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Complicated oxygen evolution reaction (OER) poses the bottleneck in improving the efficiency of hydrogen production through water electrolysis. Herein, an integrated strategy to modulate the electronic structure of NiFe layered double hydroxide (NiFe‐LDH) is reported by constructing Ag‐incorporated NiCo‐PBA@NiFe‐LDH heterojunction with a hierarchical hollow structure. This “double heterojunction”...
The study investigated whether both the osteogenic and angiogenic potential of Exos (Exosomes) can be enhanced by overexpression of exosomal miRNA (microRNA) and to confirm whether Exos loaded in HMPs (Hydrogel microparticles) exert long‐term effects during new bone formation. BMSCs and Exos are successfully obtained. In vitro and in vivo experiments confirmed that HDAC4 (Histone deacetylase 4) is...
Complete ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) in C1 pathway with 12 transferred electrons is highly desirable yet challenging in direct ethanol fuel cells. Herein, PtRh jagged nanowires synthesized via a simple wet‐chemical approach exhibit exceptional EOR mass activity of 1.63 A mgPt−1 and specific activity of 4.07 mA cm−2, 3.62‐fold and 4.28‐folds increments relative to Pt/C, respectively. High proportions...
Proteins exhibit complex and diverse multi‐dimensional structures, along with a wide range of functional groups capable of binding metal ions. By harnessing the unique characteristics of proteins, it is possible to enhance the synthesis of metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) and modify their morphology. Here, the utilization of biomineralized bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein as a template for synthesizing...
Atomicforce microscopy (AFM)‐based scanning probing techniques, including Kelvinprobe force microscopy (KPFM) and conductive atomic force microscopy (C‐AFM), have been widely applied to investigate thelocal electromagnetic, physical, or molecular characteristics of functional materials on a microscopic scale. The microscopic inhomogeneities of the electronic properties of polycrystalline photovoltaic...
Though Sn‐Pb alloyed perovskite solar cells (PSCs) achieved great progress, there is a dilemma to further increase Sn for less‐Pb requirement. High Sn ratio (>70%) perovskite exhibits nonstoichiometric Sn:Pb:I at film surface to aggravate Sn2+ oxidation and interface energy mismatch. Here, ternary metal alloyed (FASnI3)0.7(MAPb1−xZnxI3)0.3 (x = 0–3%) is constructed for Pb% < 30% perovskite....
Synthesis of green ammonia (NH3) via electrolysis of nitric oxide (NO) is extraordinarily sustainable, but multielectron/proton‐involved hydrogenation steps as well as low concentrations of NO can lead to poor activities and selectivities of electrocatalysts. Herein, it is reported that oxygen‐defective TiO2 nanoarray supported on Ti plate (TiO2−x/TP) behaves as an efficient catalyst for NO reduction...
Electrochemical nitrate (NO3−) reduction reaction (NO3−RR) is a potential sustainable route for large‐scale ambient ammonia (NH3) synthesis and regulating the nitrogen cycle. However, as this reaction involves multi‐electron transfer steps, it urgently needs efficient electrocatalysts on promoting NH3 selectivity. Herein, a rational design of Co nanoparticles anchored on TiO2 nanobelt array on titanium...
The charge recombination resulting from bulk defects and interfacial energy level mismatch hinders the improvement of the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability of carbon‐based inorganic perovskite solar cells (C‐IPSCs). Herein, a series of small molecules including ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and its derivatives (EDTA‐Na and EDTA‐K) are studied to functionalize the zinc oxide...
Assembling different 2D nanomaterials into heterostructures with strong interfacial interactions presents a promising approach for novel artificial photocatalytic materials. Chemically implementing the 2D nanomaterials’ construction/stacking modes to regulate different interfaces can extend their functionalities and achieve good performance. Herein, based on different fundamental principles and photochemical...
Projecting a cost‐effective and highly efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen reaction reduction (ORR) counts a great deal for Zn‐air batteries. Herein, a hierarchical core–shell ORR catalyst (Co2N/CoP@PNCNTs) is developed by embedding cobalt phosphides and/or cobalt nitrides as the core into N, P‐doped carbon nanotubes (PNCNTs) as the shell via one‐step carbonization, nitridation, and phosphorization...
Carbon‐based single metal atom catalysts (SACs) are being extensively investigated to improve the kinetics of the Li–S redox reaction, which is greatly important for batteries with cell‐level energy densities >500 W h kg‐1. However, there are contradictory reports regarding the electrocatalytic activities of the different metal atoms and the role of the metal atom in LiS chemistry still remains...
In polycrystalline perovskites, grain boundaries (GBs) that isolate grains determine the optoelectronic properties of a semiconductor, and hence affect the photovoltaic performance of a solar cell. Photocurrent and photovoltage are affected by the microscopic structure of perovskites but are difficult to quantify on the intragrain length scale and are often treated as homogeneous within the photoactive...
The field of living materials seeks to harness living cells as microfactories that can construct a material itself or enhance the performance of material in some manner. While recent advances in 3D printing allow microbe manipulation to create bespoke living materials, the effective coupling of these living components in reinforced bioink designs remains a major challenge due to the difficulty in...
Here, a strategy is reported to prepare Ni‐Fe layered double hydroxide (NiFe‐LDH) with abundant exposed edge planes for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The edge‐to‐edge assembly of ultrafine NiFe‐LDH directed by graphite‐like carbon is performed through a one‐step hydrothermal process to form self‐supporting nanosheet arrays (named NiFe‐LDH/C), in which ascorbic acid is employed as the carbon...
Porphyrin and phthalocyanine complexes bearing single‐atom catalytic sites (M‐N4) have been explored as promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), whose activity can be improved by regulating the ligands and/or the metal centers. Moreover, their photosensitive features also provide the possibility for highly efficient photoelectrocatalytic CO2RR. Herein, a novel N′NN′‐pincer‐ligand...
The NiO‐based electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) of water splitting is recognized as a promising approach to produce clean H2 fuel. However, the OER performance is still low, and especially, the overpotential is larger than 200 mV at the current density of 10 mA cm−2. Herein, an Ir@IrNiO sample is prepared with single‐atom (SA) Ir4+ doping and surface metallic Ir nanoparticles loaded...
Inspired by the 2D bilayer lipid membranes in nature, a unique supramolecular “push–pull” synergetic strategy toward self‐assembled 2D organic crystals (2DOCs) is proposed in this work, which can effectively suppress the interlayer 3D stacking while maintaining the assembly of the intralayer for 2D growth. For this purpose, a model molecule PF‐Py consisting of a planar supramolecular “attractor” and...
Solid tumors possess a unique internal environment with high‐level thiols (mainly glutathione), over‐expressed H2O2, and low oxygen partial pressure, which severely restrict the radiotherapy (RT) efficacy. To overcome the imperfections of RT alone, there is vital to design a multifunctional radiosensitizer that simultaneously achieves multimodal therapy and tumor microenvironment (TME) regulation...
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