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Elucidation of the sodium kinetics in layered P-type oxide cathodes
Sodium-ion intercalation oxides generally possess high compositional diversity according to their different stacking sequences. The sodium diffusion pathway in layered P-type materials used in sodium-ion batte...
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Eco-synthesized bimetallic sulfide nanoparticles within coral-like N,S-doped carbon scaffolds for lithium-/sodium-ion anode nanomaterials
Long-cycling of anode nanomaterials is crucial for promoting lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) towards the further practical applications. Anode nanomaterials, such as transition-met...
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Fe-doped CoS2 nanoparticles supported CoS2 microspheres@N-doped carbon electrocatalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction
Non-noble electrocatalysts (such as transition metal sulfides) have been attractive to substitute noble-metal catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) to advance the practical application of clean energy....
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Low-content Ni-doped CoS2 embedded within N,P-codoped biomass-derived carbon spheres for enhanced lithium/sodium storage
Carbonaceous materials have been promising for further advancing the lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), but suffer from a relatively low specific capacity. One effective improvement ...
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Open AccessPhotodeposited Pd Nanoparticles with Disordered Structure for Phenylacetylene Semihydrogenation
Develo** effective heterogeneous metal catalysts with high selectivity and satisfactory activity for chemoselective hydrogenation of alkyne to alkene is of great importance in the chemical industry. Herein, ...
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Open AccessLayered Double Hydroxide Nanoplatelets with Excellent Tribological Properties under High Contact Pressure as Water-Based Lubricant Additives
High efficient and sustainable utilization of water-based lubricant is essential for saving energy. In this paper, a kind of layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoplatelets is synthesized and well dispersed in wa...
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Enhanced catalytic performances of Ag nanoparticles supported on layered double hydroxide for styrene epoxidation
Catalysts or support to catalysts based on layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have been widely investigated in the last few years. Supported Au nanoparticles (NPs), prepared typically by a homogeneous deposition...
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Tunable linear nanopatterns of disubstituted alkane derivatives containing bi-components via selective hydrogen bonding
Supramolecular self-assembly on surfaces offers attractive features, which are usually tuned through the choice of the chain-length-varying molecular building blocks and stabilized by hydrogen bonding. Here th...
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Open AccessExchange-biased NiFe2O4/NiO nanocomposites derived from NiFe-layered double hydroxides as a single precursor
NiFe2O4 nanoparticles (<10 nm) embedded in a NiO matrix have been fabricated by calcining the corresponding NiIIFeIII-layered double hydroxide (LDH) precursors at high temperature (500 °C). Compared with the NiFe
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Effect of alkyl substitutions on self-assembly
The self-assemblies of 4-hexadecyloxybenzoic acid and 3,4,5-trihexadecyloxybenzoic acid have been studied by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The well-ordered assemblies with different arrangement ha...
