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Two-dimensional alkali auride bimetallene semiconductors Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12
Abstract Alloying different metal elements to form two-dimensional (2D) materials (metallenes) holds great significance for both fundamental research and practical applications in nanoelectronics, but few of them are semiconductors with intrinsic band gaps. Here, inspired by bond characteristics in ionic crystals, we report a family of lattice dynamically stable 2D alkali auride bimetallene semiconductors
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Recent advances in machine learning interatomic potentials for cross-scale computational simulation of materials Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-12
Abstract In recent years, machine learning interatomic potentials (ML-IPs) have attracted extensive attention in materials science, chemistry, biology, and various other fields, particularly for achieving higher precision and efficiency in conducting large-scale atomic simulations. This review, situated in the ML-IP applications in cross-scale computational models of materials, offers a comprehensive
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Getting membrane with membrane approach: 3D polypyrrole nanotube array membranes and their applications Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Panpan Chen, Xue Shang, Tian Hang
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Dealing with the big data challenges in AI for thermoelectric materials Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-08
Abstract The development of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly, data science and machine learning (ML), is revolutionizing the field of material science. Yet, some inevitable key challenges remain, including errors contained in large-scale material datasets and the overfitting of predicted temperature-dependent properties. In this work, using thermoelectric (TE) materials as an archetypal example
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Novel metal-free holey BC4N nanostructure for enhanced photoelectrocatalytic nitrogen reduction: insight from grand-canonical density functional theory Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Yunyi Li, Wei An, Yibo Wang, Mingming Liu, Ruixian Guo, Xugen Shi, Enduo Dai, Yong Men
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Fabrication of flexible silica aerogel composite blankets from an aqueous fumed silica-based slurry Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Shunyao Zhang, Lukai Wang, Junzong Feng, Yonggang Jiang, Liangjun Li, Yijie Hu, Jian Feng
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A new 2D Janus family with multiple properties: auxetic behavior, straintunable photocatalyst, high Curie temperature ferromagnets, and piezoelectric quantum anomalous Hall insulator Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Yu Liu, ShuaiYu Wang, Fengyu Li
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Multiscale structural engineering of cobalt single-atom catalyst for highly efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07
Abstract Artificial photosynthesis, which converts CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels, is of enormous potential in overcoming both global environmental problems and energy crisis. However, the development of CO2 photoconversion catalysts with high efficiency remains a great challenge due to the thermodynamic stability and dynamics sluggishness of CO2. Herein, a superior hierarchical porous cobalt
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Enhancing interpretability in the exploration of high-energy conversion efficiency in CsSnBr3−xIx configurations using crystal graph convolutional neural networks and adversarial example methods Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07
Abstract Crystal graph convolutional neural networks (CGCNNs) have revolutionized materials research by eliminating the need for manual feature engineering. However, their lack of interpretability and sensitivity to structural distortions hinders their application in substitution engineering. Therefore, we propose an innovative adversarial example method for guiding feature construction and enhancing
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Efficient red-emitting lead-free cesium-scandium halide perovskite crystals produced via Mn2+ doping Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mengyan Cao, Renfu Li, Zhilin Li, Xiujian Zhao, Xiao Gong
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A universal strategy for narrowband organic photodetectors enabling arbitrary narrow spectrum detection Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-01
Abstract Narrowband photodetectors (PDs) with remarkable comprehensive performance are extensively in demand in critical applications such as spectrometers, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), optical communication, and surveillance. Despite the fact that silicon-based narrowband PDs currently predominate the market, their inherent rigidity, fixed band limitations, and bulky sizes significantly impede
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Poly(triazine imide) nanospheres with spatially exposed prismatic facets for photocatalytic overall water splitting Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Dandan Zheng, Qian Wang, Zhiming Pan, Sibo Wang, Yidong Hou, Guigang Zhang
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Accelerating structural relaxation of shear band at ambient conditions through cryogenic thermal-cycling Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Yufeng Wei, Jie Pan, Yonghao Sun, Ning Li, Cheng Zhang, Weihua Wang, Lin Liu
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In situ reconstruction of Bi nanoparticles confined within 3D nanoporous Cu to boost CO2 electroreduction Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Qiuyu Zhao, Jing Wang, Yan Zhuang, Lei Gong, Weining Zhang, Weiliu Fan, Zhen Lu, Yongzheng Zhang, Takeshi Fujita, Ping Zhang, Qikun Xue
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Organic radicals in single-molecule junctions Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Yaqi Zhang, Renhui Qiu, Kai Qu, Cheng Zhang, J. Fraser Stoddart, Hongliang Chen
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A pyridinic nitrogen-rich carbon paper for hydrazine oxidation-hybrid seawater electrolysis toward efficient H2 generation Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Shanshan Ma, Bo Yu, Bao Yu Xia, Bo You
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Phase distribution management in quasi-2D perovskite films toward highly efficient amplified spontaneous emission pumped by nanosecond pulsed laser Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Xiaoyan Wei, Zhengzheng Liu, Jie Yang, Xiaosheng Tang, Yanping Wang, Yexiong Huang, Yihong Yao, Xinxin Xu, Mingyu Pi, Juan Du, Dingke Zhang
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Medium-range imperfect order determining the slow β-relaxation in metallic glasses Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Qiang Luo, Liliang Shao, Lin Xue, Jingxian Cui, Qianzi Yang, Junpeng Wang, Haibo Ke, Baolong Shen, Weihua Wang
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Accurate construction of cobalt vacancies in Co3O4 to promote oxyhydroxide formation for water oxidation Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07
Abstract The introduction of defect sites has been widely reported to enhance electrocatalysts’ abilities by increasing their affinity for reaction intermediates. Many different defect types, such as cation and anion vacancies, can exist in nano-materials. The different defect sites can make different contributions to the electrochemical ability. Therefore, a constructed defect should be accurate and
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A highly thermal stable cubic-phase Sc(PO3)3:Cr3+ phosphor with emitting peak at 875 nm Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Le Liu, Wendong Nie, Huijie Wu, Jingrong Zhang, Sisi Liang, Haomiao Zhu
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A lignin-based carbonized electrospinning membrane with strong light absorption and hierarchical superhydrophilicity for seawater desalination Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Jiayue Chen, Meilian Cao, Yiying Yue
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Boosting performances of ZnO microwire homojunction ultraviolet self-powered photodetector by coupled interfacial engineering and plasmonic effects Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Kai Tang, Shulin Sha, Peng Wan, Yalin Zhai, Caixia Kan, Daning Shi, Mingming Jiang
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Wide range compressed sensing structure based on tension-compression conversion and variable stiffness slope structure Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Pengyang Li, Jinhua Xiong, Qian Yan, Renjie Ding, Haowen Zheng, Fuhua Xue, Xu Zhao, Zhong Chen, Zonglin Liu, Zhigong Tang, Qingyu Peng, Xiaodong He
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Transformation of reactive oxygen species caused by assembly of excitation modules into supramolecular organic frameworks for photocatalysis Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06
Abstract The efficient control of singlet oxygen (1O2) and superoxide radical ( \({\rm O}_{2}^{\cdot-}\) ) of reactive oxygen species in photocatalytic reactions is synthetically captivating but practically challenging. Herein, we report a new strategy that efficiently realizes the conversion of 1O2 to \({\rm O}_{2}^{\cdot-}\) by the assembly of the excitation modules into a host-guest supramolecular
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Pyrene-based cocrystals for regulation of extensive emission across visible to near-infrared II range Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Xing-Yu Xia, Qiang Lv, Yue Yu, Zong-Lu Che, Xue-Dong Wang, Liang-Sheng Liao, Shuit-Tong Lee
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Optical properties of Sr2LuNbO6:Mn4+ deep-red phosphor: crystal-field splitting and multimode vibrational coupling Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Guanghan Zhou, Debao Zhang, Fei Tang, Changcheng Zheng, Jiqiang Ning, Shijie Xu
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Intelligent recognition of human motion using an ingenious electronic skin based on metal fabric and natural triboelectrification Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-04
Abstract Various techniques based on electronic or optical signals have been developed to perceive body movements, which is essential in several fields such as healthcare, rehabilitation, and human-computer interaction. However, these signals are obtained externally, not from within the body. In this study, we introduce an electronic skin (e-skin) body motion sensor prepared using organic polymers
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Nitrogen-carbon-encapsulated Fe3C nanoparticles as highly efficient earth-abundant oxygen reduction electrocatalysts Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-04
Abstract The design and synthesis of the highly active metal-organic framework (MOF)-based catalysts open new avenues to facilitate the kinetically unfavorable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this paper, we elucidate the design and fabrication of an efficient electrocatalyst with a novel structure for the enhancement of the ORR performance by decorating the surface of the ZIF-8 precursor with ferrocene
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Recent progress and challenges in crystalline graphdiyne Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Xinkang Liu, Yasong Zhao, Jiang Du, Dan Wang
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A highly adsorptive electrochemical fiber sensor for real-time and accurate detection of intracranial nitric oxide Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Rui Gao, Lie Wang, Dan Li, Jie Song, Qianming Li, Jiang Lu, Luhe Li, Yiran Li, Tingting Ye, Jiacheng Wang, Yiding Jiao, Fangyan Li, Er He, Junye Ren, Ye Zhang
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Self-supporting BiCu/carbon hybrid nanofiber membrane promotes efficient CO2 electroreduction to formate Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Dewen Song, Shipeng Zhang, Hui Ning, Xiang Fei, Mingwang Wang, Xiaoshan Wang, Wenting Wu, Qingshan Zhao, Yongzhe Li, Mingbo Wu
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Poly(aryl N-methyl quinuclidinium) anion exchange membrane with both ultra-high alkaline stability and dimensional stability Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Ju Wen, Xianying He, Ganbing Zhang, Mengying Zeng, Yu Qian, Ming Li
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Dual-defective-engineered RuO2/D-Co3O4/CC composite as efficient electrocatalysts for triggering oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-24
Abstract Defect engineering is widely acknowledged as an effective strategy for improving catalyst performance by increasing the abundance of active sites and optimizing binding energies. Herein, dual-defective-engineered RuO2/D-Co3O4/CC composite was fabricated using a straightforward process involving electrodeposition and acid etching method to improve the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with low
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g-C3N4-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Xinhe Wu, Lihong Tan, Guoqiang Chen, Jiayue Kang, Guohong Wang
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Ethyl-activated carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic CO2 conversion Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Dongdong Chen, Zhongliao Wang, Junwei Fu, Jinfeng Zhang, Kai Dai
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Square meter lever and durable photocatalytic hydrogen production by manipulating the growth of a graphdiyne morphology S-scheme heterojunction Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Cheng Yang, Xiaohong Li, Zhiliang Jin
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Localizing vitamin-C through nanoconfinement enables high-rate CO2 electrolysis to ethylene Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-18
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Manipulating the electronic structure of platinum via alloying with ruthenium to boost photocatalytic selective hydrogenation with water as a proton source Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Manman Shi, Dian Luo, Peng Wu, Yarong Shen, Jieding Wei, Saiya Guo, Zhou Lu, Yucheng Huang, Yonghong Ni
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Construction of BiVO4/CoPc S-scheme heterojunctions with enhanced photothermal-assisted photocatalytic activity Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ziyang Long, Xiangyang Zheng, Haifeng Shi
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Exploring the high dielectric performance of Bi2SeO5: from bulk to bilayer and monolayer Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Xinyue Dong, Yuyu He, Yue Guan, Yuanhao Zhu, Jinxiong Wu, Huixia Fu, Binghai Yan
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Regulating local polarization in truxenone-based covalent organic frameworks for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Lei Hao, Rongchen Shen, Chaochao Qin, Neng Li, Haobin Hu, Guijie Liang, Xin Li
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A review of the REDOX properties of MoS2: From wastewater treatment to tumor therapy Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Lihong Liang, Jiazhen Cao, Jinliang Huan, Mingyang Xing
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Strongly stable resistive random access memory based on quasi-two-dimensional perovskites Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Xiang Chen, Xiaoxin Pan, Bowen Jiang, Jiayun Wei, Yan Long, Jie Tang, Xiaoqing Li, Jun Zhang, Jinxia Duan, Li Tao, Guokun Ma, Hao Wang
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Metallic 1T-MoS2/ZnIn2S4 heterojunction photocatalysts for enhanced photoredox reaction via guiding charge migration Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Hongwen Zhang, Xue Yao, Wei Shan, Yue Liu, Hua Tang
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Full β-Ga2O3 films-based p-n homojunction Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23
Abstract Fabricating the p-n junction and exploring the device physics play key roles in developing various functional devices and promoting their practical applications. Although ultrawide bandgap semiconductors have great potentials to fabricate high-voltage and high-efficiency power devices, the lack of p-type Ga2O3 poses a fundamental obstacle for fabricating the Ga2O3 p-n homojunction and impedes
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Synergistically regulating d-band centers of heterojunction redox sites by ligand effect for photocatalytic H2 evolution Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23
Abstract Stiff transportation behaviors in kinetics for photo-excited charges from their generation sites to corresponding redox sites as well as subsequent large reaction overpotential of these charges with intermediates during splitting H2O have not been solved yet, which extremely hinders solar photon energy conversion into H2 (STH). Herein, CeO2 nanowires-anchored Ni2P nanoparticles were built
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TiO2-based S-scheme photocatalysts for solar energy conversion and environmental remediation Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Baolong Zhang, Bin Sun, Fangxuan Liu, Tingting Gao, Guowei Zhou
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Peptide-mimicking poly(2-oxazoline)s as adjuvants to enhance activities and antibacterial spectrum of polymyxin B Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Zhengjie Luo, Xuebin Zhao, Min Zhou, Jingcheng Zou, Ximian Xiao, Longqiang Liu, Jiayang Xie, Yueming Wu, Wenjing Zhang, Runhui Liu
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Carbon quantum dots-modified tetra (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin/BiOBr S-scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic antibiotic degradation Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Chunchun Wang, Ke Rong, Yanping Liu, Fang Yang, Shijie Li
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Super-high responsivity and harsh environment-resistant ultraviolet photodetector enabled by Ta2NiSe5/GaN van der Waals heterojunction Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-23
Abstract Gallium nitride (GaN) has garnered significant research interest for ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors due to its direct bandgap, inherent UV absorption window, and high breakdown voltage. In this work, a new ternary chalcogenides Ta2NiSe5 with high mobility is successfully stacked with unintentionally-doped GaN to creat an integrated mixed-dimensional Ta2NiSe5/GaN (2D/3D) van der Waals heterojunction
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A fast responsive photochromic SCC-MOF for photoswitching and information encryption Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Yu-Pan Song, Jia-Ni Zhang, Jun-Ru Wang, Kai Li, Ying-Xue Yuan, Bo Li, Shuang-Quan Zang
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Photo-stimulus-responsive dual-emitting fluorescence of spiropyran-encapsulated carbon dots-functionalized silicon dioxide for dynamic information encryption Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Jiangkun Zhu, Huimin Zhao, Yuhui Yang, Wei Wu, Leilei Hu, Youhao Wei, Yangyang Gao
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Nanosheet cellulose-assisted solution processing of highly conductive and high loading thick electrode for lithium-ion batteries Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Zhichen Du, Hanwei Wang, Jinzhou Fu, Chun Zhai, Qingfeng Sun, Tianyou Zhai, Huiqiao Li
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Transient piezoresistive sensors based on tolerable, safe, and semiconductive polypyrrole/vermiculite/alginate frameworks Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Pengzhen Wang, Junxuan Liang, Weiliang Tian, Kewei Zhang, Yanzhi Xia
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Super high-speed self-powered photodetector based on solution-processed transparent p-type amorphous phosphorous-doped SnO film Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Li Xu, Li Qin, Yi Huang, Yi Meng, Jianmei Xu, Ling Zhao, Wei Zhou, Qing Wang, Gang Hao, Jian Sun
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Covalent triazine frameworks with Ru molecular catalyst for efficient photocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Ruixue Sun, Xunliang Hu, Chang Shu, Yantong Guo, Xiaoyan Wang, Bien Tan
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Optimizing spin arrangement by permeability modulation of high-entropy alloys to promote O-O formation for efficient water oxidation Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Zheng-Jie Chen, Tao Zhang, Jiajing Wu, Xinchun Yang, Yongping Zheng, Yongbing Tang, Hai-Bin Yu, Jing Peng, Hui-Ming Cheng
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All-dry solid-phase synthesis of single-crystalline Ni-rich ternary cathodes for lithium-ion batteries Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Li Qin, Haifeng Yu, Xin Jiang, Ling Chen, Qilin Cheng, Hao Jiang
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High-performance aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors with a cathode of MnCo2O4 nanowires sandwiched by NiCoMnS4 nanosheets on Ni foam Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Yongchao Chen, Yali Li, Yunxia Dong, Donghao Li, Sijin Shen, Jidong Hu, Yujun Fu, Deyan He, Junshuai Li
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Boosting the photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide directly from pure water and air over S-scheme fiber heterojunction Sci. China Mater. (IF 8.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Ke Li, Junlun Mei, Jingping Li, Yisi Liu, Guohong Wang, Die Hu, Suding Yan, Kai Wang