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A long-standing puzzle for methanol electrooxidation is how to achieve a CO-free pathway and accurately understand the origin of electrocatalytic selectivity. Herein, we unequivocally demonstrate that the Bi-modified Pt/C follows a CO-free…
High-entropy alloys and ceramics containing at least five principal elements have recently received high attention for various mechanical and functional applications. The application of severe plastic deformation (SPD), particularly the…
Regio-regular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (rr-P3HT), the work-horse of organic photovoltaics, has been recently exploited in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) configuration with phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) for solution-processed…
Photoreforming is a sustainable photocatalytic process that degrades plastic waste while simultaneously producing hydrogen (H2) from water. However, this process has received limited attention due to the scarcity of effective catalysts…
Graphitic carbon nitride ($g$-CN) has attracted vast interest as a promising inexpensive metal-free photocatalyst for water splitting with solar photons. The heptazine (Hz) molecule is the building block of graphitic carbon nitride. The…
The rare-earth (RE) elements [Holmium (Ho) and Ytterbium (Yb)] doped vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) with a series of doping concentrations (1 mol.%, 3 mol.%, and 5 mol.%) have been successfully synthesized using environment-friendly facile…
The production of hydrogen from water using only a catalyst and solar energy is one of the most challenging and promising outlets for the generation of clean and renewable energy. Semiconductor photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production…
Li2WO4 (LWO) is recognized for its potential as a solid-state electrolyte and it has demonstrated the ability to enhance the electrochemical performance of LiCoO2 (LCO) cathodes in Li-ion batteries. However, prior investigations into LWO…
Topological semimetals with protected surface states mark a new paradigm of research beyond the early landmarks of band-structure engineering, allowing fabrication of efficient catalyst to harness the rich metallic surface states to…
The development of noble-metal free electrocatalysts is of high importance for clean energy conversion applications. MoS$_2$ has been considered as a promising low cost catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), however its…
Oxide materials are important candidates for the next generation of electronics due to a wide array of desired properties which they can exhibit alone or when combined with other materials. While SrTiO$_3$ (STO) is often considered a…
Two dimensional (2D) materials exhibit superior properties in electronic and optoelectronic fields. The wide demand for high performance optoelectronic devices promotes the exploration of diversified 2D materials. Recently, 2D covalent…
Low-cost transition metal high-entropy nanoalloys are emerging as sustainable alternatives to platinum group electrocatalysts. Synthesis conditions of single-phase solid solutions can alter phase stability, causing surface composition…
We show that the magnetic properties of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) can be captured by \textit{ab initio} calculations within the coherent potential approximation, where the atomic details of the high-entropy mixing are considered as an…
We present theoretical analysis on why and how rechargeable metal-air type batteries can be made significantly safer and more practical by utilizing CO2/oxalate conversions instead of O2/peroxide or O2/hydroxide ones, in the positive…
Hybridisation is a powerful strategy towards the next generation of multifunctional materials for environmental and sustainable energy applications. Here, we report a new inorganic nanocarbon hybrid material prepared with atomically…
Two-dimensional lateral heterojunctions are basic components for low-power and flexible optoelectronics. In contrast to monolayers, devices based on few-layer lateral heterostructures could offer superior performance due to their lower…
Titanium dioxide is a photocatalytic substance of great practical importance. However, with its bandgap in the ultraviolet (UV) regime, native forms (undoped) of TiO2 generally exhibits poor photocatalytic activities under visible light.…
TiO$_2$ anatase has its significant importance in energy and environmental research. However, the major drawback of this immensely popular semi-conductor is its large bandgap of 3.2 eV. Several non-metals have been doped experimentally for…
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are a new class of materials constructed from multiple principal elements statistically arranged on simple crystallographic lattices. Due to the large amount of disorder present, they are excellent model systems…