Balancing electrochemical activity and structural reversibility of fibrous electrodes with accelerated Faradaic charge transfer kinetics and pseudocapacitive storage are highly crucial for fiber-shaped supercapacitors...
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Balancing electrochemical activity and structural reversibility of fibrous electrodes with accelerated Faradaic charge transfer kinetics and pseudocapacitive storage are highly crucial for fiber-shaped supercapacitors (FSCs). Herein, we report novel core–shell hierarchical fibers for high-performance FSCs, in which the ordered NiCoMoS nanosheets arrays are chemically anchored on Ti 3 C 2 T x fibers. Beneficial from architecting stable polymetallic sulfide arrays and conductive networks, the NiCoMoS−Ti 3 C 2 T x fiber maintains fast charge transfer, low diffusion and OH − adsorption barrier, and stabilized multi-electronic reaction kinetics of polymetallic sulfide. Consequently, the NiCoMoS−Ti 3 C 2 T x fiber exhibits a large volumetric capacitance (2472.3 F cm −3 ) and reversible cycling performance (20,000 cycles). In addition, the solid-state symmetric FSCs deliver a high energy density of 50.6 mWh cm −3 and bending stability, which can significantly power electronic devices and offer sensitive detection for dopamine.
Near‐UV‐pumped white‐light‐emitting diodes with ultra‐high color rendering and decreased blue‐light emission is highly desirable. However, discovering a single‐phase white light emitter with such characteristic...
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Near‐UV‐pumped white‐light‐emitting diodes with ultra‐high color rendering and decreased blue‐light emission is highly desirable. However, discovering a single‐phase white light emitter with such characteristics remains challenging. Herein, we demonstrate that Mn doping as low as 0.027 % in the hybrid post‐perovskite type (TDMP)PbBr 4 (TDMP= trans ‐2,5‐dimethylpiperaziniium) enables to achieve a bright pure white emission replicating the spectrum of the sun's rays. Thus, a white phosphor exhibiting an emission with CIE coordinates (0.330, 0.365), a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 60 % (new record for white light emission of hybrid lead halides), and an ultra‐high color rendering index (CRI=96, R9=91.8), corresponding to the record value for a single phase emitter was obtained. The investigation of the photoluminescence properties revealed how free excitons, self‐trapped excitons, and low amount of Mn dopants are coupled to give rise to such pure white emission.
Metamaterials have recently enabled coupling electromagnetic transparency due to interference effects in coupled sub-wavelength resonators. In this work, it presents a three dimensional (3D) metamaterial designed with...
Metamaterials have recently enabled coupling electromagnetic transparency due to interference effects in coupled sub-wavelength resonators. In this work, it presents a three dimensional (3D) metamaterial designed with hollow cube whose simulation shows electromagnetically induced transparency in GHz regime with polarization insensitive to the incident electromagnetic wave due to the ultra-sharp resonance line width as a result of interaction between the constituent meta-atoms. Influences of various parameters including incident angle and frequency have been investigated numerically in detail. The simulation shows significant transmission magnitude of 99.8% at ~12GHz.
Reconstruction-engineered electrocatalysts with enriched high active Ni species for urea oxidation reaction (UOR) have recently become promising candidates for energy conversion. However, to inhibit the over-oxidation...
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Reconstruction-engineered electrocatalysts with enriched high active Ni species for urea oxidation reaction (UOR) have recently become promising candidates for energy conversion. However, to inhibit the over-oxidation of urea brought by the high valence state of Ni, tremendous efforts are devoted to obtaining low-value products of nitrogen gas to avoid toxic nitrite formation, undesirably causing inefficient utilization of the nitrogen cycle. Herein, we proposed a mediation engineering strategy to significantly boost high-value nitrite formation to help close a loop for the employment of a nitrogen economy. Specifically, platinum-loaded nickel phosphides (Pt-Ni 2 P) catalysts exhibit a promising nitrite production rate (0.82 mol kWh −1 cm −2 ), high stability over 66 h of Zn-urea-air battery operation, and 135 h of co-production of nitrite and hydrogen under 200 mA cm −2 in a zero-gap membrane electrode assembly (MEA) system. The in situ spectroscopic characterizations and computational calculations demonstrated that the urea oxidation kinetics is facilitated by enriched dynamic Ni 3+ active sites, thus augmenting the “cyanate” UOR pathway. The C−N cleavage was further verified as the rate-determining step for nitrite generation.
In recent years, the electromagnetic metamaterial has been development rapidly. Meanwhile, its peculiar electromagnetic properties have been widely studied in the fields of electromagnetism and optics. Compared to con...
In recent years, the electromagnetic metamaterial has been development rapidly. Meanwhile, its peculiar electromagnetic properties have been widely studied in the fields of electromagnetism and optics. Compared to conventional natural materials, metamaterials show some unusual phenomena, for example, negative refractive index. Because of their exotic properties, metamaterials have been found with many applications, such as perfect lens, cloaking, solar cells and so on. In this paper, we report a metamaterial with dual-band perfect transmission in terahertz range. By tailoring the periodicity of the unit cell, significantly high transmission can be obtained with the metamaterial. The simulation results show that significant transmission peaks at 3.56THz and 7.16THz with the magnitudes of 99.8% and 99.7%, respectively.
As an emerging post-lithium battery technology, aluminum ion batteries (AIBs) have the advantages of large Al reserves and high safety, and have great potential to be applied to power grid energy storage. But current ...
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As an emerging post-lithium battery technology, aluminum ion batteries (AIBs) have the advantages of large Al reserves and high safety, and have great potential to be applied to power grid energy storage. But current graphite cathode materials are limited in charge storage capacity due to the formation of stage-4 graphite-intercalated compounds (GICs) in the fully charged state. Herein, we propose a new type of cathode materials for AIBs, namely polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which resemble graphite in terms of the large conjugated π bond, but do not form GICs in the charge process. Quantum chemistry calculations show that PAHs can bind AlCl 4 − through the interaction between the conjugated π bond in the PAHs and AlCl 4 − , forming on-plane interactions. The theoretical specific capacity of PAHs is negatively correlated with the number of benzene rings in the PAHs. Then, under the guidance of theoretical calculations, anthracene, a three-ring PAH, was evaluated as a cathode material for AIBs. Electrochemical measurements show that anthracene has a high specific capacity of 157 mAh g −1 (at 100 mA g −1 ) and still maintains a specific capacity of 130 mAh g −1 after 800 cycles. This work provides a feasible “theory guides practice” research model for the development of energy storage materials, and also provides a new class of promising cathode materials for AIBs.
Revealing the dynamic reconstruction process and tailoring advanced copper (Cu) catalysts is of paramount significance for promoting the conversion of CO 2 into ethylene (C 2 H 4 ), paving the way for carbon neutraliz...
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Revealing the dynamic reconstruction process and tailoring advanced copper (Cu) catalysts is of paramount significance for promoting the conversion of CO 2 into ethylene (C 2 H 4 ), paving the way for carbon neutralization and facilitating renewable energy storage. In this study, we initially employed density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to elucidate the restructuring behavior of a catalyst under electrochemical conditions and delineated its restructuring patterns. Leveraging insights into this restructuring behavior, we devised an efficient, low-coordination copper-based catalyst. The resulting synthesized catalyst demonstrated an impressive Faradaic efficiency (FE) exceeding 70 % for ethylene generation at a current density of 800 mA cm −2 . Furthermore, it showed robust stability, maintaining consistent performance for 230 hours at a cell voltage of 3.5 V in a full-cell system. Our research not only deepens the understanding of the active sites involved in designing efficient carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) catalysts but also advances CO 2 electrolysis technologies for industrial application.
Certain types of face masks are highly efficient in protecting humans from bacterial and viral pathogens, and growing concerns with high safety, low cost, and wide market suitability have accelerated the replacement o...
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Certain types of face masks are highly efficient in protecting humans from bacterial and viral pathogens, and growing concerns with high safety, low cost, and wide market suitability have accelerated the replacement of reusable face masks with disposable ones during the last decades. However, wearing these masks creates countless problems associated with personnel comfort as well as more significant issues related to the cost of fabrication, the generation of medical waste, and environmental contaminants. In this work, we present a facile spray-pressing technique for the production of P-masks with a potential scale-up prospect by adding a graphene layer on one side of meltblown fabric and a functional layer on the other side. In principle, this technique could be easily integrated into the present automatic mask production process and the masks have self-cleaning and/or self-sterilizing properties when it is exposed to solar or simulated solar irradiation.
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