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    Sulfonated carbon dots modified IrO2 nanosheet as durable and high-efficient electrocatalyst for boosting acidic oxygen evolution reaction

    Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a crucial role in develo** energy conversion and adjusting electronic structure of the electrocatalysts can effectively improve the catalytic activity and stability. How...

    Mengjie Ma, Wenxiang Zhu, Fan Liao, Kui Yin, Hui Huang, Kun Feng in Nano Research (2024)

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    In-situ study of the hydrogen peroxide photoproduction in seawater on carbon dot-based metal-free catalyst under operation condition

    Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) photoproduction in seawater with metal-free photocatalysts derived from biomass materials is a green, sustainable, and ultra environmentally friendly way. However, most photocatalysts are...

    Jiaxuan Wang, Jiacheng Li, Zenan Li, Jie Wu, Honglin Si, Yangbo Wu in Nano Research (2024)

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    Highly crystalline core dominated the catalytic performance of carbon dot for cyclohexane to adipic acid reaction

    Carbon dots (CDs) have uniquely structural, physicochemical and photochemical properties, suggesting a promising platform for catalysis applications. The in-depth understanding of the structure-activity relati...

    **ao Wang, Wenyi Bian, Tianyang Zhang, Yajie Zhao, Mingwang Shao in Nano Research (2022)

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    Highly efficient metal-free catalyst from cellulose for hydrogen peroxide photoproduction instructed by machine learning and transient photovoltage technology

    Great attention has been paid to green procedures and technologies for the design of environmental catalytic systems. Biomass-derived catalysts represent one of the greener alternatives for green catalysis. Ph...

    Yan Liu, **ao Wang, Yajie Zhao, Qingyao Wu, Haodong Nie, Honglin Si in Nano Research (2022)

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    In-situ transient photovoltage study on interface electron transfer regulation of carbon dots/NiCo2O4 photocatalyst for the enhanced overall water splitting activity

    Photocatalytic hydrogen production by overall water solar-splitting is a prospective strategy to solve energy crisis. However, the rapid recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs deeply restricts pho...

    Haodong Nie, Yan Liu, Yi Li, Kaiqiang Wei, Zhenyu Wu, Hong Shi, Hui Huang in Nano Research (2022)

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    Carbon dots modified Ti3C2Tx-based fibrous supercapacitor with photo-enhanced capacitance

    The energy crisis has always been a widely concerned problem. It is an urgent need for green and renewable energy technologies to achieve sustainable development, and the photo-assisted charging energy storage...

    Hui Wang, **g**g Cao, Yunjie Zhou, **ao Wang, Hui Huang, Yang Liu in Nano Research (2021)

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    A photoactive process cascaded electrocatalysis for enhanced methanol oxidation over Pt-MXene-TiO2 composite

    Highly efficient photo-assisted electrocatalysis for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) realizes the conversion of solar and chemical energy into electric energy simultaneously. Here we report a Pt-MXene-TiO2 comp...

    Yue Sun, Yunjie Zhou, Yan Liu, Qingyao Wu, Mengmeng Zhu, Hui Huang in Nano Research (2020)

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    A stepwise-designed Rh-Au-Si nanocomposite that surpasses Pt/C hydrogen evolution activity at high overpotentials

    Hydrogen evolution by electrocatalysis is an attractive method of supplying clean energy. However, it is challenging to find cheap and efficient alternatives to rare and expensive platinum based catalysts. Pt ...

    Binbin Jiang, Lulu Yang, Fan Liao, Minqi Sheng, Haozhe Zhao, Hai** Lin in Nano Research (2017)

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    Bi-functional Au/FeS (Au/Co3O4) composite for in situ SERS monitoring and degradation of organic pollutants

    The bi-functional Au/FeS (Au/Co3O4) composite was fabricated by in situ reducing Au nanoparticles onto the surface of FeS (Co3O4). The as-prepared FeS possessed a multi-structure composed of plenty of nanoplates,...

    Shuzhen Ma, Qian Cai, Kailing Lu, Fan Liao in Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2016)

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    Silicon nanowires: applications in catalysis with distinctive surface property

    Over the last few years, silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have come under intensive researches due to their electrical, optical, mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties. On account of their large surface-to-volu...

    Fan Liao, Tao Wang, Mingwang Shao in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2015)

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    The enhanced ammonia gas-sensing activity of gamma ray irradiated indium vanadate nanoribbons

    Indium vanadate (InVO4) nanoribbons were irradiated with various doses of gamma ray irradiation. The results revealed that the crystal structure remained unchanged after irradiation while the UV–Vis spectra under...

    Kui Yin, Shanshan Liu, Qian Cai, Aimin Gao in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2014)

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    The influence of ultrasonic frequency on the properties of Ni-Co coatings prepared by ultrasound-assisted electrodeposition

    In this paper, Ni-Co coatings were electrodeposited onto carbon steel substrates with the aid of ultrasonic agitation. The coatings were analyzed by energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), X-ray diffraction an...

    Minqi Sheng, Chenkai Lv, Lan Hong in Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) (2013)

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    Au-modified silicon nanowires for surface-enhanced fluorescence of Ln3+ (Ln = Pr, Nd, Ho, and Er)

    The interaction of the surface plasmons of gold nanoparticles on silicon nanowires with fluorophores, lanthanide ions (praseodymium ions, Pr3+, neodymium ions Nd3+, holmium ions Ho3+, and erbium ions Er3+) was in...

    Shujuan Zhuo, Mingwang Shao, Hongyan Xu in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2013)

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    Synthesis, characterization and catalytic property of manganese dioxide with different structures

    In this paper, different crystallographic types and crystal morphologies of MnO2 nanomaterials have been selectively synthesized by a simple hydrothermal route. α-MnO2 nanowires, and γ-MnO2 hollow hierarchical sp...

    Youcun Chen, Zhongyu Duan, Yulin Min in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2011)

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    Photoconductivity of a bundle of Bis(8-hydroxyquinoline) cadmium nanoribbons

    Large-scale Bis(8-hydroxyquinoline) cadmium nanoribbons were obtained by a facile solvothermal method. The as-prepared products were characterized with X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared and scannin...

    **uhua Wang, Mingwang Shao in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2011)

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    Highly-sensitive multiplexed in vivo imaging using pegylated upconversion nanoparticles

    Lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have been widely explored in various fields, including optical imaging, in recent years. Although earlier work has shown that UCNPs with different lanthanide...

    Liang Cheng, Kai Yang, Shuai Zhang, Mingwang Shao, Shuittong Lee in Nano Research (2010)

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    Wet route to silicon oxide quantum dots with fixed and strong blue emission

    Amorphous silicon oxide quantum dots, with a quantum yield of 0.47 and blue emission fixed at 2.85 eV (433 nm), were obtained via two wet steps: first silicon nanowires reacted with potassium hydroxide at 50 °...

    Huazhong Gao, Mingwang Shao, Sheng Wang in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2009)

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    High-yield fabrication of t-Se nanowires via hydrothermal method and their photoconductivity

    Large-scale fabrication of high-purity and uniform trigonal selenium (t-Se) nanowires was obtained by reducing SeO2 with glucose at 160 °C for 24 h. The resulting t-Se nanowires were characterized and confirmed b...

    Liang Cheng, Mingwang Shao, Dayan Chen in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2008)

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    Titanate nanotubes: preparation, characterization, and application in the detection of dopamine

    Titanate nanotubes were successfully synthesized via a hydrothermal process with the assistance of surfactant. These nanotubes with average length of several hundred nanometers and diameter of 10 nm were emplo...

    Liling Niu, Mingwang Shao, Sheng Wang, Lei Lu, Huazhong Gao in Journal of Materials Science (2008)

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    Synthesis and electrochemical application of carbon nanotubes obtained from hexachloroethane

    Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with the average inner (outer) diameter of 10–20 nm (20–40 nm) and length up to 100s of nanometers were synthesized via Wurtz reaction at 400 °C for 12 h, using C2Cl6 and Na as reactants. ...

    Mingwang Shao, Min Li, Huizhao Ban, Liling Niu, Hong Wang in Journal of Materials Science (2007)