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Regioselective Oxidative Cleavage of Conjugated Dienes to Access α,β–Unsaturated Nitriles

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3QO02101G, Research Article
Yuqing Fu, Yijia Leng, Haotong Bai, Jiaxi Xu, Ning Chen
A highly regioselective oxidative cleavage method has been developed for the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated nitriles from unsymmetric conjugated dienes. This transformation selectively cleaved the terminal C=C double bond, providing moderate...
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Synthesis of oxindole fused 1,3-oxazepanes via hydride transfer initiated ring expansion of pyrrolidine

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00474D, Research Article
Peng He, Zongkang Wang, Qiongwen Kang, Nana Fei, Chengyu Wang, Yanzhong Li
An efficient B(C6F5)3 catalyzed protocol for the synthesis of oxindole fused 1,3-oxazepanes from pyrrolidine substituted aryl alkynones has been developed.
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Substituent-controlled divergent cyclization reactions of benzo[c][1,2]dithiol-3-ones and hexahydro-1,3,5-triazines

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00356J, Research Article
Bohao Zhang, Sifan He, Na Dong, Antong Zhu, Haojie Duan, Dunjia Wang, Yao Zhou
An unprecedented metal-free divergent cyclization reaction of benzo[c][1,2]dithiol-3-ones with hexahydro-1,3,5-triazines to assemble six- and eight-membered N-containing heterocycles has been developed.
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Halogen-Bond-Promoted Direct Cross-Coupling of Ethyl 3-bromo-3-alkyl-2,2-difluoropropanoate with Coumarins/Quinolinones

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00484A, Research Article
Guoliang Pu, Shi-Yuan Song, Jian Yang, Peng Guo, Jia Jia, Peijun Liu, Xuefei Li, Ping Liu, Chun-Yang He
Herein, we developed a practical method for the direct cross-coupling of ethyl 3-bromo-3-alkyl-2,2-difluoropropanoate with coumarins/quinolinones, leveraging a halogen bond as the pivotal non-covalent interaction. Employing this protocol, a library of...
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NHC-Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Spirooxindole Lactones by in situ Generated Oxindole-embedded o-Quinone Methides and Aldehydes

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00347K, Research Article
Zhengqiang Cao, Fang Hu, Yunpeng Chu, Jiaxue Pei, Xin-Ping Hui
A novel N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed asymmetric [4 + 2] annulation of in situ generated oxindole-embedded o-quinone methides with aldehydes has been developed for the assembly of complicated spirooxindoles. The methodology provides...
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Palladium-catalyzed and ligand-controlled divergent cycloadditions of vinylidenecyclopropane-diesters with para-quinone methides enabled by zwitterionic π-propargyl palladium species

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00368C, Research Article
Jia-Hao Shen, Yong-Jie Long, Min Shi, Yin Wei
A palladium-catalyzed and ligand-controlled divergent synthesis of spiro-cyclohexadienones from p-quinone methides and VDCP-diesters was realized via zwitterionic π-propargyl palladium species and the mechanism was clarified by DFT calculations.
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Selective nickel-catalyzed disulfuration of alkyl halides with di/trithiosulfonates

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00411F, Research Article
Lulu Liu, Jiaqi Hou, Yingying Ma, Hongwei Wang, Yu Zhong, Fangcan Liang, Luyao Wang, Qingling Wang, Ji-Quan Liu, Wen-Hua Xu, Dianhu Zhu
Selective reductive disulfuration of alkyl halides with di/trithiosulfonate reagents was developed through ligand regulation, with key features of broad substrate scope, good tolerance and excellent selectivity to disulfides over trisulfides.
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Diverting the Mannich reaction to access 2,2-disubstituted indolin-3-ones by merging 1,2-aryl migration and copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidation

Org. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QO00481G, Research Article
Jia-Chen Xiang, Yu-Die Wang, Peng Yuan, Hui-Min Zhu, Tong Lei, An-Xin Wu, Zhixin Liao
Three typical substrates for the Mannich reaction, p-anisidine, aldehyde, and a nucleophile, did not afford the predictable linear Mannich base under an aerobic copper oxidation condition, but rendering a 2,2-disubstituted indolin-3-one product.
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A self-adsorption molecule passivated interface enables efficient and stable lithium metal batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02903H, Paper
Gongxun Lu, Xinru Wu, Miaofei Huang, Mengtian Zhang, Zhihong Piao, Xiongwei Zhong, Chuang Li, Yanze Song, Chengshuai Chang, Kuang Yu, Guangmin Zhou
Self-adsorbing molecules stabilize electrode interfaces and inhibit solvent decomposition to ensure high-voltage stability of lithium metal batteries.
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Scalable electrified cementitious materials production and recycling

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03529A, Paper
Open Access
Xiao Kun Lu, Wenxin Zhang, Brianna N. Ruggiero, Linsey C. Seitz, Jiaqi Li
Our electrochemical production uses carbon-free rocks, water electrolysis, and CO2 capture/circulation for carbon-neutral/negative cement and green H2, turning cement from the second-largest industrial CO2 emitter to a gigaton-scale CCUS enabler.
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Efficient Fully Textured Perovskite Silicon Tandems with Thermally Evaporated Hole Transporting Materials

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03899A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Bhushan Kore, Oussama Er-raji, Oliver Fischer, Adrian Callies, Oliver Schultz-Wittmann, Patricia Samia Cerian Schulze, Martin Bivour, Stefaan De Wolf, Stefan W Glunz, Juliane Borchert
Fully textured perovskite silicon tandem solar cells effectively minimize the reflection losses and are compatible with industrial silicon production lines. To facilitate scalability and industrial deployment of perovskite silicon tandems...
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Multifunctional zeolite film enables stable high-voltage operation of LiCoO2 cathode

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04370G, Paper
Zezhou Lin, Yiran Ying, Zhihang Xu, Gao Chen, Xi Gong, Zehua Wang, Daqin Guan, Leqi Zhao, Mingyang Yang, Ke Fan, Tiancheng Liu, Hao LI, Honglei Zhang, Huangxu Li, Xi Zhang, Ye Zhu, Zhou-Guang Lu, Zongping Shao, Peiyu Hou, Haitao Huang
Increasing upper cut-off voltage is a useful way for enhancing specific capacity of LiCoO2 (LCO) cathode and the energy density of corresponding lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), while the main challenge is...
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New treatment option for young women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer

A drug used for treating breast cancer, known as exemestane, is more effective than a common breast cancer prevention drug, tamoxifen, in preventing breast cancer recurrence in young women who also receive post-surgical treatment to suppress ovarian function. The combined results of the Tamoxifen and Exemestane Trial and Suppression of Ovarian Function Trial were presented at the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.




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Inference with Gemma using Dataflow and vLLM

vLLM's continuous batching and Dataflow's model manager optimizes LLM serving and simplifies the deployment process, delivering a powerful combination for developers to build high-performance LLM inference pipelines more efficiently.




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IIT Kharagpur-led study says tropical rainforests could survive global warming

The study, published online in the Elsevier journal, was conducted on records of rainforests in sediments from Gujarat’s Vastan coal mines deposited in coastal lagoons around 56 million years ago




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Waqf Board can initiate criminal proceedings in post-2013 Waqf land encroachment cases

A Single Judge of the Kerala High Court quashed the proceedings against two people in an alleged pre-2013 land encroachment case on Tuesday by noting that such acts were made punishable only through an amendment to the Waqf Act in 2013, the accused were in possession of the property even before the introduction of the amendment, and no penal acts could be given retrospective operation




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Quiz competition on AI in Karunagapally




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Women’s Commission sitting held in Kollam




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One-fourth of people living with diabetes in India, Lancet study estimates

Of the 82.8 crore, India's share formed over a quarter (21.2 crore). Another 14.8 crore were in China, while 4.2 crore, 3.6 crore and 2.2 crore lived in the US, Pakistan and Brazil, respectively, the researchers found




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Cambodia to deploy over 16,000 security forces for water festival this week




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Coast Guard Chief S Paramesh calls on India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, discusses maritime security




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Decline in Austria's fruit farming linked to climate change




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Alix Didier Fils-Aime sworn in as new Haiti PM, as gunfire hits US flight




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Germany to hold snap elections on February 23 as coalition crumbles under economic strain




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India, Russia discuss economic cooperation, facilitating mobility of talent and skills




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South Africa expects G20 summit to strengthen multilateralism




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Modi honoured Marathi by giving it classical language status, Amit Shah




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Principal Secretary to PM highlights mitigating risks associated with glacial lakes to ensure safer future




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Gujarat: Consumers can lodge electricity-related complaints online at any time




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AP govt signs MoU worth Rs 65,000 cr with Reliance Industries for investment in CBG projects




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‘Unfortunate that Congress failed to rein in its rebel candidates…effect could be felt in 7-8 seats’: NCP leader Jayant Patil




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UN report warns nitrous oxide emissions impact public health




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Hello, Editorially

I’ve always sucked at writing.

Not the words, mind you: those usually come easily. (When I remember to sit down and write them, that is; hellooooooo, sad and neglected blog.) It’s more the process of the thing, I guess. It’s a struggle for me to get ideas down quickly; I get intimidated by the promise of that final draft, of shipping, so I often feel every word needs to be perfect as soon as it’s typed.

(No, I’m not going to tell you how long it took to write this fucking blog entry.)

Anyway. So, yes: writing’s hard. But I’m learning how to make it easier. And, alongside a few friends, I’m working on something that might make it easier for you, too.

Last year, I had a long conversation with Mandy. She talked about this idea she had: an idea for a tool that would facilitate conversation, discussion, and, most importantly, iteration during the writing process. Not just an application, actually: more a set of features to support a workflow, one that would, if done right, make writing not just easier, but better.

She and Jason had already sketched out how it might work. Soon after, David joined our merry band, and turned our responsive prototypes a living, breathing application. And Rob joined our team recently, and has been, as Mandy said, effortlessly solving problems we once thought impossible.

I am beyond honored to be a small part of this team, and I can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on. We call it Editorially, and you can read more about it on our first blog entry.

Stay tuned.




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Electrochemical nitrate reduction for ammonia production: amorphous or crystalline oxidized copper catalyst?

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,8689-8693
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07506K, Communication
Quanxiao Peng, Dandan Xing, Liuqi Dong, Yuhan Fu, Jixue Lu, Xiaoyu Wang, Changhong Wang, Chunxian Guo
An amorphous oxidized copper (a-O–Cu) is designed to investigate for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. It is found that a-O–Cu has high capability for water dissociation and amorphous structure-enabled high catalytic activity.
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Initial SEI formation in LiBOB-, LiDFOB- and LiBF4-containing PEO electrolytes

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9184-9199
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07175H, Paper
Open Access
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Edvin K. W. Andersson, Liang-Ting Wu, Luca Bertoli, Yi-Chen Weng, Daniel Friesen, Kenza Elbouazzaoui, Sophia Bloch, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Erika Giangrisostomi, Daniel Brandell, Jonas Mindemark, Jyh-Chiang Jiang, Maria Hahlin
A limiting factor for solid polymer electrolyte (SPE)-based Li-batteries is the functionality of the electrolyte decomposition layer that is formed at the Li metal anode during battery operation.
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Crystal reconstruction and defect healing enabled high-quality Sb2Se3 films for solar cell applications

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00734D, Paper
Qi Zhao, Bo Che, Haolin Wang, Xiaoqi Peng, Junjie Yang, Rongfeng Tang, Changfei Zhu, Tao Chen
A post-sulfurization technique has been developed to refine Sb2Se3 crystallization. This process enables high-quality Sb2Se3 with a smooth surface, large compact crystal grains and benign [hkl] growth orientation. It also mitigates the device VOC deficit, owing to the healed deep level defects.
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Porous carbon nitride rods as an efficient photoanode for water splitting and benzylamine oxidation

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00237G, Paper
Sanjit Mondal, Gabriel Mark, Ayelet Tashakory, Michael Volokh, Menny Shalom
A polymeric carbon nitride layer with controlled directionality, morphology, and nitrogen defects serves as a photoanode to allow photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting and benzylamine oxidation.
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Correction: Superhydrophobic and mechanical properties enhanced the electrospinning film with a multiscale micro-nano structure for high-efficiency radiation cooling

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9241-9241
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA90062F, Correction
Open Access
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Lijing Kong, Puqing Sun, Jincheng Liu, Yongxing Lin, Chao Xiao, Chao Bao, Kang Zheng, Meng Xue, Xian Zhang, Xianglan Liu, Xingyou Tian
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Mussel-mimetic thermal conductive films with solid–solid phase change and shape-adaptive performance

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00031E, Paper
Donglei Li, Canxia Ding, Sicong Shen, Jun Wang, Limin Wu, Bo You, Guibao Tao
Inspired by mussel structure, a novel thermally conductive phase change film is made using hot pressing, layer-by-layer stacking, cutting, and splicing. It has high thermal conductivity, low thermal resistance, high latent heat, and electrical insulation, suitable as a thermal interface material.
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Expediting ion migration and stabilizing interface deposition through pre-polarized ion channels for zinc-ion batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00580E, Paper
Gang Li, Fulong Hu, Jinxiu Chen, Xiaozhong Fan, Xiong Xiao, Longtao Ma, Long Kong
A pre-polarized ion channels are constructed to inhibit the tip effect and selectively accelerate ion transport, achieving stable and uniform ion deposition, suppressing dendrite growth and side reaction for long-term Zn striping/plating.
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Unveiling the fundamental understanding of two dimensional π-conjugated FeN4+4 sites for boosting peroxymonosulfate activation

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA01195C, Paper
Sijia Jin, Wenxian Tan, Xiaofeng Tang, Xia Yao, Yingjian Bao, Haiyan Zhang, Shuang Song, Tao Zeng
The precisely defined FeN4+4 active sites in fully π-conjugated polyphthalocyanine frameworks establish a dual-pump-driven electron fast shuttle path—electron-rich Fe centers and electron-poor C atoms—ensuring continuous production of 1O2.
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Identifying lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate as a multifunctional electrolyte additive to enable high-voltage Li4Ti5O12 lithium-ion batteries

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00750F, Paper
Ou Ka, Fang Cheng, Lang Wen, Xiaoqu Wang, Ting Wang, Xinyu Zeng, Wen Lu, Liming Dai
Lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate (LiDFOB) is identified as a multifunctional electrolyte additive, stabilizing the electrolyte and protecting the electrodes, to enable the LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4//Li4Ti5O12 battery with an excellent performance at 3.50 V.
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Retraction: Nickel nanoparticles immobilized on three-dimensional nitrogen-doped graphene as a superb catalyst for the generation of hydrogen from the hydrolysis of ammonia borane

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,9247-9247
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA90071E, Retraction
Open Access
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Mojtaba Mahyari, Ahmad Shaabani
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A review of noble metal-free high entropy alloys for water splitting applications

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00690A, Review Article
Open Access
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Hamzah Kamaruddin, Zhang Jianghong, Liang Yu, Wei Yuefan, Huang Yizhong
Nano-sized high entropy alloy (HEA) catalysts have attracted much attention as extraordinary electrocatalysts in water-splitting applications, i.e., the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER).
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Photothermal conversion enabled temperature modulation for the growth of complex polymorphic architectures of calcium carbonate

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00802B, Paper
Boning Shi, Lifu Zhang, Zeda Yang, Jiangnan Deng, Shun An, Benwei Fu, Chengyi Song, Peng Tao, Tao Deng, Wen Shang
As a highly efficient and eco-friendly heat generation approach, photothermal conversion process has been applied to many important areas such as desalination and medical treatments. We explored in this work...
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Prolonging exciton diffusion length via manipulating molecular stacking enables pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells over 19% efficiency

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00594E, Paper
Wang Ke, Fuwen Zhao, Yufan Zhu, Yi He, Zesheng Liu, Xiao Han, Qi Ai, Xingxing Shen, Bao Li, Jianqi Zhang, Yuze Lin, Chun-Ru Wang, Dan He
The limited exciton diffusion length (LD) of organic semiconductors constraints exciton dissociation in pseudo-planar heterojunction (PPHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs), which is deemed as the bottleneck issue hampering the further...
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Aggregation between oligomeric Ir photosensitizers promote efficient and long-lifetime photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07365C, Paper
Yifan Huang, Shihan Liu, Bo Wang, Ying Wang, Yifan Zhang, Pengyang Deng
In this paper, the aggregation effect between oligomeric Ir photosensitizers on photocatalytic hydrogen evolution was first discovered and investigated. Four oligomeric Ir photosensitizers were synthesized by copolymerization of [Ir(ppy)2(dabpy)](PF6) (H1)...
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Rapid in situ growth of high-entropy oxide nanoparticles with reversible spinel structures for efficient Li storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA08101J, Paper
Open Access
Siyu Zhu, Wei Nong, Lim Jun Ji Nicholas, Xun Cao, Peilin Zhang, Yu Lu, Mingzhen Xiu, Kang Huang, Gang Wu, Shuo-Wang Yang, Junsheng Wu, Zheng Liu, Madhavi Srinivasan, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Yizhong Huang
Using laser radiation, high-entropy nanoparticles were rapidly fabricated on conductive carbon. The high-entropy nanomaterials with reversible spinel structures exhibit better cycling and rate performances in LIBs.
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Probing the potential of Al2CO/SiC heterostructures for visible light driven photocatalytic water splitting using first-principles strategies

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00885E, Paper
Amina Shehbaz, Abdul Majid, Hira Batool, Mohammad Alkhedher, Sajjad Haider, Kamran Alam
Photocatalytic water splitting is a sustainable and eco-friendly method for renewable energy production. The fabrication of an efficient photocatalyst based on two-dimensional (2D) interfaces with suitable band offsets is at...
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A new versatile crystalline sponge for organic structural analysis without the need of activation

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07946E, Paper
Jin chang Liu, Weiping Huang, Yuxin Tian, Wei Xu, Wen-Cai Ye, Ren-Wang Jiang
Crystalline sponges made “crystallography without crystals” and received current attentions, but were difficult to apply directly because of the tedious activation procedures. It was important to prepare crystalline sponges that...
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