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 …

One of the biggest challenges of 21st century is to develop powerful electrochemical energy
devices (EEDs). The EEDs such as fuel cells, supercapacitors, and Li-ion batteries are …

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 …

Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

Inorganic hollow spheres have attracted considerable interest due to their singular
properties and wide range of potential applications. In this critical review, we provide a …

Noble metals such as platinum (Pt) are widely used as catalysts in fuel cells and other
heterogeneous catalytic processes. However, there is an urgent need to develop substitutes …

Since pioneering work done in the late 1990s, synthesis of functional hollow materials has
experienced a rapid growth over the past two decades while their applications have been …

A novel method to prepare well-dispersed Ni@ Pd core-shell nanoparticles on multi-walled
carbon nanotubes (Ni@ Pd/MWCNTs) is reported. The morphology and crystallinity of the …

We developed a facile template-free solid state synthesis route, by which BN hollow spheres
(BNHSs) with ultrathin shells (1–3 nm) were successfully prepared. Furthermore, the shell …

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have found a wide variety of commercial
applications to resolve the energy crisis and environmental pollution. Then the design of …