Using ZnO seed layers, an efficient approach for enhancing the heterointerface quality of electrodeposited ZnO-Cu2O solar cells is devised. We introduce a sputtered ZnO seed layer followed by the sequential electrodeposi...
Harvesting abundant and renewable sunlight in energy production and environmental remediation is an emerging research topic. Indeed, research on solar-driven heterogeneous photocatalysis based on surface plasmon resonanc...
The most common preparation method of graphene starts from the oxidation and exfoliation of graphite to graphene oxide (GO). Such graphitic planes, decorated with oxygen-containing groups, are hydrophilic and soluble in ...
A feasible synthetic route to alkoxy-substituted DTBDT was designed and the first DTBDT-based polymer was prepared and applied in organic solar cells. The preliminary results indicate that the DTBDT unit can be used as a...
Though 2,2':6',2 ''-terpyridine is commonly used as a ligand for forming metallo-supramolecular assemblies in a variety of solvent environments, little is known about how the properties of the medium influence its behavi...
Multi-shell Cd-free nanocrystals were designed such that (1) the outer-most shell was free of reactive sulfide to prevent corrosion (2) the position of the band-edge emission remained unchanged during multi-shell coating...
A scalable and simple process was developed for the preparation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles embedded in carbon using nontoxic and affordable materials. The resulting composite showed a high reversible capacity of 702 mA h g(-...
We investigated WS2-multiwalled carbon nanotube composites prepared by powder metallurgy. The inclusion of a small amount of nanotubes (0.75 wt%) dramatically increased electrical conductivity (by 12 300%) with a moderat...
We present a new synthetic strategy to produce Gd(III)-decorated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for potential use as bimodal contrast agents (CA) for computed X-ray tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The h...
A novel nanocomposite of Co3S4 hollow nanospheres grown on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) has been synthesized by a facile two-step method and used as an advanced electrode material for supercapacitors. The intriguing form...
Dithiophenyldiketopyrrolopyrroles can be directly (hetero)arylated in moderate to excellent yields by Pd-catalyzed coupling to the CH position of a fluoro(hetero)arene (in the presence of Ag2CO3) or the CBr position of a...
Anthropogenic mercury emission is a serious global environmental problem because of its toxicity to humans, plants and wildlife. In order to control these emissions, accurate and reliable online continuous mercury monito...
This paper presents rapid response colloidal photonic crystal (PC) microdots fabricated by inkjet printing, which demonstrate a fastest response of ca. 1.2 s to water vapor. This remarkable improvement of response rate c...
In the present work, the xBi(Fe1/3Mo2/3)O-4-(1-x)BiVO4 (0.0 <= x <= 1.0) ceramics were prepared via the solid state reaction method. All the ceramics can be densified at low sintering temperatures around 820 degrees C. A...