Defect engineering of carbons for energy conversion and storage applications

X Luo, H Zheng, W Lai, P Yuan, S Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies are a vital prerequisite for neutral
future carbon. To this end, carbon materials with attractive features, such as tunable pore …

Defect engineering in two common types of dielectric materials for electromagnetic absorption applications

B Quan, W Shi, SJH Ong, X Lu, PL Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric materials are greatly desired for electromagnetic absorption applications. Lots of
research shows that conduction loss and polarization are two of the most important factors …

Boosting the electrical double‐layer capacitance of graphene by self‐doped defects through ball‐milling

Y Dong, S Zhang, X Du, S Hong, S Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Improving the capacitance of carbon materials for supercapacitors without sacrificing their
rate performance, especially volumetric capacitance at high mass loadings, is a big …

Cu-based MOF-derived porous carbon with highly efficient photothermal conversion performance for solar steam evaporation

G Chen, Z Jiang, A Li, X Chen, Z Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-derived carbon nanostructure photothermal materials have
attracted tremendous attention, and have shown remarkable potential in the application of …

Synchrotron soft X‐ray absorption spectroscopy study of carbon and silicon nanostructures for energy applications

J Zhong, H Zhang, X Sun, ST Lee - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon and silicon materials are two of the most important materials involved in the history
of the science and technology development. In the last two decades, C and Si nanoscale …

Organic small molecule activates transition metal foam for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

J Zhang, WJ Jiang, S Niu, H Zhang, J Liu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Developing low‐cost, highly efficient, and durable electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution
reaction (OER) is essential for the practical application of electrochemical water splitting …

Functionalized Fullerene for Inhibition of SARS‐CoV‐2 Variants

TM Page, C Nie, L Neander, TL Povolotsky, AK Sahoo… - small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As virus outbreaks continue to pose a challenge, a nonspecific viral inhibitor can provide
significant benefits, especially against respiratory viruses. Polyglycerol sulfates recently …

Utilizing Ultra‐homogeneous SiOx and Defects to Achieve Interlayer Protection for Lithium Metal Anodes

Z Jiang, R Yuan, Z Jiang, J Zhang, L Liu, A Li, X Chen… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The uncontrollable growth and uneven nucleation of lithium metal can be addressed by
utilizing spatial confinement structures in conjunction with lithiophilic sites. However, their …

Lithiophilic onion-like carbon spheres as lithium metal uniform deposition host

Z Jiang, C Meng, G Chen, R Yuan, A Li, J Zhou… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lithium metal is considered as a promising anode material for next-generation secondary
batteries, owing to its high theoretical specific capacity (3860 mA hg− 1). Nevertheless, the …

Unleashing Anion Chemical Adsorption with Pore-Confined Single Atom Zinc for Enabling High-Performance Lithium-Ion Capacitors

L Yang, P Liu, J Zhou - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom metal (SAM) doping of carbon materials shows promise for energy storage
applications. However, the design and application of SAMs in high-performance porous …