Electronic Structure Regulation on the Ultra-thin MOF-derived NiSe2/NiS2@NC Heterojunction for Promoting the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Transition metal selenides (TMSes) is considered a promising electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to narrow bandgap, unique morphology and low cost. Herein, using Ni-MOF as precursor, NiSe2/NiS2@NC electrocatalyst...

A Facile Room-Temperature Fabrication of Silver-Platinum Nanocoral Catalyst Towards Hydrogen Evolution And Methanol Electro-Oxidation

With the rising energy demand and growing environmental problems, the produced hydrogen from electrolyzing water has emerged as the most sustainable and clean energy source that can alter to fossil...

Electrostatic Self-Assembly of 2D Janus PS@Au Nanoraspberry Photonic-Crystal Array with Enhanced Near-Infrared SERS Activity

We develop a simple electrostatic self-assembly strategy to fabricate a kind of 2D Janus PS@Au nanoraspberry photonic-crystal array with a compelling near-infrared (NIR) SERS performance. Due to the opposite charges,...

Wood-based composite materials for ultralight lens antennas in 6G systems

Extremely high frequencies used in future wireless communication systems such as 6G require low loss materials to avoid wasting power and maintain acceptable efficiency . Furthermore, especially in the internet...

Electrospun porous La-Sr-Co-Ni-O nanofibers for highly sensitive non-enzymatic glucose detection

Glucose biosensors are widely used for clinical, industrial, and environmental applications. Nonenzymatic electrochemical glucose biosensors based on metal oxides with a perovskite structure have exhibited high sensitivity, excellent stability, and...

Tailoring Molecular Weight of Polymer Additives for Organic Semiconductors

A binary system comprising both an organic semiconductor and a polymer additive has attracted extensive research interests due to great potential for high-performance, solution-proccessable electronic devices on flexible substrates. The...

Highly sensitive detection of phosphate using well-ordered crystalline cobalt oxide nanoparticles supported by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Phosphates are well-known groundwater and surface water contaminants, with even modest increases in their concentration contributing to the eutrophication of lakes and coastal waterways and thus potentially harming the environment....

Smart Functional Surfactant Activated Conductive Polymer Coated on Paper with Ultra-Sensitive Humidity Sensing Characteristics

Herein, surfactant-assisted PANI nanorods was synthesized via the solid-state synthesis method at different concentrations of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). Upon the addition of SLS, the average rod diameter of PANI...

Orientation dependence of optical activity in light scattering by nanoparticle clusters

The optical properties of nanoparticle clusters vary with the spatial arrangement of the constituent particles, but also the overall orientation of the cluster with respect to the incident light. This...