Non-stoichiometric tungsten oxide (W18O49) with intrinsic oxygen vacancies and open tunnel structures is a promising electrode material for proton supercapacitors. However, its practical performance remains limited by insufficient electronic conductivity...
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a widely used plastic but is difficult to degrade naturally, it can be decomposed into terephthalic acid (TPA) and ethylene glycol (EG) in alkaline medium. It...
Ge-based halide perovskites are, in principle, an ideal candidate for environmentally friendly perovskite solar cells due to their suitable band gaps and non-toxicity. However, their photovoltaic conversion efficiencies remain persistently...
Platinum-rare earth (Pt-RE) nanoalloys were synthesised using a facile incipient wetness impregnation route and subsequently via a scalable aqueous base-precipitation route to develop highly active and stable electrocatalysts for the...
From controlled synthesis to interface engineering, metal oxides regulate charge transport, interfacial energetics, and stability in organic\perovskite solar cells.
Direct recycling of lithium-ion battery cathodes offers a promising route to reduce the environmental and economic footprint of battery manufacturing.
The development of multifunctional materials that can efficiently support both energy storage and conversion remains an important challenge for next-generation electrochemical technologies. Herein, a defect-engineered WO 3-x is integrated with conducting...
Blended self-assembled monolayers tailor perovskite crystallization by moderating nucleation and promoting grain growth, enabling efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells.
The in situ generated iodine in the NDIA catholyte regulates interfacial reactions, lowering voltage hysteresis and suppressing dendritic growth.
The practical application of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries is hindered by sluggish sulfur redox kinetics and the shuttle effect. Herein, we challenge the conventional metal d-band centric view and demonstrate that...
High-voltage layered oxide cathodes raise the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, but their delithiated surfaces accelerate electrolyte oxidation and cathode-electrolyte interphase degradation. Trial-and-error additive discovery is inefficient and provides limited...
Reducing the consumption of indium tin oxide (ITO) is crucial for the sustainable development and cost reduction of silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. This study presented a strategy to substantially...
Piezo-photoelectrocatalysis coupled with photoexcitation and mechanical stress-induced polarization can boost the separation of photogenerated carriers and raise the efficiency of solar-driven water splitting. However, hexagonal wurtzite CdS is constrained by...
This study demonstrates how promoter loading and H 2 pressure influence sII hydrate conversion and H 2 cage occupancy, providing insights for tuning clathrate hydrates toward improved H 2 storage.
In argyrodite Li 6+ x As 1− x Si x S 5 I, we directly observed the concerted motion of Li ions occurring regardless of Si substitution, which is a key diffusion mechanism of argyrodite solid electrolytes.
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) hold immense promise for grid-scale energy storage, yet their practical application is severely hindered by the thermodynamic instability of water molecules and the sluggish desolvation kinetics...
Ammonia electrolysis is an attractive pathway for low energy hydrogen production because its theoretical cell voltage is substantially lower than that of conventional water electrolysis.
Hybrid vapor–solution processing combined with evaporated dual-interface engineering enables efficient FAPbI 3 -based solar cells with outstanding thermal stability beyond 10 000 hours.
Nitrophenol isomers (NPs) like para -nitrophenol ( p -NP), meta -nitrophenol ( m -NP) and ortho -nitrophenol ( o -NP) represent hazardous organic contaminants prevalent in industrial wastewaters.
Demonstration of solvothermally synthesized carbon nanosheet and Bi 2 MoO 6 nanoflakes composites for electrochemical oxygen reduction for selective H 2 O 2 production.
