Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jose Munoz, Mario Palacios-Corella, I. Jennifer Gomez, Lenka Zajickova, Martin Pumera
Summary: In this study, a first prototype of organic-inorganic 2D-Ge heterostructure has been synthesized, and by introducing thiol-rich carbon dots, new physicochemical features have been provided, enabling its application in optoelectronic tasks.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jongbeom Na, Dehua Zheng, Jeonghun Kim, Mengyou Gao, Alowasheeir Azhar, Jianjian Lin, Yusuke Yamauchi
Summary: Smart supercapacitors are a promising energy storage solution due to their high power density, long cycle life, and low-maintenance requirements. Functional polymers and inorganic nanomaterials are used for their mechanical and energy storage properties, enabling commercial applications in flexible wearables, displays, and self-generation. Combining organic and inorganic hybrid materials is deemed the best option for realizing smart supercapacitors, facilitating new strategies for material synthesis in smart energy storage applications.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qingfu Cai, Jing Wang, Yucong Jiao, Tongtao Li, Yan Xia, Mingzhong Li, Yuchi Yang, Guanhong Wu, Jinxiang Zou, Jianhua Hu, Angang Dong, Dong Yang
Summary: Layered mesostructured graphene, constructed using an interlayer-confined molecular assembly method, demonstrates high packing density and shows potential for use in electrochemical energy applications. Iron-oleate complexes and organically modified GO sheets are used to create all-graphitic multilaminate membranes, showcasing the capability of molecular-based hybrid assembly for synthesizing advanced graphene materials.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Linfeng Jiang, Chenglong Shi, Youyong Pang, Yongping Liu, Jinliang Li, Wenjie Mai, Bo-Tian Liu
Summary: The novel aqueous dual-ion ESS combines the advantages of aqueous energy storage systems and conventional dual-ion ESS, utilizing a unique cathode design to reduce dependence on electrolyte salt concentration and achieve high energy density. The device demonstrates exceptional performance and promises a direction towards low-cost and high-performance novel aqueous ESS.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yinan Chen, Marina R. Filip
Summary: This study presents an in-depth investigation of the energy and spatial distribution of excitons in layered organic-inorganic halide perovskites. The results show that the properties of excitons are strongly influenced by the distance and alignment of adjacent layers, which in turn are determined by the chemical composition and size of the organic cations. These findings provide valuable insights for the engineering of excitonic properties in novel halide perovskite nanostructures.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xincheng Yao, Chenglin Li, Ran Xiao, Jiegiong Li, Hao Yang, Jianqiu Deng, M-Sadeeq Balogun
Summary: The electric-field effect on the kinetics of MoS2 as cathode materials for AZIBs is investigated by designing a heterojunction. The TNC@MoS2 electrodes exhibit impressive rate performance and cycling stability, benefiting from the heterostructure architecture and electric-field effect.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hewen Dong, Xixi Wang, Jun Jiang, Wanying Lin, Enzuo Liu, Jianli Kang, Chunsheng Shi, Junwei Sha, Biao Chen, Liying Ma
Summary: The covalently-bonded SnS2/FeS2 heterostructures anchored on rGO can enhance electron transfer and ion diffusion kinetics, leading to improved electrochemical performance. SnS2/FeS2@rGO shows superior rate capability and long cycle stability when used as anode material for sodium ion batteries.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Qian-sheng Lai, Xin-Xiong Li, Shou-Tian Zheng
Summary: The search for suitable methods to construct all-inorganic cage materials using polyoxometalates (POMs) as secondary building units (SBUs) has received great interest. These materials exhibit fascinating cage-shaped structures and unique physicochemical properties derived from both cage architectures and POM clusters, and have promising applications in molecule separation, guest recognition, molecular reactors, photocatalysis, and environmental protection. This review summarizes the recent development in all-inorganic POM-based cage materials, including their assembly methods, structures, properties, and related applications. The challenges and potential of this field are also discussed.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Soumyarup Hait, Sajid Husain, Himanshu Bangar, Lalit Pandey, Vineet Barwal, Nakul Kumar, Nanhe Kumar Gupta, Vireshwar Mishra, Nikita Sharma, Pankhuri Gupta, Brajesh S. Yadav, Pranaba Kishor Muduli, Sujeet Chaudhary
Summary: In this study, the spin pumping in beta-W/Interlayer (IL)/Co2FeAl (CFA) heterostructures with different ILs of various spin-orbit coupling (SOC) strengths is systematically investigated. The results show that the ILs with weak SOC suppress spin pumping at the beta-W/CFA interface, while the ILs with strong SOC significantly enhance spin pumping. This study provides a tool to increase spin current production and is important for improving the performance of spintronic devices.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Junpeng Xiao, Peng Yu, Hong Gao, Jing Yao
Summary: In this work, endogenous Nb2CTx/Nb2O5 Schottky heterostructures with a large active surface area were constructed, and the electrochemical reaction kinetics were enhanced due to the rapid transfer of charge driven by the electric field. The Nb2CTx/Nb2O5 Schottky heterostructures have excellent lithium-ion storage capacity with minimal capacity fading.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Yuan-Yuan Wang, Feng-Ping Li, Wei Wei, Bai-Biao Huang, Ying Dai
Summary: The band offset of type-II band alignment in TMDCs vdW heterobilayer can be tuned by introducing Janus WSSe monolayer, and the interlayer coupling strength can be adjusted by interlayer electric polarization. Additionally, the difference in formation mechanism of interlayer valley excitons in different TMDCs vdW heterobilayers with various interlayer hopping strength was clarified.
FRONTIERS OF PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xiaoqin Cheng, Qiang Bai, Huijun Li, Huanglin Dou, Zhenxin Zhao, Dongyu Bian, Xiaomin Wang
Summary: Transition-metal dichalcogenides are attractive host materials for Na+ insertion due to their high theoretical specific capacity, but their low conductivity and large volume fluctuations limit their practical applications. By introducing a more robust material and constructing a heterostructure, the internal stress and volume variations induced by Na+ insertion can be effectively cushioned, leading to improved structural stability and cycling performance.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Spectroscopy
Yuqiang Wu, Mengtao Sun
Summary: In this paper, the optical properties of beta 1-phase borophene-black phosphorus heterostructures (BBPHs) were theoretically investigated using first principle calculations. The results showed that constructing BBPHs could enhance the stability of the crystal structure and significantly affect the optical properties compared to the individual borophene and black phosphorus monomers. The BBPHs exhibited excellent polarization characteristics in the visible or infrared region. These findings have important implications for the future application of optoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional heterostructures.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Abbas Khan, Jalal Azadmanjiri, Bing Wu, Liao Liping, Jiakang Min
Summary: This article discusses the significance and characteristics of graphene-based and beyond-graphene 2D heterostructures as electrode materials for various ion batteries, along with the challenges and future research directions in developing these materials.
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Chang Wang, Yichen Dou, Yi Wang, Fuzhi Huang, Zhiliang Ku, Jianfeng Lu, Yi-Bing Cheng
Summary: Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have great potential due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties, but long-term stability remains a challenge. The ion migration issue within the perovskite layer is difficult to solve through surface modification. This study proposes a novel strategy of inserting graphene oxide (GO) into the perovskite layer to mitigate internal ion migration, resulting in highly stable PSCs.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yumei Ren, Desheng Feng, Zhiming Yan, Zixu Sun, Zixuan Zhang, Dongwei Xu, Chong Qiao, Zhonghui Chen, Yu Jia, Seong Chan Jun, Shude Liu, Yusuke Yamauchi
Summary: This study develops an amorphous molybdenum oxide (a-MoO3_x) nanodots anchored on g-C3N4 as a highly active photocatalyst by integrating vacancy engineering and phase engineering. The Z-scheme a-MoO3_x/g-C3N4 heterostructure, with the high localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect and tunable electrical properties, exhibits broadband absorption and excited photo-generated electrons. The enhanced photocatalytic and photothermal performance is mainly attributed to the highly localized Anderson tail states of a-MoO3_x. Consequently, the a-MoO3_x/g-C3N4 heterostructure shows a photocurrent density of -36.5 mu A cm_2, which is about 2.7 and 4.1 times higher than that of pure g-C3N4 nanosheets (-13.5 mu A cm_2) and a-MoO3_x nanodots (-9 mu A cm_2), respectively.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Amar M. Patil, Sunil Moon, Youngho Seo, Sanjib B. Roy, Arti A. Jadhav, Deepak P. Dubal, Keonwook Kang, Seong Chan Jun
Summary: This study demonstrates the unique core-shell architecture of metal organic framework derived N-S codoped carbon@CoxSy micropetals decorated with Nb-incorporated cobalt molybdate nanosheets, which significantly improves the electrochemical performance of high-energy-density battery-type materials. The optimized electrode exhibits a high specific capacity and excellent cycle stability. A flexible quasi-solid-state supercapacitor with a layer-by-layer deposited reduced graphene oxide/Ti3C2TX anode also achieves high specific energy and capacity retention over 10,000 charge-discharge cycles.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Huan He, Fu-Chun Pan, Xue-Wei Liang, Qiang Hub, Shude Liu, Jisong Hue, Seong Chan Jun, Dunmin Lin, Yusuke Yamauchi, Yu Huo
Summary: This study develops a cathode material called NVO with controllable structural water for zinc-ion storage, which improves ion transport and enables fast storage. The NVO-2.6 cathode exhibits high structural stability and multi-electron redox ability, leading to high performance in terms of specific capacity and long-term cyclability.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lulu Jia, Fang Xian, Yoshiyuki Sugahara, Nobuyuki Sakai, Emmanuel Picheau, Hairong Xue, Yusuke Yamauchi, Takayoshi Sasaki, Renzhi Ma
Summary: Ultrathin nanosheets of Ni-, Co-, and Fe-based (oxy)hydroxides show promising catalytic activity for OER in water electrolysis under alkaline conditions. Fe may play a crucial role in the catalytic process of Ni- or Co-based catalysts, but effective methods for preparing and studying pure Fe hydroxide nanosheets are lacking.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Lijin Huang, Juan Yang, Yingji Zhao, Hirokatsu Miyata, Minsu Han, Qin Shuai, Yusuke Yamauchi
Summary: To address the insolubility and poor processability of powder covalent organic frameworks (COFs), monolithic COFs with hierarchical structures have been constructed as a feasible and effective solution. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the recent advances in the synthesis of monolithic COF materials and their application in environmental remediation, as well as discussing current challenges and future perspectives.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiaohong Liu, Xingtao Xu, Xiaoxu Xuan, Wei Xia, Guilin Feng, Shuaihua Zhang, Zhen-Guo Wu, Benhe Zhong, Xiaodong Guo, Keyu Xie, Yusuke Yamauchi
Summary: In this study, a yolk-shell nanoarchitecture of NASICON-structured NTP/C materials (ys-NTP@C) was developed using a metal-organic framework@ covalent organic polymer (MOF@COP) as a sacrificial template and space-confined nanoreactor. ys-NTP@C exhibited good CDI performance with high salt adsorption capacities (SACs) and good cycling stability. This study provides a new synthetic paradigm for preparing yolk-shell structured materials and highlights the potential use of yolk-shell nanoarchitectures for electrochemical desalination.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Zeqiu Chen, Xingtao Xu, Kai Wang, Dong Jiang, Fanyue Meng, Ting Lu, Yusuke Yamauchi, Likun Pan
Summary: In this study, a hybrid material of pyrazine-based pi-conjugated organic molecule, hexaazatrinaphthalene (HATN), and MXene was reported. The combination of MXene as a conductive substrate and HATN as an electroactive material resulted in a unique 3D structure with increased ion transport channels, leading to enhanced charge transfer and ion diffusion rates. The obtained HATN/MXene composite exhibited a high desalination capacity of 57.5 mg g(-1), a fast desalination rate of 13.2 mg g(-1) min(-1), and good long-term stability. This work provides valuable insights for the design and application of organic molecules in the field of capacitive deionization.
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rahul Patil, Tapan Dey, Ling Kang, Shude Liu, Seong Chan Jun, Saikat Dutta
Summary: Precise configurations of isolated metal atoms in nitrogen-doped carbon materials with 2D single or multilayers and 3D nanoarchitectures are gaining attention owing to their good stability and activity at high current densities. However, resource consumption is considerably high due to the inferior atomic utilization of active sites. Therefore, energy-efficient electrochemical processes are needed to develop advanced isolated single-atom architecture, which would provide high atom-utilization and good durability.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Amar M. Patil, Sunil Moon, Sanjib Baran Roy, Jisang Ha, Nilesh R. Chodankar, Deepak P. Dubal, Arti A. Jadhav, Guoqing Guan, Keonwook Kang, Seong Chan Jun
Summary: A novel hierarchical lattice distorted alpha-/gamma-MnS@CoxSy@N, S-C core-shell heterostructure has been developed to address the slow ion kinetics and significant volume expansion issues in ultra-high energy density battery-type materials, leading to improved performance of supercapacitors.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mandeep K. Chahal, Masato Sumita, Jan Labuta, Daniel T. Payne, Jonathan P. Hill, Yusuke Yamauchi, Takashi Nakanishi, Takeshi Tanaka, Hiromichi Kataura, Kenji Koga, Hiroyuki Miyamura, Yoshihiro Kon, Dachao Hong, Shinsuke Ishihara
Summary: This study reports a chemiresistive sensor array composed of modified hydroxylamine salts and single-walled carbon nanotubes that can selectively detect formaldehyde vapor. By screening different types of salts, an ideal sensor array has been identified that can clearly discriminate trace amounts of formaldehyde from acetaldehyde. This system offers portable and reliable chemical sensors for advanced environmental monitoring and healthcare applications.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Yun Ji Hwang, Heejin Yu, Gilho Lee, Iman Shackery, Jin Seong, Youngmo Jung, Seung-Hyun Sung, Jongeun Choi, Seong Chan Jun
Summary: This study presents a new technology using a multiplexed DNA-functionalized graphene nanoelectrode to detect and discriminate individual chemical vapors in mixed chemical compositions. The AI-operated arrayed electrodes can identify the chemical compositions with a mixed ratio in the early stage. The study provides a basis for using this technology in breath analysis to diagnose diseases early.
MICROSYSTEMS & NANOENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yaotian Yan, Jinghuang Lin, Keke Huang, Xiaohang Zheng, Liang Qiao, Shude Liu, Jian Cao, Seong Chan Jun, Yusuke Yamauchi, Junlei Qi
Summary: This study proposes a tunable strain engineering technique for enhancing the OER activity of spinel oxides. By regulating the lattice strain, the energy barrier of the rate-determining step is effectively lowered, leading to low overpotential and a wider voltage range for water decomposition.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Shude Liu, Seong Chan Jun, Shichao Zhang, Fei Wang, Jianyong Yu, Bin Ding
Summary: Electrospun nanofibrous membranes with waterproof and breathable characteristics have attracted significant interest, but their durability, waterproofing performance, breathability, mechanical strength, and production costs need improvement. This study provides comprehensive guidelines for the operational principles and performance evaluation of electrospun WBMs, explores typical fabrication techniques, and outlines existing challenges and future research directions.
MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING
(2023)