode, leading to the low durability and reliability of ZMBs. Here, a multifunctional separator for the Zn‐V2O5 batteries by growing the coordination supramolecular network (CSN:Zn‐MBA,...
The development of electric vehicles has received worldwide attention in the background of reducing carbon emissions, wherein lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) become the primary energy supply systems. However, commercial graphite‐based anodes in LIBs currently confront significant difficulty in enduring ultrahigh power input due to the slow Li+ transport rate and the low intercalation potential. This...
Bimetallic layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are promising catalysts for anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media. Despite good stability, NiCo LDH displays an unsatisfactory OER activity relative to the most robust NiFe LDH and CoFe LDH. Herein, a novel NiCo LDH electrocatalyst modified with single‐atom silver grown on carbon cloth (AgSA‐NiCo LDH/CC) that exhibits exceptional OER activity...
Potassium‐ion batteries (PIBs) have attracted more and more attention as viable alternatives to lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) due to the deficiency and uneven distribution of lithium resources. However, it is shown that potassium storage in some compounds through reaction or intercalation mechanisms cannot effectively improve the capacity and stability of anodes for PIBs. The unique anti‐spinel structure...
Serious capacity and voltage degradation of Li‐rich layered oxides (LLOs) caused by severe interfacial side reactions (ISR), structural instability, and transition metal (TM) dissolution during charge/discharge need to be urgently resolved. Here, it is proposed for the inaugural time that the confinement effect of PO43− dilutes the LiMn6 superstructure units on the surface of LLOs, while deriving...
Microorganisms display nonequilibrium predator–prey behaviors, such as chasing–escaping and schooling via chemotactic interactions. Even though artificial systems have revealed such biomimetic behaviors, switching between them by control over chemotactic interactions is rare. Here, a spindle‐like iron‐based metal–organic framework (MOF) colloidal motor which self‐propels in glucose and H2O2, triggered...
Appearing as an innovative and efficient strategy, a facile strategy of a plasma ball mill is carried out to prepare few‐layer black phosphorus nanosheets (BPNSs), for abating the fire risk of epoxy resin (EP). A spear and shield‐inspired Ar plasma emergeed through a plasma ball mill to prevent Ar@BP nanosheets from oxidation compared with the preparation of BP nanosheets (MBPNSs) in a mechanical...
The super‐white body might be defined as its reflectivity exceeding 98% at any angle in the visible light spectrum, which can be used in a variety of emerging fields including optics, energy, environment, aerospace, etc. However, elaborate synthesis of a light‐weight, highly reflective super‐white aerogel body remains a great challenge. In this work, fine‐tuning of silica aerogel co‐hydrolyzed precursor...
A scalable and low‐cost deposition of high‐quality charge transport layers and photoactive perovskite layers are the grand challenges for large‐area and efficient perovskite solar modules and tandem cells. An inverted structure with an inorganic hole transport layer is expected for long‐term stability. Among various hole transport materials, nickel oxide has been investigated for highly efficient...
Identifying active sites of supported noble metal nanocatalysts remains challenging, since their size and shape undergo changes depending on the support, temperature, and gas mixture composition. Herein, the anharmonic infrared spectrum of adsorbed CO is simulated using density functional theory (DFT) to gain insight into the nature of Pd nanoparticles (NPs) supported on ceria. The authors systematically...
K metal battery is a kind of high‐energy‐density storage device with economic advantages. However, due to the dendrite growth and difficult processing characteristics, it is difficult to prepare stable K metal anode with thin thickness and fixed area capacity, which severely limits its development. In this work, a multi‐functional 3D skeleton (rGCA) is synthesized by simple vacuum filtration and thermal...
Sub‐10 nm nanoparticles are known to exhibit extraordinary size‐dependent properties for wide applications. Many approaches have been developed for synthesizing sub‐10 nm inorganic nanoparticles, but the fabrication of sub‐10 nm polymeric nanoparticles is still challenging. Here, a scalable, spontaneous confined nanoemulsification strategy that produces uniform sub‐10 nm nanodroplets for template...
A 3D crimped sulfonated polyethersulfone‐polyethylene oxide(C‐SPES/PEO) nanofiber membrane and long‐range lanthanum cobaltate(LaCoO3) nanowires are collectively doped into a PEO matrix to acquire a composite solid electrolyte (C‐SPES‐PEO‐LaCoO3) for all‐solid‐state lithium metal batteries(ASSLMBs). The 3D crimped structure enables the fiber membrane to have a large porosity of 90%. Therefore, under...
Proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE) is a green hydrogen production technology that can be coupled with intermittent power sources such as wind and photoelectric power. To achieve cost‐effective operations, low noble metal loading on the anode catalyst layer is desired. In this study, a catalyst with RuO2 nanorods coated outside SnO2 nanocubes is designed, which forms continuous networks...
Strain sensors have been attracting tremendous attention for the promising application of wearable devices in recent years. However, the trade‐off between high resolution, high sensitivity, and broad detection range is a great challenge for the application of strain sensors. Herein, a novel design of hierarchical synergistic structure (HSS) of Au micro cracks and carbon black (CB) nanoparticles is...
Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases, and current treatment regimens suffer from limited efficacy, nonspecific toxicity, and chemoresistance. With the advantages of good biocompatibility, large specific surface area, excellent cation exchange capacity, and easy availability, clay minerals have been receiving ever‐increasing interests in cancer treatment. They can act as carriers to reduce the toxic...
Prussian blue analogs (PBAs) represent a crucial class of intercalation electrode materials for electrochemical water desalination. It is shown here that structural/compositional tailoring of PBAs, the nickel hexacyanoferrate (NiHCF) electrodes in particular, can efficiently modulate their capacitive deionization (CDI) performance (e.g., desalination capacity, cyclability, selectivity, etc.). Both...
Encapsulating photogenerated charge‐hopping nodes and space transport bridges within metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is a promising method of boosting the photocatalytic performance. Herein, this work embeds electron transfer media (9,10‐bis(4‐pyridyl)anthracene (BPAN)) in MOF cavities to build multi‐level electron transfer paths. The MOF cavities are accurately regulated to investigate the significance...
For the realization of a next‐generation energy society, further improvement in the activity of water‐splitting photocatalysts is essential. Platinum (Pt) is predicted to be the most effective cocatalyst for hydrogen evolution from water. However, when the number of active sites is increased by decreasing the particle size, the Pt cocatalyst is easily oxidized and thereby loses its activity. In this...
The advent of big data era has put forward higher requirements for electronic nanodevices that have low energy consumption for their application in analog computing with memory and logic circuit to address attendant energy efficiency issues. Here, a miniaturized diode with a reversible switching state based on N‐n MoS2 homojunction used a bandgap renormalization effect through the band alignment type...
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