- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Advancements in Battery Materials
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Aerogels and thermal insulation
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- ZnO doping and properties
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
University of Science and Technology of China
2016-2025
Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale
2016-2025
Southern University of Science and Technology
2022-2025
Physical Sciences (United States)
2024-2025
Materials Science & Engineering
2025
Advanced Research Institute
2025
Wuhan University
2018-2024
Qingdao Municipal Hospital
2024
University of Oxford
2023-2024
Qingdao University
2024
Supercapacitors (also known as ultracapacitors) are considered to be the most promising approach meet pressing requirements of energy storage. Supercapacitive electrode materials, which closely related high-efficiency storage energy, have provoked more interest. Herein, we present a high-capacity supercapacitor material based on nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofibers synthesized by carbonization macroscopic-scale carbonaceous (CNFs) coated with polypyrrole (CNFs@polypyrrole) at an...
Bimetallic metal–organic frameworks are rationally synthesized as templates and employed for porous carbons with retained morphology, high graphitization degree, hierarchical porosity, surface area, CoNx moiety uniform N/Co dopant by pyrolysis. The optimized carbon additional phosphorus exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance the oxygen reduction reaction, which is much better than benchmark Pt/C in alkaline media. As a service to our authors readers, this journal provides supporting...
A fractured microstructure design: new type of piezoresistive sensor with ultra-high-pressure sensitivity (0.26 kPa−1) in low pressure range (<2 kPa) and minimum detectable 9 Pa has been fabricated using a design graphene-nanosheet-wrapped polyurethane (PU) sponge. This low-cost easily scalable graphene-wrapped PU sponge potential application high-spatial-resolution, artificial skin without complex nanostructure design. As service to our authors readers, this journal provides supporting...
We report a one-step fabrication of macroscopic multifunctional graphene-based hydrogels with robust interconnected networks under the synergistic effects reduction graphene oxide sheets by ferrous ions and in situ simultaneous deposition nanoparticles on sheets. The functional components, such as α-FeOOH nanorods magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles, can be easily incorporated to assemble monoliths just control pH value mild conditions. Such exhibit excellent capability for removal pollutants and,...
It is highly desirable to convert CO2 valuable fuels or chemicals by means of solar energy, which requires enrichment around photocatalysts from the atmosphere. Here we demonstrate that a porphyrin-involved metal-organic framework (MOF), PCN-222, can selectively capture and further photoreduce with high efficiency under visible-light irradiation. Mechanistic information gleaned ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy (combined time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy) has elucidated...
Free-standing graphene paper with a grey metallic luster has been fabricated for the first time, by convenient one-step method on large scale. Herein, assembly of oxide dispersion into ordered occurs simultaneously chemical reduction to graphene. The presents advantages good flexibility, low weight (0.2 g cm−3) and high electrical conductivity (15 Ω sq−1). Moreover, size shape are freely exchanged those Teflon substrate used. flexible graphene–PANI subsequently exhibits excellent...
Abstract The electroreduction of water for sustainable hydrogen production is a critical component several developing clean-energy technologies, such as splitting and fuel cells. However, finding cheap efficient alternative catalyst to replace currently used platinum-based catalysts still prerequisite the commercialization these technologies. Here we report robust highly active evolution reaction that constructed by in situ growth molybdenum disulfide on surface cobalt diselenide. In acidic...
Although biomimetic designs are expected to play a key role in exploring future structural materials, facile fabrication of bulk materials under ambient conditions remains major challenge. Here, we describe mesoscale "assembly-and-mineralization" approach inspired by the natural process mollusks fabricate synthetic nacre that highly resembles both chemical composition and hierarchical structure nacre. The millimeter-thick consists alternating organic layers aragonite platelet (91 weight...
It remains highly desired but a great challenge to achieve atomically dispersed metals in high loadings for efficient catalysis. Now porphyrinic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been synthesized based on novel mixed-ligand strategy afford high-content (1.76 wt %) single-atom (SA) iron-implanted N-doped porous carbon (FeSA -N-C) via pyrolysis. Thanks the Fe sites, hierarchical pores, oriented mesochannels and conductivity, optimized FeSA -N-C exhibits excellent oxygen reduction activity...
Thirsty fibers: The aerogels described in the title can be fabricated large scale by using a low-cost biomass, bacterial cellulose, as precursor, which produced at industrial level microbial fermentation process. carbon nanofiber (black pieces picture) exhibit superior absorption capacity for organic solvents (red solution) and high potential pressure sensing. As service to our authors readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied authors. Such materials are peer reviewed...
The selectivity control toward aldehyde in the aromatic alcohol oxidation remains a grand challenge using molecular oxygen under mild conditions. In this work, we designed and synthesized Pt/PCN-224(M) composites by integration of Pt nanocrystals porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), PCN-224(M). exhibit excellent catalytic performance photo-oxidation alcohols 1 atm O2 at ambient temperature, based on synergetic photothermal effect singlet production. Additionally, opposition to...
Two Ni–Mo–O compounds show exceptional cathodic/anodic catalytic performance for urea electrolysis, suggesting a promising route to energy-saving H<sub>2</sub> production.
Emerging as a potent alternative to classical metal-based semiconductor quantum dots (Qdots), carbon (Cdots) possess the distinctive advantages of convenient synthesis, prominent biocompatibility, colorful photoluminescence, and low cost. After almost decade extensive studies since their discovery, Cdots have widely been applied in bioimaging, sensing, catalysis, optoelectronics, energy conversion, etc. In this review, we first highlight synthetic methods for macroscale manner. Second,...
Robust nanofiber gels: Monolithic hydrogels and aerogels consisting of uniform carbonaceous nanofibers (CNFs) were fabricated on a macroscopic scale (12 L, see picture) by simple template-directed, hydrothermal carbonization process. The high surface reactivity the CNFs porosity robust nature gels can be exploited in applications such as selective adsorbents templates for creating functional composite gels. Detailed facts importance to specialist readers are published "Supporting...
The design of efficient, cheap, and abundant oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is crucial to the development sustainable energy sources for powering fuel cells. We describe here a novel Mn(3)O(4)/CoSe(2) hybrid which could be promising candidate such electrocatalysts. Possibly due synergetic chemical coupling effects between Mn(3)O(4) CoSe(2), constructed displayed superior OER catalytic performance relative its parent CoSe(2)/DETA nanobelts. Notably, earth-abundant cobalt (Co)-based...
Lithium metal is one of the most attractive anode materials for next-generation lithium batteries due to its high specific capacity and low electrochemical potential. However, poor cycling performance serious safety hazards, caused by growth dendritic mossy lithium, has long hindered application based batteries. Herein, we reported a rational design free-standing Cu nanowire (CuNW) network suppress via accommodating in three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures. We demonstrated that as 7.5 mA h...
Oil sorbents play a very important part in the remediation processes of oil spills. To enhance oil‐sorption properties and simplify oil‐recovery process, various advanced oil‐collecting devices based on them have been proposed recently. Here, we firstly discuss design considerations for fabrication describe recently developed modification strategy. Then, recent advances regarding mainly carbon materials swellable oleophilic polymers are also presented. Subsequently, some additional...
Improving the efficiency of electron-hole separation and charge-carrier utilization plays a central role in photocatalysis. Herein, Pt nanoparticles ca. 3 nm are incorporated inside or supported on representative metal-organic framework (MOF), UiO-66-NH2 , denoted as Pt@UiO-66-NH2 Pt/UiO-66-NH2 respectively, for photocatalytic hydrogen production via water splitting. Compared with pristine MOF, both Pt-decorated MOF nanocomposites exhibit significantly improved yet distinctly different...
Exploring low-cost and high-performance nonprecious metal catalysts (NPMCs) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells metal-air batteries is crucial the commercialization of these energy conversion storage devices. Here we report a novel NPMC consisting Fe3 C nanoparticles encapsulated mesoporous Fe-N-doped carbon nanofibers, which synthesized by cost-effective method using carbonaceous pyrrole, FeCl3 as precursors. The electrocatalyst exhibits outstanding ORR activity (onset...
The latest advances in oriented attachment controlled morphosynthesis and crystal growth of various technically important inorganic materials have been reviewed with the focus on how to generate micro-/nanostructured based so-called mechanism. overview about basic crystallization principles nowadays falls into two types, i.e., one is classical mode, which via atom-by-atom additions an existing nucleus or dissolution unstable phases reprecipitation more stable phases, other occurs through...