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How Different Generations of Consumers Use Social Media

In a recent survey of 1000 consumers and 500 businesses, Animoto found that 75% of Millennials purchase decisions were influenced by a brands social media presence. But that's Millennials, a generation that's largely grown up online, and those response figures vary significantly across the different age brackets - so which platforms should you be focusing on to reach your target market?

To provide more insight, the team at Animoto broke their research down by generation.

Some of their key findings include:

Gen Z chose Instagram as the platform to follow brands
Baby boomers spend most of their time on YouTube and the Facebook Feed
Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X selected YouTube as the platform they rely on when making purchase decisions




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Migrants in Rajkot pay train fare to return home in UP




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43 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, active count below 1000 in Andhra Pradesh




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Four new cases of Covid-19 reported in Uttarakhand today




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Private mobile phones restored in Kashmir; situation remains calm




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I am healthy, not suffering from any disease, says Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said he is "totally healthy" and not suffering from any disease. Shah said rumours about his health conditions have been spread through social media. "I am totally healthy and I am not suffering from any disease," he said in the statement in Hindi which was posted on his Twitter handle.




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PM Modi extends greetings to Putin on Victory Day




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'Confusion' within central government in fight against Covid-19: Congress




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Bengal arranging special trains to bring back 30,000 stranded people: Official




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'Inhuman' comments about Amit Shah's health 'extremely condemnable': JP Nadda




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NIA arrests narco-terrorist linked to terror funding in J&K

The NIA said that the agency along with Punjab and Haryana police arrested Ranjit Singh, allegedly a notorious narco-terrorist, on Saturday as he was acting as a conduit for Pakistan-based groups to push drugs into India and the money generated was used for terror activities. Singh, who has been on the run for nearly a year, was arrested from Sirsa, the NIA said.




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Shah slams Bengal govt for 'not allowing' migrant trains; Centre lying, says TMC

The return of migrant workers to West Bengal has become another flashpoint between the Centre and the TMC-led state government with home minister Amit Shah alleging that the state government is not allowing special trains. However, the TMC government accused the Centre of "lying" and said they have planned eight trains to ferry migrants.




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302 Shramik Special trains run so far, around 3.4 lakh migrants ferried: Railways

The Indian Railways has operated 302 ‘Shramik Special' trains since May 1 and ferried home more than 3 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said. The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, they said.




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Facilitated return of thousands of stranded people, says Bengal govt

The West Bengal government on Saturday said it had brought back around 6,000 residents stranded outside the state and ensured safe return of people of other states stuck here due to the lockdown, virtually refuting the claims of non-cooperation made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.




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Evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams to be done at home by teachers

The evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams will be done by teachers at their homes and 3,000 schools have been identified as exam centres to deliver the answer sheets to them, Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said on Saturday. He said 1.5 crore answer sheets of already conducted class 10, 12 exams will be delivered to teachers.




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Sharad Pawar requests PM Modi for smooth repatriation of migrants

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk to chief ministers of those states who are not allowing migrant workers to come back home.




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Two Indians brought back from Gulf test Covid positive in Kerala

Two Indians, who were among the 363 nationals brought back to Kerala from the Gulf, have tested positive for Covid-19, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Saturday. With this, the total number of active cases has climbed to 17 in the state. The patients have been admitted to hospitals in Kozhikode and Kochi.




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Testing capacity for Covid-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

The testing capacity for Covid-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. The minister reviewed the status of Covid-19 in the northeastern states along with the measures taken for its containment.




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Visakhapatnam gas leak: LG Polymers apologises, offers ‘every support’ to affected




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West Bengal govt allows 10 trains carrying migrant labourers to enter state




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An all-in-one supercapacitor with high stretchability via a facile strategy

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8255-8261
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00757A, Communication
Yihe Wang, Chi Lv, Guochen Ji, Ruofei Hu, Junping Zheng
There are many studies about integrating supercapacitors to meet actual application needs, but challenges remain in assembling the device without a current collector and other additions.
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The controllable synthesis of substitutional and interstitial nitrogen-doped manganese dioxide: the effects of doping sites on enhancing the catalytic activity

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8383-8396
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01346C, Paper
Taohong He, Xiaoshan Zeng, Shaopeng Rong
N atoms were selectively doped at substitutional or interstitial sites in the MnO2 lattice using N2 plasma. This research provides a site-selective N-doping method and a deep insight into the different effects of doping sites.
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Two-step sequential blade-coating of high quality perovskite layers for efficient solar cells and modules

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8447-8454
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02043E, Paper
Junwen Zhang, Tongle Bu, Jing Li, Hengyi Li, Yanping Mo, Zhengli Wu, Yifan Liu, Xiao-Li Zhang, Yi-Bing Cheng, Fuzhi Huang
A two-step sequential blade-coating process in air to fabricate high-efficiency perovskite solar cells and modules.
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Vanadium nitride for aqueous supercapacitors: a topic review

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8218-8233
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01490G, Review Article
Ying Liu, Qianghong Wu, Lingyang Liu, Pantrangi Manasa, Long Kang, Fen Ran
Supercapacitors have emerged as the most attractive complementary devices between batteries and conventional capacitors, while a high performance electrode material is key to their energy storage advancement.
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Recent advances in nanostructured intermetallic electrocatalysts for renewable energy conversion reactions

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8195-8217
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01809K, Review Article
Ho Young Kim, Sang Hoon Joo
This review summarises recent advances in the synthesis and electrocatalytic application of intermetallic nanostructures.
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An analytical method to characterize the crystal structure of layered double hydroxides: synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical studies of zinc-based LDH nanoplates

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8692-8699
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01774D, Paper
Jiyong Chung, Jaeyoung Lee, Jae Kyeom Kim, Minseong Kim, Kug-Seung Lee, Seung-Joo Kim, Min Hyung Lee, Taekyung Yu
Due to their unique soft and complex structure, it has been difficult to analyze the exact crystal structure of layered double hydroxides (LDHs), which has been a major obstacle to understanding and improving the catalytic properties of LDHs.
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Engineering yolk–shell P-doped NiS2/C spheres via a MOF-template for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8612-8619
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02568B, Paper
Liqin Wang, Zhanli Han, Quanqing Zhao, Xiuyun Yao, Youqi Zhu, Xilan Ma, Shide Wu, Chuanbao Cao
The stable yolk–shell P-doped NiS2/C spheres were successfully fabricated via MOFs template, and first adopted phytic acid as P source. Due to the unique framework and synergistic effect, P-doped NiS2/C sample displayed high sodium storage capacity.
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Phosphate ion and oxygen defect-modulated nickel cobaltite nanowires: a bifunctional cathode for flexible hybrid supercapacitors and microbial fuel cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8722-8730
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01423K, Paper
Wenda Qiu, Quanhua Zhou, Hongbing Xiao, Chun Zhou, Wenting He, Yu Li, Xihong Lu
The exploration of efficient and cost-effective cathodes for flexible hybrid supercapacitors (HSCs) and microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is highly desirable but challenging.
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Conjugated polyelectrolyte with potassium cations enables inverted perovskite solar cells with an efficiency over 20%

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8238-8243
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01279C, Communication
Luozheng Zhang, Xianyong Zhou, Jiaming Xie, Shi Chen, Sanghoon Bae, Jeehwan Kim, Baomin Xu
A conjugated polyelectrolyte bearing stronger ability of defect-passivation and hole-extraction yields an efficiency of 20.01% as a hole transporting material.
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Enhancing the average thermoelectric figure of merit of elemental Te by suppressing grain boundary scattering

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8455-8461
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02660C, Paper
Yehao Wu, Feng Liu, Qi Zhang, Tiejun Zhu, Kaiyang Xia, Xinbing Zhao
Suppressed grain boundary scattering contributes to enhanced electrical conductivity and device zT in elemental Te based thermoelectric materials.
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An environmentally adaptive quasi-solid-state zinc-ion battery based on magnesium vanadate hydrate with commercial-level mass loading and anti-freezing gel electrolyte

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8397-8409
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01033B, Paper
Weijun Zhou, Jizhang Chen, Minfeng Chen, Anran Wang, Aixiang Huang, Xinwu Xu, Junling Xu, Ching-Ping Wong
A quasi-solid-state zinc-ion battery exhibits remarkable areal and volumetric energy/power densities and excellent cyclability from −30 to 60 °C.
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Screening metal-free photocatalysts from isomorphic covalent organic frameworks for the C-3 functionalization of indoles

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8706-8715
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02164D, Paper
Ziping Li, Songjie Han, Chunzhi Li, Pengpeng Shao, Hong Xia, He Li, Xiong Chen, Xiao Feng, Xiaoming Liu
An excellent framework photocatalyst was screened from a series of isomorphic COFs. The photocatalytic properties of C-3 functionalization of indoles by COF-based photocatalysts were first reported.
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Sodium phthalate as an anode material for sodium ion batteries: effect of the bridging carbonyl group

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8469-8475
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01281E, Paper
Liang-Yu Wang, Chao Ma, Xiao Wei, Baobao Chang, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen
The bridging carbonyl group initiates the insertion of sodium ions and activates the ortho-carbonyl functional groups of sodium phthalate.
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Rocking-chair capacitive deionization with flow-through electrodes

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8476-8484
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA14112J, Paper
Yong Liu, Xin Gao, Kai Wang, Xinyue Dou, Haiguang Zhu, Xun Yuan, Likun Pan
Flow-through Rocking-chair Capacitive Deionization system with ultrahigh desalination rate is built for the first-time, in which sodium-pre-intercalated MnO2 coated carbon nanofiber aerogels are employed as the flow-through electrode.
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The favourable thermodynamic properties of Fe-doped CaMnO3 for thermochemical heat storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8503-8517
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02031A, Paper
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Emanuela Mastronardo, Xin Qian, Juan M. Coronado, Sossina M. Haile
The CaFe0.1Mn0.9O3−δ0 oxide can reversibly release oxygen over a relatively wide range of temperatures and oxygen partial pressures and its favourable thermodynamic properties make it a promising candidate for thermochemical heat storage.
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Large energy-storage density in transition-metal oxide modified NaNbO3–Bi(Mg0.5Ti0.5)O3 lead-free ceramics through regulating the antiferroelectric phase structure

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8352-8359
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02285C, Paper
Ao Tian, Ruzhong Zuo, He Qi, Min Shi
The combination of AFE phase structural regulation and breakdown strength optimization through chemical modification leads to a large energy-storage density of Wrec ∼ 5.57 J cm−3 in NN–BMT lead-free bulk ceramics.
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Robust FeOOH/BiVO4/Cu(In, Ga)Se2 tandem structure for solar-powered biocatalytic CO2 reduction

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8496-8502
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02069A, Paper
Jinhyun Kim, Yang Woo Lee, Eun-Gyu Choi, Passarut Boonmongkolras, Byoung Wook Jeon, Hojin Lee, Seung Tae Kim, Su Keun Kuk, Yong Hwan Kim, Byungha Shin, Chan Beum Park
A robust, scalable FeOOH/BiVO4/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 tandem structure achieves unbiased, long-term photobiocatalytic conversion of CO2 to formate.
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An advanced three-dimensionally ordered macroporous NiCo2O4 spinel as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn–air batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8554-8565
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00874E, Paper
José Béjar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Janet Ledesma-García, Noé Arjona, Luis Gerardo Arriaga
A rechargeable ZAB was assembled using a NiCo2O4 3DOM spinel displaying an open circuit potential of 1.44 V, a power density of 101 mW cm−2, and a high durability during charge/discharge cycling (being operated for 21 h).
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Thermodynamic stability, phase separation and Ag grading in (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 solar absorbers

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8740-8751
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00363H, Paper
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Kostiantyn V. Sopiha, Jes K. Larsen, Olivier Donzel-Gargand, Faraz Khavari, Jan Keller, Marika Edoff, Charlotte Platzer-Björkman, Clas Persson, Jonathan J. S. Scragg
Herein, we prove that (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 alloy system has a wide miscibility gap, which can induce compositional grading and cause phase separation in thin-film solar absorbers.
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A strategy to unlock the potential of CrN as a highly active oxygen reduction reaction catalyst

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8575-8585
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA14085A, Paper
Junming Luo, Xiaochang Qiao, Jutao Jin, Xinlong Tian, Hongbo Fan, Demei Yu, Wenlong Wang, Shijun Liao, Neng Yu, Yijie Deng
The potential of CrN as highly active ORR catalyst can be unlocked by enhancing its conductivity, enriching its d electrons and enlarging the exposure of active sites.
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NixRh1−x bimetallic alloy nanofibers as a pH-universal electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction: the synthetic strategy and fascinating electroactivity

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8629-8637
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02005B, Paper
Dasol Jin, Areum Yu, Youngmi Lee, Myung Hwa Kim, Chongmok Lee
NixRh1–x bimetallic alloy nanofibers synthesized by H2-reduction of NiRh2O4 exhibited outstanding pH-universal HER electrocatalytic activity with high stability.
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PCE11-based polymer solar cells with high efficiency over 13% achieved by room-temperature processing

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8661-8668
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02271C, Paper
Jianyun Zhang, Wenrui Liu, Ming Zhang, Shengjie Xu, Feng Liu, Xiaozhang Zhu
Non-fullerene acceptors featuring excellent miscibility with temperature-dependent aggregation polymer PCE11 enable room-temperature processed polymer solar cells with high efficiency over 13%.
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Oriented bacteriorhodopsin/polyaniline hybrid bio-nanofilms as photo-assisted electrodes for high performance supercapacitors

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8268-8272
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02815K, Communication
Haijuan Li, Minmin Wang, Guohua Qi, Yong Xia, Chuanping Li, Ping Wang, Mordechai Sheves, Yongdong Jin
Bacteriorhodopsin was used to improve the capacitive performance of PANI supercapacitors by its proton pumping and photoelectric function.
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Enhancing the operational stability of unencapsulated perovskite solar cells through Cu–Ag bilayer electrode incorporation

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8684-8691
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01606C, Paper
Chieh-Ting Lin, Jonathan Ngiam, Bob Xu, Yu-Han Chang, Tian Du, Thomas J. Macdonald, James R. Durrant, Martyn A. McLachlan
Incorporation of bilayer electrodes (Cu:Ag) significantly reduces electrode corrosion and device degradation in perovskite solar cells operating in air. A symbiosis exists whereby Ag inhibits Cu oxidation and Cu prevents interfacial reactions between the perovskite (MAPbI3) and Ag.
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The critical effect of water content in the electrolyte on the reversible electrochemical performance of Zn–VPO4F cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8262-8267
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01622E, Communication
Hooman Yaghoobnejad Asl, Shyam Sharma, Arumugam Manthiram
The critical role of water as a source of H+ working ions and reactive species in the Zn–VPO4F electrochemical system with an ionic liquid electrolyte.
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Anderson polyoxometalate built-in covalent organic frameworks for enhancing catalytic performances

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8548-8553
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02443K, Paper
Rui Ma, Naifang Liu, Ting-Ting Lin, Tianbo Zhao, Sheng-Li Huang, Guo-Yu Yang
Anderson polyoxometalate-based covalent organic frameworks exhibited the highest catalytic activity in the photodegradation of RhB and MB, as well as 100% selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides.
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A series of highly stable porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks based on iron–oxo chain clusters: design, synthesis and biomimetic catalysis

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8376-8382
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02033H, Paper
Gang Liu, Hao Cui, Sujuan Wang, Li Zhang, Cheng-Yong Su
A facile synthesis of a series of Fe–oxo chain-based porphyrinic MOFs (namely M-PMOF-3(Fe), M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) has been reported.
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Achieving ultrahigh volumetric performance of graphene composite films by an outer–inner dual space utilizing strategy

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA13585E, Paper
Cong Huang, Qunli Tang, Qiushui Feng, Yanhua Li, Yali Xu, Yan Zhang, Aiping Hu, Shiying Zhang, Weina Deng, Xiaohua Chen
An outer–inner dual space utilizing strategy is reported for the fabrication of an ultrahigh volumetric performance polydopamine-coated dopamine/reduced graphene oxide composite film.
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Identifying Raman modes of Sb2Se3 and their symmetries using angle-resolved polarised Raman spectra

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8337-8344
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01783C, Paper
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Nicole Fleck, Theodore D. C. Hobson, Christopher N. Savory, John Buckeridge, Tim D. Veal, Maria R. Correia, David O. Scanlon, Ken Durose, Frank Jäckel
Vibrational symmetry assignments using Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory on oriented crystals also enabling orientation optimisation of thin films.
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Evidence of phase coexistence in hydrothermally synthesized K0.5Na0.5NbO3 nanofibers

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8731-8739
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA14153G, Paper
Mohammad B. Ghasemian, Aditya Rawal, Zahra Shahrbabaki, Qi Zhang, Teng Lu, Yun Liu, Danyang Wang
The 2D 23Na 3QMAS NMR analyses provide new insights into the crystalline structure of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 nanostructures on the microscopic scale, which are critical to understand the functional properties of these nano-materials.
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