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Electroconductive high-entropy metallic oxide ceramic composites with outstanding water evaporation ability and biocompatibility
Electroconductive ceramics were a class of materials that exhibited metal-like conductivity while also retaining the beneficial properties of ceramics. Currently, they were ceramic composites generally fabrica...
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Open AccessCatalytic role of in-situ formed C-N species for enhanced Li2CO3 decomposition
Sluggish kinetics of the CO2 reduction/evolution reactions lead to the accumulation of Li2CO3 residuals and thus possible catalyst deactivation, which hinders the long-term cycling stability of Li-CO2 batteries. ...
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Regulation mechanism of epsilon-negative monolayer graphene/CaCu3Ti4O12 metacomposites for boosting electromagnetic shielding
Any tissue or cell in the body can be attacked by electromagnetic (EM) radiation, especially causing serious damage to human orthopedics. The ideal metacomposites with low-dispersion weakly negative permittivi...
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Surface sulfidation of NiCo-layered double-hydroxide nanosheets for flexible all-solid-state fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitors
Flexible fiber supercapacitors have received much attention as emerging energy storage equipment for powering wearable electronics. Nonetheless, the small surface area of fiber substrate and poor reaction kine...
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Open AccessSolvent control of water O−H bonds for highly reversible zinc ion batteries
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries have attracted increasing research interest; however, the development of these batteries has been hindered by several challenges, including dendrite growth, Zn corrosion, cathode mater...
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N-doped bimetallic phosphides composite catalysts derived from metal–organic frameworks for electrocatalytic water splitting
Exceptional electrocatalytic activities and synergistic effect of bimetallic phosphides make them ideal electrocatalysts for water splitting. Herein, we developed composite bimetallic phosphides derived from m...
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The weakly negative permittivity with low-frequency-dispersion behavior in percolative carbon nanotubes/epoxy nanocomposites at radio-frequency range
As one of the basic component materials of metamaterials, natural negative dielectric constant (permittivity) materials have attracted more and more attentions; however, the frequency-dispersion mechanism of n...
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Recent advances in radio-frequency negative dielectric metamaterials by designing heterogeneous composites
Dielectric constant (ε, epsilon) is one of the basic physical parameters for materials, determining the response of materials to electromagnetic waves or electrical field; its value is generally positive. In f...
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Flexible polystyrene/graphene composites with epsilon-near-zero properties
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A combination of hierarchical pore and buffering layer construction for ultrastable nanocluster Si/SiOx anode
Porous Si can be synthesized from diverse silica (SiO2) via magnesiothermic reduction technology and widely employed as potential anode material in lithium ion batteries. However, concerns regarding the influence...
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