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Thin film solar cells based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) are complex devices which have great potential for achieving high conversion efficiencies. Lack of understanding in materials issues and device physics slows down the rapid progress of these devices. This paper combines relevant results from the literature with n…
Monodispersed hierarchical Co3O4 spheres with a uniform particle size distribution were intertwined with carbon nanotubes to form a (Co3O4@CNTs) composite. The composite shows excellent cycling and rate performance with a capacity of up to 230 and 184 mA h g−1 at currents of 1600 and 3200 mA g−1, respectively, which i…
A hyperspectral imaging method was developed that allowed the identification of heterogeneous plasmon response from 50 nm diameter gold colloidal particles on a conducting substrate in a transparent three-electrode spectroelectrochemical cell under non-Faradaic conditions. At cathodic potentials, we identified three d…
Graphene with large surface area and robust structure has been proposed as a high storage capacity anode material for Li ion batteries. While the inertness of pristine graphene leads to better Li kinetics, poor adsorption leads to Li clustering, significantly affecting the performance of the battery. Here, we show the…
Novel amino-modified-CNT/polyimide (NH2-MWNT/PI) flexile composite films with a sandwich structure were prepared through step-by-step casting, in which a dielectric layer (NH2-MWNT/PI composites) intercalated between the two insulating layers (pure PI, acting as both the bottom and the top layers). Due to the high cap…
The transduction of mechanical force into useful chemical reactions is an emerging design approach to impart soft materials with new functions. Here, we report that mechanochemical transductions can be achieved in metallosupramolecular polymers. We show that both reversible and irreversible reactions are possible and…
A polymer/polymer blend solar cell with an external quantum efficiency approaching 60% and the best power conversion efficiency of 5.73% is fabricated. The efficient charge-carrier generation and collection, comparable to those of polymer/fullerene solar cells, are found to be the main reasons for the superior device…
The development of materials with dual properties of high strength and high ductility has been a constant challenge since the foundation of the materials science discipline. The rapid progress of nanotechnology in recent decades has further brought this challenge to a new era. This Research News highlights a few newly…
The automated tape-collecting ultramicrotome (ATUM) makes it possible to collect large numbers of ultrathin sections quickly-the equivalent of a petabyte of high resolution images each day. However, even high throughput image acquisition strategies generate images far more slowly (at present ~1 terabyte per day). We t…
A homoleptic iridium (iii) tris(pheny-limidazolinate) complex realizes a high EQE of 30%, a low turn-on voltage of 2.5 V, and a small efficiency roll-off in a blue organic light-emitting device (OLED). This device also shows high power efficiencies over 75 lm W(-1) and an ideal light distribution pattern at 100 cd m(-…
Water reduction under two different visible-light ranges (λ > 400 nm and λ > 435 nm) was investigated in gold-loaded titanium dioxide (Au-TiO2) heterostructures with different sizes of Au nanoparticles (NPs). Our study clearly demonstrates the essential role played by Au NP size in plasmon-driven H2O reduction and rev…
Solid‐state lighting has made tremendous progress this past decade, with the potential to make much more progress over the coming decade. In this article, the current status of solid‐state lighting relative to its ultimate potential to be “smart” and ultra‐efficient is reviewed. Smart, ultra‐efficient solid‐state ligh…
For a donor–acceptor (D–A) molecule, there are three possible cases for its low‐lying excited state (S 1 ): a π–π* state (a localized electronic state), a charge‐transfer (CT) state (a delocalized electronic state), and a mixed or hybridized state of π–π* and CT (named here as the hybridized local and charge transfer…
Microplastics, plastics particles <5 mm in length, are a widespread pollutant of the marine environment. Oral ingestion of microplastics has been reported for a wide range of marine biota, but uptake into the body by other routes has received less attention. Here, we test the hypothesis that the shore crab (Carcinus m…
Abstract High-purity calcium carbonate of vaterite type was directly obtained from calcium sulfate and ammonium carbonate in ammonium sulfate matrix. This matrix can successfully break the limitations of reactant concentration, temperature, and stirring speed on vaterite. An orthogonal experiment combined with back pr…
This review paper is a state of the art report of the development of high performance nano-composites with carbon nanotube. We investigate the research and development (R&D) trends of high performance nano-composites with carbon nanotube by analyzing technical trends in research institutes and industry. We report the…
Abstract The key to the effective implementation of polymers in structural applications is an understanding of the mechanical response under a variety of conditions. In this study, an unreinforced poly(etherimide) (PEI) known as Ultem 1000 was characterized under quasi-static and high-strain-rate loading. Standard ten…
Hybrid and multicompartment carriers are of significant interest for the development of next-generation therapeutic drug carriers. Herein, fundamental investigations on layer-by-layer (LbL) capsules consisting of two different polymers are presented. The hybrid systems were designed to have pH-responsive, charge-shift…
Poly(urethane–imide) (PUI)/hydroxyl functional montmorillonite (MMT; H-MMT) nanocomposites and foams have been prepared with modified layered silicates (hydroxyl-modified H-MMT) via in situ polymerization. The physical properties of PUI/H-MMT nanocomposites and foams were investigated and were found to be dependent on…
The effect of incorporation of clay nanoparticles on the vulcanization reaction of silanol‐terminated polysiloxane was studied. Three different types of commercial clays were investigated as reinforcement, namely: Cloisite 20 A (organically modified with nonpolar aliphatic chains), Cloisite 30B (modified with aliphati…