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This study develops a novel strategy, based on block copolymer self‐assembly in solution, for preparing two‐dimensional (2D) graphene‐based mesoporous nanohybrids with well‐defined large pores of tunable sizes, by employing polystyrene‐block‐poly(ethylene oxide) (PS‐b‐PEO) spherical micelles as the pore‐creating template. The resultant 2D nanohybrids possess a sandwich‐like structure with Fe2O3 nanoparticle‐embedded...
A simple one‐pot solvothermal method is reported to synthesize VS2 nanosheets featuring rich defects and an expanded (001) interlayer spacing as large as 1.00 nm, which is a ≈74% expansion as relative to that (0.575 nm) of the pristine counterpart. The interlayer‐expanded VS2 nanosheets show extraordinary kinetic metrics for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), exhibiting a low overpotential...
Grid‐scale energy storage batteries with electrode materials made from low‐cost, earth‐abundant elements are needed to meet the requirements of sustainable energy systems. Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) with iron‐based electrodes offer an attractive combination of low cost, plentiful structural diversity and high stability, making them ideal candidates for grid‐scale energy storage systems. Although...
Van der Waals heterostructures based on 2D layered materials have received wide attention for their multiple applications in optoelectronic devices, such as solar cells, light‐emitting devices, and photodiodes. In this work, high‐performance photovoltaic photodetectors based on MoTe2/MoS2 vertical heterojunctions are demonstrated by exfoliating‐restacking approach. The fundamental electric properties...
Selenium cathode has attracted more and more attention because of its comparable volumetric capacity but much higher electrical conductivity than sulfur cathode. Compared to Li–Se batteries, Na–Se batteries show many advantages, including the low cost of sodium resources and high volumetric capacity. However, Na–Se batteries still suffer from the shuttle effect of polyselenides and high volumetric...
A generalized scheme for the fabrication of high performance photodetectors consisting of a p‐type channel material and n‐type nanoparticles is proposed. The high performance of the proposed hybrid photodetector is achieved through enhanced photoabsorption and the photocurrent gain arising from its effective charge transfer mechanism. In this paper, the realization of this design is presented in a...
Sodium‐ion batteries have attracted increasing attention in recent years. In article number 1703116, Yuliang Cao and co‐workers systematically summarize advancements in the field of iron‐based electrode materials for grid‐scale sodium‐ion batteries. The progress in iron‐based electrode materials, including oxides, polyanions, ferrocyanides, and sulfides, is briefly summarized. Such iron‐based electrode...
In article number 1703293, Tie Lin, Weida Hu, Jianlu Wang, and co‐workers present a high performance photovoltaic photodetector based on MoTe2/MoS2 Van der Waals heterojunction. The light‐induced charge transport under different biases is discussed. As self‐powered photodetectors, the vertical 2D p‐n junctions achieve a sensitive response and broad detection wavelength range. These properties indicate...
In article number 1703616, Jeff T. Gostick and co‐workers present 3D X‐ray CT images of electrospun carbon flow battery electrodes before and after carbonization. Through a variety of direct numerical simulations and image analysis techniques, insights into the effect of electrospinning and carbonization on fibrous material microstructures are elucidated and discussed. The significance of 3D imaging...
Electrospun custom made flow battery electrodes are imaged in 3D using X‐ray computed tomography. A variety of computational methods and simulations are applied to the images to determine properties including the porosity, fiber size, and pore size distributions as well as the material permeability and flow distributions. The simulations are performed on materials before and after carbonization to...
The delivery of tumor‐suppressive noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) including short ncRNAs (i.e., miRNAs) and long ncRNAs (lncRNAs) is put forward to treat tumors. In this work, novel rodlike supramolecular nanoassemblies (CNC @CB[8] @ PGEA) of degradable poly(aspartic acid) (PAsp) derivatives‐grafted cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and hydroxyl‐rich polycations (ethanolamine‐functionalized poly(glycidyl methacrylate),...
A high‐performance top‐gated graphene field‐effect transistor (FET) with excellent mechanical flexibility is demonstrated by implementing a surface‐energy‐engineered copolymer gate dielectric via a solvent‐free process called initiated chemical vapor deposition. The ultrathin, flexible copolymer dielectric is synthesized from two monomers composed of 1,3,5‐trimethyl‐1,3,5‐trivinyl cyclotrisiloxane...
Developing optical tumor imaging probes with minimal background noise is very important for its early detection of small lesions and accurate diagnosis of cancer. To overcome the bottleneck of low signal to noise ratio and sensitivity, it needs further improvement in fluorescent probe design and understanding of tumor development process. Recent reports reveal that lysosome's acidity in cancer cells...
Holey defective g‐C3N4 photocatalysts, which are easily prepared via a novel photoassisted heating process, are reported. The photoassisted treatment not only helps to create abundant holes, endowing g‐C3N4 with more exposed catalytic active sites and crossplane diffusion channels to shorten the diffusion distance of both reactants from the surface to bulk and charge carriers from the bulk to surface,...
Recently, organometal halide perovskite‐based optoelectronics, particularly lasers, have attracted intensive attentions because of its outstanding spectral coherence, low threshold, and wideband tunability. In this work, high‐quality CH3NH3PbBr3 single crystals with a unique shape of cube‐corner pyramids are synthesized on mica substrates using chemical vapor deposition method. These micropyramids...
Molybdenum sulfide/graphene composites are promising anode materials for lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). In this work, MoSx/graphene composite film with an ideal 3D porous structure is developed via a facile and straightforward electrochemical route. The MoSx nanoparticles are uniformly anchored on the graphene nanosheets that are randomly arranged, resulting in MoSx/graphene composites with well‐developed...
One challenge of integrating of passive, microparticles manipulation techniques into multifunctional microfluidic devices is coupling the continuous‐flow format of most systems with the often batch‐type operation of particle separation systems. Here, a passive fluidic technique—one‐way particle transport—that can conduct microparticle operations in a closed fluidic circuit is presented. Exploiting...
Controlled encapsulation and pairing of single cells within a confined 3D matrix can enable the replication of the highly ordered cellular structure of human tissues. Microgels with independently controlled compartments that can encapsulate cells within separately confined hydrogel matrices would provide precise control over the route of pairing single cells. Here, a one‐step microfluidic method is...
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