A5055977648- Advanced battery technologies research
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Aerogels and thermal insulation
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Advancements in Battery Materials
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
- Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
- Light effects on plants
The University of Texas at Dallas
2021-2025
Abstract The poor reversibility of Zn metal anodes arising from water‐induced parasitic reactions poses a significant challenge to the practical applications aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs). Herein, novel quasi‐solid‐state “water‐in‐swelling‐clay” electrolyte (WiSCE) containing zinc sulfate and swelling clay, bentonite (BT), is designed enable highly reversible anodes. AZIB full cells based on WiSCE exhibit excellent cyclic stability at various current densities, long shelf life, low...
The development of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) faces significant challenges because water-induced side reactions arising from the high water activity in electrolytes. Herein, a quasi-solid-state electrolyte membrane with low is designed based on laponite (LP) nanoclay for separator-free AZIBs. mechanically robust LP-based can perform simultaneously as separator and to inhibit dendrite growth at Zn/electrolyte interface. A combination density functional theory calculations, theoretical...
Metastructures of titanium nitride (TiN), a plasmonic refractory material, can potentially achieve high solar absorptance while operating at elevated temperatures, but the design has been driven by expert intuition. Here, we high-performance absorber based on TiN metastructures using quantum computing-assisted optimization. The optimization scheme includes machine learning, annealing, and optical simulation in an iterative cycle. It designs optimal structure with > 95% within 40 h, much...
The formation of non-ion conducting byproducts on zinc anode is notoriously detrimental to aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). Herein, we successfully transform a representative byproduct, crystalline hydroxide sulfate (ZHS) fast-ion solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) via amorphization and fluorination induced by suspending CaF2 nanoparticles in dilute electrolytes. Distinct from widely reported nonhomogeneous organic–inorganic hybrid SEIs that exhibit structural chemical instability, the...
Hierarchical micro- and nano-channels for ultrafast spontaneous continuous oil recovery.
Solar-heating siphon-assisted oil recovery is promising as an eco-friendly strategy for spill mitigation due to its spontaneous, continuous, and renewable operation.
The management of the abundant eggshell biowaste produced worldwide has become a problematic issue due to generated odor and microorganisms after direct disposal in landfills. Herein, we propose new method convert hazardous valuable resources for energy applications. Eggshell-based films are fabricated by embedding powders into polymer matrix achieve highly efficient subambient daytime radiative cooling. Benefiting from Mie scattering particles/air pores solar spectrum strong emission...
The flow behavior of oil in nanochannels has attracted extensive attention for transport applications. In most, if not all, the prior theoretical simulations, molecules were observed to steadily under pressure gradients. this study, non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations are conducted simulate Poiseuille with three different hydrocarbon chain lengths graphene nanochannels. Contrary conventional perception steady flows nanochannels, we find that longest (i.e., n-dodecane) exhibit...
With the development of advanced micro/nanoscale technologies, two-dimensional materials have emerged from laboratories and been applied in practice.
The in-plane orientation-dependent electrical and optical properties of two-dimensional (2D) anisotropic materials attract significant attention because the intriguing underlying physics. However, this feature limits their further development in polarization-independent applications such as refractive index sensors light absorbers. In paper, black phosphorous (BP) metadevices are achieved by design a single-layer pattern 2D material. Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation results...
The management of the abundant eggshell biowaste produced worldwide has become a problematic issue due to generated odor and microorganisms after directly disposing in landfills. Herein, we propose novel method convert hazardous valuable resources for energy applications. Eggshell-based films are fabricated by embedding powders into polymer matrix achieve highly efficient sub-ambient daytime radiative cooling. Benefiting from Mie scattering particles/air pores solar spectrum strong emission...
The poor reversibility of Zn metal anodes arising from water-induced parasitic reactions poses a significant challenge to the practical applications aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). Herein, novel quasi-solid-state water-in-swelling-clay electrolyte (WiSCE) containing zinc sulfate and swelling clay bentonite (BT) is designed enable highly reversible anodes. AZIB full 2 cells based on WiSCE exhibit excellent cyclic stability at various current densities, long shelf life, low self-discharge...
Fabricating mechanically robust graphene aerogels (GAs) without compromising their notable features including superelasticity, large surface area, high porosity, and low density is challenging. This work presents a new one-pot strategy based on ambient drying to fabricate three-dimensional (3D) graphene-polyethylene aerogel (G-PEA) with unique hierarchical porous structure, in which the highly polyethylene encapsulated by frameworks. The G-PEA exhibited substantially enhanced compressive...
Solar seawater desalination may provide an economical and environmentally friendly means to address the global freshwater crisis. However, salt crystals can precipitate accumulate on evaporator surfaces during solar desalination, leading significant deterioration of performance. Current anti-salt fouling strategies generally suffer from low evaporation rates particularly hypersaline brines. In this paper, we propose bio-inspired graphene evaporators with well-aligned tubular channels achieve...
Oil spills and freshwater scarcity remain two worldwide challenging issues. Emerging efforts have been made either to recover oil from oil/water mixture or extract abundant seawater. However, almost all current devices focus on recovery seawater desalination separately, which is lack of energy efficiency. Herein, we propose a design mechanically robust, bi-functional graphene (BGDs), containing vertical sheets decorated inverted U-shaped monoliths, achieve simultaneous solar-driven vapor...