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Open AccessElectron transfer dominated triboelectrification at the hydrophobic/slippery substrate—water interfaces
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based on triboelectrification has attracted wide attention due to its effective utilization of green energy sources such as marine energy. However, researches about liquid-li...
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Open AccessAchieving macroscale superlubricity with ultra-short running-in period by using polyethylene glycol-tannic acid complex green lubricant
Superlubricating materials can greatly reduce the energy consumed and economic losses by unnecessary friction. However, a long pre-running-in period is indispensable for achieving superlubricity; this leads to...
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Optimizing Iron Ore Proportion Aimed for Low Cost by Linear Programming Method
Optimizing iron ore proportion is significant for improving the performances of sintering process, and the cost of iron ores is important for iron and steel company. Linear programming is an effective optimiza...
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Open AccessNanotribology of SiP nanosheets: Effect of thickness and sliding velocity
Two-dimensional compounds combining group IV A element and group V A element were determined to integrate the advantages of the two groups. As a typical 2D group IV–V material, SiP has been widely used in phot...
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Ta2O5 NTs-TiO2 nanodots heterostructure photocatalyst material for enhanced photodegradation and photoelectrochemical performance under simulated solar light
Ta2O5-TiO2 heterojunction photocatalysts with a structure of TiO2 nanodots deposited on Ta2O5 nanotube (NTs) were prepared by anodization and in situ growth methods following annealing treatment. The heterojuncti...
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Triboelectrification based on double-layered polyaniline nanofibers for self-powered cathodic protection driven by wind
Polyaniline nanofibers (PANI NFs) are introduced to construct a wind-driven triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) as a new power source for self-powered cathodic protection. PANI NFs serve as a friction layer to ...
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In situ growth of single-crystal TiO2 nanorod arrays on Ti substrate: Controllable synthesis and photoelectro-chemical water splitting
Despite one-dimensional (1D) semiconductor nanostructure arrays attracting increasing attention due to their many advantages, highly ordered TiO2 nanorod arrays (TiO2 NR) are rarely grown in situ on Ti substrates...