Design of hollow nanostructures for energy storage, conversion and production

J Wang, Y Cui, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hollow nanostructures have shown great promise for energy storage, conversion, and
production technologies. Significant efforts have been devoted to the design and synthesis …

Multi-shelled hollow micro-/nanostructures

J Qi, X Lai, J Wang, H Tang, H Ren, Y Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Great progress has been made in the preparation and application of multi-shelled hollow
micro-/nanostructures during the past decade. However, the synthetic methodologies and …

Advances in three-dimensional nanofibrous macrostructures via electrospinning

B Sun, YZ Long, HD Zhang, MM Li, JL Duvail… - Progress in Polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Compared with other nanofiber fabrication processes, electrospinning is versatile and
superior in production and construction of ordered or more complex nanofibrous …

Plasmonic Gold Nanocrystals Coupled with Photonic Crystal Seamlessly on TiO2 Nanotube Photoelectrodes for Efficient Visible Light Photoelectrochemical Water …

Z Zhang, L Zhang, MN Hedhili, H Zhang, P Wang - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
A visible light responsive plasmonic photocatalytic composite material is designed by
rationally selecting Au nanocrystals and assembling them with the TiO2-based photonic …

Recent advances in micro-/nano-structured hollow spheres for energy applications: From simple to complex systems

X Lai, JE Halpert, D Wang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Hollow micro-/nano-structured materials are now playing an important role in cutting edge
innovations for energy conversion and storage technologies such as solar cells, fuel cells …

TiO2 Nanoparticles as Functional Building Blocks

L Sang, Y Zhao, C Burda - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
TiO2 has been commercially manufactured by the millions of tons to be widely utilized as
pigment, paint additive, and sunscreen to name a few uses, due to its photostability and light …

Block copolymer self-assembly for nanophotonics

M Stefik, S Guldin, S Vignolini, U Wiesner… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to control and modulate the interaction of light with matter is crucial to achieve
desired optical properties including reflection, transmission, and selective polarization …

Nanoforest of hydrothermally grown hierarchical ZnO nanowires for a high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell

SH Ko, D Lee, HW Kang, KH Nam, JY Yeo, SJ Hong… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
In this paper, in order to increase the power conversion efficiency we demonstrated the
selective growth of “nanoforest” composed of high density, long branched “treelike” …

A colloidoscope of colloid-based porous materials and their uses

KR Phillips, GT England, S Sunny, E Shirman… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature evolved a variety of hierarchical structures that produce sophisticated functions.
Inspired by these natural materials, colloidal self-assembly provides a convenient way to …

Effects of doping, morphology and film-thickness of photo-anode materials for dye sensitized solar cell application–A review

D Sengupta, P Das, B Mondal, K Mukherjee - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dye sensitized solar cells are attractive as simple and low cost renewable energy source. In
dye sensitized solar cells, photo-anode plays significant role for collection and transportation …