Atomic layer deposition (ALD) relies on alternated, self-limiting reactions between gaseous
reactants and an exposed solid surface to deposit highly conformal coatings with a thickness …

Energy storage and conversion systems, including batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells,
solar cells, and photoelectrochemical water splitting, have played vital roles in the reduction …

Self-assembling colloidal particles in the cubic diamond crystal structure could potentially be
used to make materials with a photonic bandgap,–. Such materials are beneficial because …

Because of its unmatched resource potential, solar energy utilization currently is one of the
hottest research areas. Much effort has been devoted to developing advanced materials for …

Materials with hierarchical porosity and structures have been heavily involved in newly
developed energy storage and conversion systems. Because of meticulous design and …

Nature has mastered the construction of nanostructures with well-defined macroscopic
effects and purposes. Structural colouration is a visible consequence of the particular …

Templating with colloidal crystals composed of monodisperse spheres is a convenient
chemical method to obtain porous materials with well-ordered periodicity and …

In recent years, three‐dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) materials have attracted
tremendous interest in the field of photocatalysis due to the periodic spatial structure and …

BiVO4 has been regarded as a promising material for photoelectrochemical water splitting,
but it suffers from a major challenge on charge collection and utilization. In order to meet this …

Within its rich phase diagram titanium dioxide is a truly multifunctional material with a
property palette that has been shown to span from dielectric to transparent-conducting …