Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts

Z Luo, X Ye, S Zhang, S Xue, C Yang, Y Hou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Construction of internal electric fields (IEFs) is crucial to realize efficient charge separation
for charge-induced redox reactions, such as water splitting and CO2 reduction. However, a …

Experimental procedures to mitigate electron beam induced artifacts during in situ fluid imaging of nanomaterials

TJ Woehl, KL Jungjohann, JE Evans, I Arslan… - Ultramicroscopy, 2013 - Elsevier
Scanning transmission electron microscopy of various fluid and hydrated nanomaterial
samples has revealed multiple imaging artifacts and electron beam–fluid interactions. These …

Large-area synthesis and transfer of multilayer hexagonal boron nitride for enhanced graphene device arrays

S Fukamachi, P Solís-Fernández, K Kawahara… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) can be used to preserve the intrinsic physical
properties of other two-dimensional materials in device structures. However, integrating the …

Templated encapsulation of platinum-based catalysts promotes high-temperature stability to 1,100 C

A Aitbekova, C Zhou, ML Stone, JS Lezama-Pacheco… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Stable catalysts are essential to address energy and environmental challenges, especially
for applications in harsh environments (for example, high temperature, oxidizing atmosphere …

Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep

Y Chen, Z Wang, X Li, X Yao, C Wang, Y Li, W Xue… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Solid-state lithium metal batteries require accommodation of electrochemically generated
mechanical stress inside the lithium: this stress can be, up to 1 gigapascal for an …

Tutorial review: X-ray mapping in electron-beam instruments

JJ Friel, CE Lyman - Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2006 - cambridge.org
This review traces the development of X-ray mapping from its beginning 50 years ago
through current analysis procedures that can reveal otherwise obscure elemental …

Hierarchical microstructures enabled excellent low-temperature strength-ductility synergy in bulk pure tungsten

XF Xie, ZM Xie, R Liu, QF Fang, CS Liu, WZ Han, X Wu - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Refractory tungsten (W) is notoriously brittle at room temperature, which restricts its
workability and narrows the temperature range of critical applications. Here, we report a …

2-Methylimidazole-derived Ni–Co layered double hydroxide nanosheets as high rate capability and high energy density storage material in hybrid supercapacitors

T Wang, S Zhang, X Yan, M Lyu, L Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A new method based on one-step solvothermal reaction is demonstrated to synthesize
ultrathin Ni–Co layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets, which grow directly on a …

Visualization of oxygen vacancies and self-doped ligand holes in La3Ni2O7−δ

Z Dong, M Huo, J Li, J Li, P Li, H Sun, L Gu, Y Lu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The recent discovery of superconductivity in La3Ni2O7− δ under high pressure with a
transition temperature around 80 K (ref.) has sparked extensive experimental,,,–and …

Tunable Multipolar Surface Plasmons in 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene Flakes

JK El-Demellawi, S Lopatin, J Yin, OF Mohammed… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
2D Ti3C2 T x MXenes were recently shown to exhibit intense surface plasmon (SP)
excitations; however, their spatial variation over individual Ti3C2 T x flakes remains …