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2. Monolayer Iron Oxychloride with a Resonant Band Structure for Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensing
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Mingze Li, Yu Zhou, Xiao Tang, Hao Zhang, Shaolong Wang, Anmin Nie, Xingce Fan, Yingchun Cheng, and Teng Qiu
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General Materials Science - Published
- 2023
3. Flexible Ag-Coated Carbon Nanofibers/Bacterial Cellulose Films for Electromagnetic Interface Shielding and Multifunctional Thermal Applications
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Jialu Yang, Bochong Wang, Hanxin Liao, Jianyong Xiang, Congpu Mu, Anmin Nie, Kun Zhai, Tianyu Xue, and Fusheng Wen
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General Materials Science - Published
- 2023
4. Atomic Mechanisms of Cation Adsorption/Exchange in Octahedral Molecular Sieves
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Chenghang Li, Yifei Yuan, Penghui Li, Keqin Yang, Qingqing Ren, Anmin Nie, Suya Liu, Sorin Lazar, Arno Meingast, and Shun Wang
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General Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy ,General Materials Science - Abstract
Octahedral molecular sieves (OMSs) based on MnO
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- 2022
5. Sb1–xSex Nanoparticles as Durable and Stable Anode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries
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Yueling Cai, Pengshan Du, Yu Huang, Wenkang Miao, Zihan Wang, Qianqian Li, Peng Wang, Jipeng Cheng, Bingkun Guo, and Anmin Nie
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General Materials Science - Published
- 2022
6. Broadband Polarization‐Sensitive Photodetection of Magnetic Semiconducting MnTe Nanoribbons
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Kun Ye, Junxin Yan, Lixuan Liu, Penghui Li, Zhipeng Yu, Yang Gao, Mengmeng Yang, He Huang, Anmin Nie, Yu Shu, Jianyong Xiang, Shouguo Wang, and Zhongyuan Liu
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Biomaterials ,General Materials Science ,General Chemistry ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2023
7. Flexible Aramid Nanofiber/Bacterial Cellulose/Graphene Papers with Nickel Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Joule Heating Performance
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Yingjie Huo, Bochong Wang, Anmin Nie, Congpu Mu, Jianyong Xiang, Kun Zhai, Tianyu Xue, and Fusheng Wen
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General Materials Science - Published
- 2022
8. Broadband light absorption and photoresponse enhancement in monolayer WSe2 crystal coupled to Sb2O3 microresonators
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Kun Ye, Lixuan Liu, Congpu Mu, Kun Zhai, Shiliang Guo, Bochong Wang, Anmin Nie, Shuhan Meng, Fusheng Wen, Jianyong Xiang, Tianyu Xue, Ming Kang, Yongji Gong, Yongjun Tian, and Zhongyuan Liu
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General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics - Published
- 2022
9. In Situ Grown Ultrafine RuO2 Nanoparticles on GeP5 Nanosheets as the Electrode Material for Flexible Planar Micro-Supercapacitors with High Specific Capacitance and Cyclability
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Fusheng Wen, Yingjie Huo, Congpu Mu, Zhongyuan Liu, Shaopeng Chang, Zhisheng Zhao, Anmin Nie, Lei Li, Kun Zhai, Dongli Yu, Tianyu Xue, Penghui Li, Bochong Wang, Jianyong Xiang, Yongjun Tian, and Yukai Chang
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Supercapacitor ,Nanocomposite ,Materials science ,Electrode ,Nanoparticle ,General Materials Science ,Nanotechnology ,Electrical conductor ,Capacitance ,Exfoliation joint ,Pseudocapacitance - Abstract
GeP5, as the most representative phosphorus-based material in two-dimensional layered phosphorous compounds, has shown a fairly bright application prospect in the field of energy storage because of its ultrahigh electrical conductivity. However, high-yield exfoliation methods and effective structure construction strategies for GeP5 nanosheets are still missing, which completely restricts the further application of GeP5-based nanocomposites. Here, we not only improved the yield of GeP5 nanosheets by a liquid nitrogen-assisted liquid-phase exfoliation technique but also constructed the GeP5@RuO2 nanocomposites with the 0D/2D heterostructure by in situ introduction of ultrafine RuO2 nanoparticles on highly conductive GeP5 nanosheets using a simple hydrothermal synthesis method, and then applying it to micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) as electrode materials through a mask-assisted vacuum filtration technique. It is precisely because of the synergy of the electrical double-layer material, GeP5 nanosheets and the pseudocapacitance material RuO2 nanoparticles that endows the GeP5@RuO2 electrode with outstanding electrochemical performance in micro-supercapacitors with a large specific capacitance of 129.5 mF cm-2/107.9 F cm-3, high energy density of 17.98 μWh cm-2, remarkable long-term cycling stability with 98.4% capacitance retention after 10 000 cycles, the exceptional mechanical stability, outstanding environmental stability, and excellent integration features. This work opens up a new avenue to construct GeP5-based nanocomposites as a most promising novel electrode material for practical application in flexible portable/wearable micro-nanoelectronic devices.
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- 2021
10. Ultrathin FeTe nanosheets with tetragonal and hexagonal phases synthesized by chemical vapor deposition
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Peng Zhang, Lingjia Meng, Lihong Bao, Anmin Nie, Huaning Jiang, Yi Wei, Lixuan Liu, Jie Guo, Yixiang He, Yongji Gong, Xingguo Wang, Bixuan Li, and Ce Bian
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Materials science ,Condensed matter physics ,Magnetoresistance ,Mechanical Engineering ,Superlattice ,02 engineering and technology ,Chemical vapor deposition ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Condensed Matter::Materials Science ,Tetragonal crystal system ,Ferromagnetism ,Mechanics of Materials ,Condensed Matter::Superconductivity ,Scanning transmission electron microscopy ,Antiferromagnetism ,Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Phase diagram - Abstract
2D functional materials, such as 2D magnet and superconductor, spark massive interests from synthesis, manipulation to application. Especially, FeTex with multi-phases provides an ideal platform to explore the possible superconducting, ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic properties and even their functional heterostructures. Herein, we report a facile chemical vapor deposition (CVD) approach to synthesize ultrathin tetragonal FeTe (down to monolayer), hexagonal FeTe (down to 2.3 nm), and Fe-rich hexagonal FeTe with superlattice by tuning the growth temperature according to the phase diagram. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) is further performed to confirm the difference among these various FeTe phases. Magneto-transport illustrates that the tetragonal device displays a high linear magnetoresistance (LMR) up to 10.5% at 1.9 K, and the LMR of hexagonal FeTe reaches 5.8% at 1.9 K. Interestingly, O doped tetragonal thick FeTe displays a superconducting transition at 9 K, which can persist even at 16 T. In summary, this study illustrates a phase-selective synthesis of FeTex ultrathin crystals, providing promising opportunities to construct complicated devices such as ferromagnet/antiferromagnet, magnet/superconductor heterostructures.
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- 2021
11. Proximity Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reactivity of Substitutional Doped Monolayer WS2
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Yingchun Cheng, Tianyou Zhai, Zhongyuan Liu, Kang Mengke, Tianyu Xue, Changqing Lin, Anmin Nie, Lixuan Liu, Yongji Gong, Zhisheng Zhao, Youwen Liu, Kun Zhai, Yabin Guo, and Huan Yang
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Materials science ,Dopant ,Doping ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Catalysis ,Transition metal ,Chemical physics ,Monolayer ,Atom ,General Materials Science ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,0210 nano-technology ,Proximity effect (atomic physics) - Abstract
The development of stable and low-cost catalysts with high reactivity to replace Pt-based ones is the central focus but challenging for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The incorporation of single atoms into two-dimensional (2D) supports has been demonstrated as an effective strategy because of the highly active single atomic sites and extremely large surface area of two-dimensional materials. However, the doping of single atoms is normally performed on the surface suffering from low stability, especially in acidic media. Moreover, it is experimentally challenging to produce monolayered 2D materials with atomic doping. Here, we propose a strategy to incorporate single foreign Fe atoms to substitute W atoms in sandwiched two-dimensional WS2. Because of the charge transfer between the doped Fe atom and its neighboring S atoms on the surface, the proximate S atoms become active for HER. Our theoretical prediction is later verified experimentally, showing an enhanced catalytic reactivity of Fe-doped WS2 in HER with the Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism involved. We refer to this strategy as proximity catalysis, which is expected to be extendable to more sandwiched two-dimensional materials as substrates and transition metals as dopants.
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- 2021
12. Epitaxial growth of large-grain-size ferromagnetic monolayer CrI3 for valley Zeeman splitting enhancement
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Yingchun Cheng, Cheng Zhang, Meng Wang, Junfeng Dai, Wei Huang, Nannan Han, Chen Lin, Hao Zhang, Yizheng Jin, Xi Zhang, Xixiang Zhang, Chaofeng Gao, Huimin Su, Changqing Lin, Anmin Nie, Chenhui Zhang, and Lipeng Gong
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Zeeman effect ,Materials science ,Magnetism ,02 engineering and technology ,Substrate (electronics) ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Epitaxy ,01 natural sciences ,Grain size ,0104 chemical sciences ,symbols.namesake ,Ferromagnetism ,Chemical physics ,Monolayer ,symbols ,Curie temperature ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic CrI3 has received considerable research attention because of its intrinsic features, including insulation, Ising ferromagnetism, and stacking-order-dependent magnetism, as well as potential in spintronic applications. However, the current strategy for the production of ambient-unstable CrI3 thin layer is limited to mechanical exfoliation, which normally suffers from uncontrollable layer thickness, small size, and low yet unpredictable yield. Here, via a confined vapor epitaxy (CVE) method, we demonstrate the mass production of flower-like CrI3 monolayers on mica. Interestingly, we discovered the crucial role of K ions on the mica surface in determining the morphology of monolayer CrI3, reacting with precursors to form a KIx buffer layer. Meanwhile, the transport agent affects the thickness and size of the as-grown CrI3. Moreover, the Curie temperature of CrI3 is greatly affected by the interaction between CrI3 and the substrate. The monolayer CrI3 on mica could act as a magnetic substrate for valley Zeeman splitting enhancement of WSe2. We reckon our work represents a major advancement in the mass production of monolayer 2D CrI3 and anticipate that our growth strategy may be extended to other transition metal halides.
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- 2021
13. Inclined Ultrathin Bi2O2Se Films: A Building Block for Functional van der Waals Heterostructures
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Minhao Zhang, Anmin Nie, Yingchun Cheng, Junquan Huang, Yongqing Huang, Nan Wang, Chengyun Hong, Xiaolong Liu, Ruiping Li, Ye Tao, and Xiaomin Ren
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Graphene ,General Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Heterojunction ,02 engineering and technology ,Polymer ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Electrostatics ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,chemistry ,law ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Field-effect transistor ,Adhesive ,Mica ,Thin film ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
As an emerging ultrathin semiconductor material, Bi2O2Se exhibits prominent performances in electronics, optoelectronics, ultrafast optics, etc. However, until now, the in-plane growth of Bi2O2Se thin films is mostly fulfilled on atomically flat mica substrates with interfacial electrostatic forces setting obstacles for Bi2O2Se transfer to fabricate functional van der Waals heterostructures. In this work, controlled growth of inclined Bi2O2Se ultrathin films is realized with apparently reduced interfacial contact areas upon mica flakes. Consequently, the transfer of Bi2O2Se could be facile by overcoming weaker electrostatic interactions. From cross-sectional characterizations at the Bi2O2Se/mica interfaces, it is found that there are no oxide buffer layers in existence for both in-plane and inclined growths, while the un-neutralized charge density is apparently decreased for inclined films. By mechanical pressing, inclined Bi2O2Se could be transferred onto SiO2/Si substrates, and back-gated Bi2O2Se field effect transistors are fabricated, outperforming previously reported in-plane Bi2O2Se devices transferred with the assistance of corrosive acids and adhesive polymers. Furthermore, Bi2O2Se/graphene heterostructures are fulfilled by a probe tip to fabricate hybrid phototransistors with pristine interfaces, exhibiting highly efficient photoresponses. The results in this work demonstrate the potential of inclined Bi2O2Se to act as a building block for prospective van der Waals heterostructures.
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- 2020
14. Room-temperature plasticity in diamond
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Yeqiang Bu, Peng Wang, Anmin Nie, and Hongtao Wang
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Materials science ,General Engineering ,Diamond ,02 engineering and technology ,Plasticity ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Amorphous solid ,Stress (mechanics) ,Brittleness ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Composite material ,Deformation (engineering) ,Dislocation ,0210 nano-technology ,Nanopillar - Abstract
In spite of extremely high strength and hardness, the property of brittleness is tightly linked to diamond. In the deformation of diamond at room temperature, the plasticity of the diamond is normally considered hard to occur because of the domination of catastrophic brittle fracture. Herein, we employed in-situ transmission electron microscopy to reveal the diamond room-temperature plastic behavior, and compared it with a recent report (Adv. Mater. 2020, 1906458) on transformation-induced room-temperature plasticity of diamond nanopillars. Our present in-situ uniaxial compression tests in sub-micron-sized diamond pillars indicate that the plasticity in diamond is carried out by dislocations slipping instead of phase transformation and the initiation of plasticity highly depends on the stress state. On the other hand, we noted that a high proportion of amorphous surface layer in the diamond pillars with a diameter of less than 20 nm may be a significant factor leading to the plasticity.
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- 2020
15. Atomic-scale observation of the deformation and failure of diamonds by in-situ double-tilt mechanical testing transmission electron microscope holder
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Yeqiang Bu, Anmin Nie, Yizhi Zhang, Tianye Jin, Junquan Huang, Yongjun Tian, and Hongtao Wang
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Nanomanipulator ,Materials science ,Diamond ,Cleavage (crystal) ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Atomic units ,0104 chemical sciences ,Characterization (materials science) ,body regions ,Transmission electron microscopy ,Indentation ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Deformation (engineering) ,Composite material ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
In-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been demonstrated to be a powerful method in resolving challenging problems such as interactions among various defects. To take advantage of the atomic resolution of advanced TEMs, a compact five-degree-of-freedom nanomanipulator was integrated with an indenter that was made of nanotwinned diamonds, for both the in-situ mechanical testing and double tilting of TEM samples. As a demonstration, in-situ bending tests were performed on the (111), (110) and (100) single-crystal diamond needles. The tests revealed the {111} cleavage to be the dominant failure mode. The in-situ indentation on a diamond nanoplate led to curved cracks consisting of nanometer-scale steps, which were identified to be atomic flat {111} facets. The atomic-scale observation of the deformation and failure of diamonds demonstrated the stability of the entire system and the durability of the indenter. We expect that more delicate research can be carried out by means of this holder in the near future, including in-situ stimulation, atomic characterization, and tomography.
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- 2020
16. 2D Hybrid Superlattice-Based On-Chip Electrocatalytic Microdevice for in Situ Revealing Enhanced Catalytic Activity
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Tianyou Zhai, Huan Yang, Huiqiao Li, Shun Wang, Yabin Guo, Qiao Chen, Zhongyuan Liu, Shuzhe Wang, Anmin Nie, Wenbin Wang, Youwen Liu, and Jianwei Su
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Condensed Matter::Quantum Gases ,In situ ,Materials science ,Superlattice ,General Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Electrocatalyst ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Catalysis ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
A molecule-confined two-dimensional (2D) hybrid superlattice is emerging for uncovering the chemical properties as well as distinctive physical phenomenon arising from the interface electronic stat...
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- 2020
17. Scalable Van der Waals Encapsulation by Inorganic Molecular Crystals
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Lixin Liu, Penglai Gong, Kailang Liu, Anmin Nie, Zhongyuan Liu, Sanjun Yang, Yongshan Xu, Teng Liu, Yinghe Zhao, Li Huang, Huiqiao Li, and Tianyou Zhai
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Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Materials Science - Abstract
Encapsulation is critical for devices to guarantee their stability and reliability. It becomes an even more essential requirement for devices based on 2D materials with atomic thinness and far inferior stability compared to their bulk counterparts. Here a general van der Waals (vdW) encapsulation method for 2D materials using Sb
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- 2021
18. Architecture Design and Catalytic Activity: Non‐Noble Bimetallic CoFe/fe 3 O 4 Core–Shell Structures for CO 2 Hydrogenation
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Wenkang Miao, Ronghui Hao, Jingzhou Wang, Zihan Wang, Wenxin Lin, Heguang Liu, Zhenjie Feng, Yingchun Lyu, Qianqian Li, Dongling Jia, Runhai Ouyang, Jipeng Cheng, Anmin Nie, and Jinsong Wu
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General Chemical Engineering ,General Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,General Materials Science ,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) - Published
- 2022
19. Unexpected enhanced catalytic performance via highly dense interfaces in ultra-fine amorphous-nanocrystalline biphasic structure
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Xinjie Peng, Jiuhui Han, Yutian Wang, Zhenxing Bo, Anmin Nie, Penghui Li, Yanying Li, Haofei Wu, Pan Liu, Zhen Lu, and Haiyang Bai
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General Materials Science - Published
- 2022
20. In Situ Observation of Fracture along Twin Boundaries in Boron Carbide
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Penghui Li, Yeqiang Bu, Linyan Wang, Chong Wang, Junquan Huang, Ke Tong, Yujun Chen, Julong He, Zhisheng Zhao, Bo Xu, Zhongyuan Liu, Guoying Gao, Anmin Nie, Hongtao Wang, and Yongjun Tian
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Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Materials Science - Abstract
The observation of fracture behaviors in perfect and twinned B
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- 2022
21. Magnetic field reversal of electric polarization and pressure-temperature-magnetic field magnetoelectric phase diagram of the hexaferrite Ba0.4Sr1.6Mg2Fe12O22
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Zhipeng Yu, Kun Zhai, Qingkai Wang, Hao Ding, Anmin Nie, Bochong Wang, Jianyong Xiang, Fusheng Wen, Congpu Mu, Tianyu Xue, Shipeng Shen, and Zhongyuan Liu
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General Materials Science ,Condensed Matter Physics - Abstract
Pressure, as an independent thermodynamic parameter, is an effective tool to obtain novel material system and exotic physical phenomena not accessible at ambient conditions, because it profoundly modifies the charge, orbital and spin state by reducing the interatomic distance in crystal structure. However, the studies of magnetoelectricity and multiferroicity are rarely extended to high pressure dimension due to properties measured inside the high pressure vessel being a challenge. Here we reported the temperature-magnetic field-pressure magnetoelectric (ME) phase diagram of Y type hexaferrite Ba0.4Sr1.6Mg2Fe12O22 derived from static pyroelectric current measurement and dynamic magnetodielectric in diamond anvil cell and piston cylinder cell. We found that a new spin-driven ferroelectric phase emerged at P = 0.7 GPa and sequentially ME effect disappeared around P = 4.3 GPa. The external pressure may enhance easy plane anisotropy to destabilize the longitudinal conical magnetic structure with the suppression of ME coefficient. These results offer essential clues for the correlation between ME effect and magnetic structure evolution under high pressure.
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- 2022
22. Flexible graphene/bacterial celluloses Janus structure film with excellent electromagnetic interference shielding and Joule heating performance
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Yingjie Huo, Dan Guo, Jialu Yang, Yukai Chang, Congpu Mu, Anmin Nie, Bochong Wang, Jianyong Xiang, Kun Zhai, Tianyu Xue, and Fusheng Wen
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General Materials Science ,Condensed Matter Physics - Published
- 2022
23. Two-dimensional layered materials InSe nanoflakes/carbon nanotubes composite for flexible all-solid-state supercapacitors
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Fusheng Wen, Xiaohui Sun, Zhongyuan Liu, Bochong Wang, Jianyong Xiang, Yukai Chang, Congpu Mu, Kun Zhai, and Anmin Nie
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Horizontal scan rate ,Supercapacitor ,Materials science ,Band gap ,business.industry ,020502 materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,Composite number ,02 engineering and technology ,Carbon nanotube ,Capacitance ,law.invention ,0205 materials engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,law ,Solar cell ,Electrode ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,business - Abstract
With the rapid development of wearable electronic and smart electronic devices, the flexible supercapacitors have attracted special attention in energy storage and conversion. Indium selenide (InSe) as a novel two-dimensional layered material has been widely investigated in photodetector, solar cell, and so on due to high electron mobility, anomalous optical response and tuning the bandgap. InSe nanoflakes are obtained from bulk layered InSe materials via a liquid-exfoliation technique and used as electrodes materials of supercapacitors. Flexible all-solid-state supercapacitors (ASSPs) with sandwich structure using InSe nanoflakes have a volumetric capacitance of 3.48 F cm−3 at a scan rate of 0.005 V s−1. For improving the performance of ASSPs based on InSe, highly conductive carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are added into InSe nanoflakes to enhance the conductivity of InSe/CNTs composites used as electrodes of ASSPs. InSe/CNTs (mass ratio 6:1) ASSPs deliver high volumetric capacitance of 25.1 F cm−3 at a scan rate of 0.005 V s−1, good mechanical properties (93.2% capacitance at 180° bending) and long cycle stability (88.3% capacitance after 10000 cycles). In addition, ASSPs based on InSe/CNTs composites exhibit a high power density of 410.15 W cm−3 and a superior energy density of 3.48 mWh cm−3. The InSe/CNTs composite is expected to have a potential candidate in high-performance electrochemical energy storage devices.
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- 2019
24. Quasi-Two-Dimensional Se-Terminated Bismuth Oxychalcogenide (Bi2O2Se)
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Lain-Jong Li, Ruiping Li, Qilin Wei, Yingchun Cheng, Yiran Li, Changqing Lin, Anmin Nie, Wei Huang, and Ali Han
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Materials science ,Zipper ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Chemical vapor deposition ,Electron ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Bismuth ,law.invention ,symbols.namesake ,law ,General Materials Science ,Graphene ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Semiconductor ,chemistry ,Chemical physics ,symbols ,Scanning tunneling microscope ,van der Waals force ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Since the discovery of graphene, van der Waals (vdW) two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted considerable attention for various potential applications. Recently, a Se-terminated bismuth oxychalcogenide, Bi2O2Se, has been fabricated using the vapor deposition method. Bi2O2Se is not a vdW 2D material, but the as-grown substance shows 2D characteristics. For example, Bi2O2Se exhibits layer number-dependent absorption spectra in experiments, but until now, there has been no reasonable explanation as to why. Here, we propose a 50% Se-passivation surface model, which elucidates the production of such spectra. Our model is also consistent with recent observations using scanning tunneling microscopy. Moreover, high-resolution transmission electron microcopy observations show a broken zipper-like structure in Bi2O2Se. We ascribe Bi2O2Se as a zipper 2D material, and we summarize the characteristics of zipper 2D materials while proposing the development of others. Zipper 2D materials not only are an important subset of 2D materials but also bridge the gap between vdW 2D materials and traditional 3D materials. Because they are a big family, including insulators, semiconductors, and magnetic metals, zipper 2D materials lend themselves to a plethora of applications.
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- 2019
25. Carbonaceous photonic crystals prepared by high-temperature/hydrothermal carbonization as high-performance microwave absorbers
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Congpu Mu, Yan Zhang, Zhongyuan Liu, Bochong Wang, Jianyong Xiang, Anmin Nie, and Fusheng Wen
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Permittivity ,Hydrothermal carbonization ,Materials science ,Chemical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,Carbonization ,Mechanical Engineering ,Reflection loss ,General Materials Science ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,Microwave ,Structural coloration ,Photonic crystal - Abstract
Carbonaceous photonic crystals (CPCs) were prepared from peacock feather fibers (PFF) via high-temperature carbonization (HTC) and hydrothermal carbonization (HC), and by comparing the optical reflection microphotographs, the CPCs-HTC and CPCs-HC still owned the structural coloration as the natural PFF. Raman results showed that the ID/IG value of CPCs-HTC was higher than the one of CPCs-HC, demonstrating more defects and higher graphitization degree of CPCs-HTC. Due to the presence of defects and the different degrees of graphitization, complex permittivity of CPCs can be controlled. The microwave absorption performance of 30 wt% CPCs-HTC was better than the CPCs-HC. The minimum reflection loss (RL) of CPCs-HTC was − 57.9 dB when the frequency was 7.3 GHz and the thickness was 2.5 mm. The frequency range, in which the RL values were less than − 10 dB, was 6.4–8.5 GHz. Compared with other biomass-derived materials, the CPCs-HTC shows several advantages, such as the specific photonic structure, simple preparation process and excellent microwave absorption performances. Thus, CPCs-HTC has the potential to be a lightweight microwave absorption material.
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- 2019
26. Atomic-Scale Observation of Reversible Thermally Driven Phase Transformation in 2D In2Se3
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Jiyu Dong, Jianyong Xiang, Fan Zhang, Chenggang Tao, Zhe Wang, Anmin Nie, Zhongyuan Liu, and Wenguang Zhu
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Work (thermodynamics) ,Materials science ,General Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Atomic units ,law.invention ,Transformation (function) ,law ,Chemical physics ,Phase (matter) ,Scanning transmission electron microscopy ,General Materials Science ,Density functional theory ,Scanning tunneling microscope ,Electronic properties - Abstract
Phase transformation in emerging two-dimensional (2D) materials is crucial for understanding and controlling the interplay between structure and electronic properties. In this work, we investigate ...
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- 2019
27. One-Step Growth of Spatially Graded Mo1–xWxS2 Monolayers with a Wide Span in Composition (from x = 0 to 1) at a Large Scale
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Shanghuai Feng, Lixuan Liu, Song-Lin Li, Congpu Mu, Yongjun Tian, Guangyu Zhang, Zhongyuan Liu, Bochong Wang, Zhisheng Zhao, Jianyong Xiang, Anmin Nie, Yongji Gong, Fusheng Wen, Yujie Liu, Kun Zhai, and Ruilong Yang
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Materials science ,Bandgap grading ,Chalcogenide ,business.industry ,One-Step ,02 engineering and technology ,Chemical vapor deposition ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Photodiode ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,law ,Monolayer ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Single domain ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Alloying is an effective way to modulate material’s properties. In particular, graded alloying within a single domain of two-dimensional transition-metal chalcogenide (2D-TMC) is of great technolog...
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- 2019
28. Small onion-like BN leads to ultrafine-twinned cubic BN
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Yong Liu, Xiang-Feng Zhou, Bin Wen, Wentao Hu, Baozhong Li, Julong He, Zhisheng Zhao, Yang Zhang, Dongli Yu, Yongjun Tian, Anmin Nie, Kun Luo, Yufei Gao, and Bo Xu
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Phase transition ,Toughness ,Materials science ,Nanoparticle ,02 engineering and technology ,Size change ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Boron nitride ,High pressure ,Vickers hardness test ,Substructure ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Nanotwinned cubic boron nitride (nt-cBN) with remarkable hardness, toughness, and stability has attracted widespread attention due to its distinct scientific and industrial importance. The key for nt-cBN synthesis is to adopt an onion-like BN (oBN) nano-precursor and induce phase transition under high pressure. Here, we found that the size change of oBN used greatly affected the mechanical performance of products. With the precursor size decreasing from ~320 to 90 nm, the Vickers hardness of nanostructured products improved from 61 to 108 GPa, due to the fact that large oBN nanoparticles possessed more flattened, orderly and graphite-like shell layers, in sharp contrast to the highly wrinkled and imperfect layers in small-diameter nanoparticles, thus resulting in the apparent reduction of ultrafine-twin substructure in the synthetic products. This study reveals that only small oBN precursor could produce complete ultrafine nt-cBN with outstanding performance. A practical route was proposed to further improve the performance of this important material.
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- 2019
29. A numerical study on striped lithiation of tin oxide anodes
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Ali Najafi, Ali M. Khounsary, Farzad Mashayek, Reza Shahbazian Yassar, Ajaykrishna Ramasubramanian, Vitaliy Yurkiv, and Anmin Nie
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Work (thermodynamics) ,Materials science ,Applied Mathematics ,Mechanical Engineering ,Nanowire ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Tin oxide ,Lithium-ion battery ,Anode ,Stress (mechanics) ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,chemistry ,Mechanics of Materials ,Chemical physics ,Modeling and Simulation ,General Materials Science ,Lithium ,Diffusion (business) ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
High energy storage capacity of tin oxide (SnO2) makes it a promising anode material for high capacity lithium (Li)-ion batteries. Previous experiments reported by Nie et al. (2013) and Huang et al. (2010) have shown that SnO2 lithiation occurs in two stages. First, Li diffuses rapidly through distinct narrow stripes along the electrode axis. This is followed by a second stage where the diffusion/amorphization of the nanowire occurs. In order to understand and possibly predict this complex chemo-mechanical phenomenon, a finite element (FE) model is developed in this work. The model captures the formation of the striped diffusion regime and the corresponding expansion of the nanowire during the lithiation of SnO2. The effect of the stress on the Li diffusion is modeled at the macroscopic level by implementing a stress-dependent expression for the diffusion coefficient. The modeling results clearly show the formation of the striped diffusion regime due to the induced stresses, at low concentrations of Li. This results in a small strain of 0.017 within the nanowire followed by a bulk diffusion and expansion at higher Li concentrations. Thus, the model allows for the spatiotemporally resolved analysis of Li diffusion/intercalation and helps predicting its influence on the mechanical performance of the electrode under the realistic operational conditions.
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- 2019
30. Accelerated Degradation of CrCl3 Nanoflakes Induced by Metal Electrodes: Implications for Remediation in Nanodevice Fabrication
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Weiming Lv, Congpu Mu, Zhongyuan Liu, Anmin Nie, Kun Zhai, Bingchao Yang, Zhongming Zeng, Yongjun Tian, Fusheng Wen, Lixuan Liu, Jianyong Xiang, Zhisheng Zhao, and Yongji Gong
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Fabrication ,Materials science ,Magnetism ,Environmental remediation ,Electrode ,Monolayer ,Degradation (geology) ,General Materials Science ,Nanotechnology ,Metal electrodes ,Nanodevice - Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) layered magnetic materials have attracted great attention in recent years because of the discovery of long-range order of magnetism down to the monolayer and its expected appli...
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- 2019
31. Coral-like NixCo1−xSe2 for Na-ion battery with ultralong cycle life and ultrahigh rate capability
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Caifu Dong, Yitai Qian, Liqiang Xu, Chaochuang Yin, Ming Luo, Anmin Nie, Yanan Chen, Yanyan He, and Xuyang Ding
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Battery (electricity) ,Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Electric potential energy ,Capacitive sensing ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Conductivity ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Electrochemistry ,Electrode ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Electronics ,Diffusion (business) ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Storage technology of electrical energy with ultrafast charge/discharge rates is in high demand for future electronics and electric vehicles. Among them, sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have received much attention, however, the exploration of electrode materials with a high rate capacity and long cycle life still faces great challenges. In this work, we have fabricated coralloid NixCo1−xSe2 with a hierarchical architecture for the first time, and it presents specific capacities of 321 mA h g−1 after 2000 cycles at 2 A g−1, corresponding to a capacity decay rate of 0.011% per-cycle, and 277 mA h g−1 even at the high rate of 15 A g−1, which could be attributed to the enhanced conductivity by Co-doping, the hierarchical architecture preventing the structure from collapsing or crushing, the accelerated electron transmission and the shortened diffusion distance of Na+. The extremely fast electron and Na ion transfer kinetics could be associated with the capacitive contribution. We further reveal the ultrastable and ultrahigh rate Na-ion storage mechanism through systematic analysis including compositional/structure evolution studies and comprehensive electrochemical characterizations. The presented strategy for the design and synthesis of coralloid, Co doped NiSe2 with a hierarchical architecture could enlighten researchers on the development of electrodes with an ultralong cycle life and ultrahigh rate capability.
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- 2019
32. Submillimeter and lead-free Cs3Sb2Br9perovskite nanoflakes: inverse temperature crystallization growth and application for ultrasensitive photodetectors
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Peng Luo, Hongzhi Zhou, Haiming Zhu, Lin Gan, Tianyou Zhai, Anmin Nie, Haisheng Song, Zhi Zheng, Fuwei Zhuge, Ying Ma, and Qingsong Hu
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Responsivity ,Materials science ,law ,business.industry ,Relaxation (NMR) ,Photodetector ,Optoelectronics ,Inverse temperature ,General Materials Science ,Crystallization ,business ,Perovskite (structure) ,law.invention - Abstract
Lead-free Cs3Sb2Br9 perovskites demonstrate wide applications in photodetectors owing to their remarkable optical properties and nontoxicity. Herein, we utilized an inverse temperature crystallization strategy to synthesize submillimeter Cs3Sb2Br9 perovskite nanoflakes. The carrier relaxation dynamics was investigated. Moreover, the Cs3Sb2Br9 perovskite nanoflake device exhibits fast response speed, high responsivity and excellent detectivity.
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- 2019
33. Scalable Van der Waals Encapsulation by Inorganic Molecular Crystals (Adv. Mater. 7/2022)
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Lixin Liu, Penglai Gong, Kailang Liu, Anmin Nie, Zhongyuan Liu, Sanjun Yang, Yongshan Xu, Teng Liu, Yinghe Zhao, Li Huang, Huiqiao Li, and Tianyou Zhai
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Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Materials Science - Published
- 2022
34. Pressure Effect on Order-Disorder Ferroelectric Transition in a Hydrogen-Bonded Metal-Organic Framework
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Li-Min Wang, Lin Wang, Yongjun Tian, Zhongyuan Liu, Bochong Wang, Anmin Nie, Jianyong Xiang, Di Xu, Fusheng Wen, Congpu Mu, Chao Liu, Zhiwei Shen, Zhipeng Yu, and Kun Zhai
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Phase transition ,Materials science ,Condensed matter physics ,Hydrogen ,Magnetism ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Dielectric ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Ferroelectricity ,0104 chemical sciences ,Pyroelectricity ,symbols.namesake ,chemistry ,Phase (matter) ,symbols ,General Materials Science ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,0210 nano-technology ,Raman scattering - Abstract
Perovskite-like ABX3 metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have gathered great interest due to their intriguing chemical and physical properties, including their magnetism, ferroelectricity, and multiferroicity. Pressure is an effective thermal parameter in tuning related properties in MOFs due to the adjustable organic framework. Though spectrum experiments have been made on the structural evolution during decompression, there is a lack of electrical studies on the order-disorder ferroelectric transition in the metal-organic frameworks under pressure. In this work, we use a static pyroelectric current measurement, a dynamic dielectric method combined with a Raman scattering technique with applying in situ pressure, to explore the order-disorder ferroelectric transition in [(CH3)2NH2]Co(HCOO)3. The ferroelectric transition vanishes around the external pressure of 1.6 GPa, emerging with a new paraelectric phase. Another phase transition was observed at 6.32 GPa, mainly associated with the distortive transition of DMA+ cations. A phenomenological theory of ferroelectricity vanishing at 1.6 GPa for [(CH3)2NH2]Co(HCOO)3 is also discussed. Our study gives a comprehensive understanding in the pressure tuning of ferroelectric properties in hybrid inorganic-organic materials.
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- 2020
35. Alloy engineered germanium monochalcogenide with tunable bandgap for broadband optoelectrical applications
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Sizhao Liu, Yingchun Cheng, Wei Huang, Rong Wang, Xuetao Gan, Qingwei Ma, Xiaolong Liu, Ruiping Li, Chengyun Hong, Changqing Lin, Anmin Nie, and Ruixuan Yi
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Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,business.industry ,Band gap ,Alloy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Germanium ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,chemistry ,0103 physical sciences ,Broadband ,Content (measure theory) ,engineering ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,010306 general physics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Anisotropy - Abstract
Germanium monochalcogenides (GeSe and GeS) are promising materials for various optoelectronic applications because of their solar range bandgaps, high carrier mobilities, high stabilities, earth abundance, and anisotropic optical properties. Precise control of germanium monochalcogenide bandgaps is critical to applications in continuously tunable optoelectronics. In this paper, we combine first-principles calculations and experiments to predict and confirm that alloy engineering is a significant strategy for tailoring germanium monochalcogenide (${\mathrm{GeS}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Se}}_{x}$) optoelectronic properties. When the Se content $x$ increases from 0.0 to 1.0, the bandgap decreases from 1.23 to 0.89 eV. In addition, there is a direct-indirect bandgap transition when $x$ is approximately 0.3. Tunable ${\mathrm{GeS}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Se}}_{x}$ bandgaps can open up exciting opportunities for the development of various electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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- 2020
36. Narrowing Working Voltage Window to Improve Layered GeP Anode Cycling Performance for Lithium-Ion Batteries
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Bingkun Guo, Qianqian Li, Yingchun Lyu, Zhongyuan Liu, Peng Wang, Ronghui Hao, Hongtao Wang, Hangsheng Yang, Yukai Chang, Zhongtao Ma, Kai Wu, Hailin Shen, Yu Huang, Anmin Nie, and Pengshan Du
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Battery (electricity) ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Phosphide ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Window (computing) ,Germanium ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Anode ,Ion ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Lithium ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Voltage - Abstract
Layered germanium phosphide (GeP), a recently developed two-dimensional material, promises highly attractive theoretical capacity for use as a lithium-ion battery anode. Here, we comprehensively investigate its electrochemical performance and the modification mechanism. GeP flakes demonstrate large initial discharge/charge capacity and high initial Coulombic efficiency. However, the cycling performance is disappointing in the potential window of 0.001-3 V in which capacity retention is only ∼18% after 100 cycles. In situ transmission electron microscopy reveals that the poor cycling behavior results in the unexpected large volume change induced by complex reaction processes in cycles. Serious cracking and fracture appear clearly on the electrode surface after cycling. Narrowing the working voltage window to 0.001-0.85 V, cycling stability will be greatly enhanced, with 75% capacity retaining after 100 cycles and ∼50% left after 350 cycles due to the absence of the dealloying of Li
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- 2020
37. Direct Observation of Room-Temperature Dislocation Plasticity in Diamond
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Zhongyuan Liu, Jiabin Liu, Wentao Hu, Yecheng Shao, Yongjun Tian, Yizhi Zhang, Anmin Nie, Wei Yang, Yanbin Wang, Yeqiang Bu, Hongtao Wang, Junquan Huang, and Bo Xu
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science ,Materials science ,Direct observation ,Diamond ,Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Plasticity ,engineering.material ,Compression (physics) ,Brittleness ,Deformation mechanism ,Transmission electron microscopy ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Dislocation ,Composite material - Abstract
It is well known that diamond does not deform plastically at room temperature and usually fails in catastrophic brittle fracture. Here we demonstrate room-temperature dislocation plasticity in sub-micrometer sized diamond pillars by in-situ mechanical testing in the transmission electron microscope. We document in unprecedented details of spatio-temporal features of the dislocations introduced by the confinement-free compression, including dislocation generation and propagation. Atom-resolved observations with tomographic reconstructions show unequivocally that mixed-type dislocations with Burgers vectors of 1/2 are activated in the non-close-packed {001} planes of diamond under uniaxial compression of and directions, respectively, while being activated in the {111} planes under the directional loading, indicating orientation-dependent dislocation plasticity. These results provide new insights into the mechanical behavior of diamond and stimulate reconsideration of the basic deformation mechanism in diamond as well as in other brittle covalent crystals at low temperatures.
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- 2020
38. Enabling Anionic Redox Stability of P2‐Na 5/6 Li 1/4 Mn 3/4 O 2 by Mg Substitution
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Yangyang Huang, Yongcheng Zhu, Anmin Nie, Haoyu Fu, Zhiwei Hu, Xueping Sun, Shu‐Chih Haw, Jin‐Ming Chen, Ting‐Shan Chan, Sijie Yu, Guang Sun, Gang Jiang, Jiantao Han, Wei Luo, and Yunhui Huang
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Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Materials Science - Published
- 2022
39. Extreme dislocation-mediated plasticity of yttria-stabilized zirconia
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Chunyuan Liang, Ke Tong, Junquan Huang, Yeqiang Bu, Jiabin Liu, Zhisheng Zhao, Lin Wang, Bo Xu, Zhongyuan Liu, Yanbin Wang, Anmin Nie, Hongtao Wang, Wei Yang, and Yongjun Tian
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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,General Materials Science ,Energy (miscellaneous) - Published
- 2022
40. In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Explores a New Nanoscale Pathway for Direct Gypsum Formation in Aqueous Solution
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Anmin Nie, Yu-peng Lu, Boao Song, Kun He, Seyed Mohammadreza Ghodsi, Yifei Yuan, Constantine M. Megaridis, Tolou Shokuhfar, Jun Lu, Emre Firlar, and Reza Shahbazian-Yassar
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Materials science ,Aqueous solution ,Gypsum ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,In situ transmission electron microscopy ,Bassanite ,Chemical engineering ,Construction industry ,Transmission electron microscopy ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Nanoscopic scale - Abstract
In the modern construction industry, large gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O) boards are manufactured through a two-step procedure, which features the heating of fine gypsum powders to form the intermediate plast...
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- 2018
41. Improved Electrochemical Performances of LiCoO2 at Elevated Voltage and Temperature with an In Situ Formed Spinel Coating Layer
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Yingchun Lyu, Bingkun Guo, Zhongtao Ma, Run Gu, Tao Cheng, and Anmin Nie
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Materials science ,Spinel ,chemistry.chemical_element ,High voltage ,02 engineering and technology ,Electrolyte ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Electrochemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Cathode ,0104 chemical sciences ,Dielectric spectroscopy ,law.invention ,chemistry ,Coating ,Chemical engineering ,law ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Lithium ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Although various cathode materials have been explored to improve the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, LiCoO2 is still the first choice for 3C consumer electronics due to the high tap density and high volumetric energy density. However, only 0.5 mol of lithium ions can be extracted from LiCoO2 to avoid side reactions and irreversible structure change, which typically occur at high voltage (>4.2 V). To improve the electrochemical performances of the LiCoO2 cathode material at high cut-off voltage and elevated temperature for higher energy density, an in situ formed spinel interfacial coating layer of LiCoxMn2–xO4 is achieved by the reaction of the surface region of the LiCoO2 host. The capacity retention of the modified LiCoO2 cycled at a high voltage of 4.5 V is significantly increased from 15.5 to 82.0% after 300 cycles at room temperature, due to the stable spinel interfacial inhibiting interfacial reactions between LiCoO2 and the electrolyte as confirmed by impedance spectroscopy. We further dem...
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- 2018
42. Metallic layered germanium phosphide GeP5 for high rate flexible all-solid-state supercapacitors
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Fusheng Wen, Zhongyuan Liu, Anmin Nie, Lei Li, Yong Cheng, Jianyong Xiang, Yukai Chang, Yongjun Tian, and Bingchao Yang
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Horizontal scan rate ,Supercapacitor ,Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Phosphide ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Germanium ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Capacitance ,Exfoliation joint ,Energy storage ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Electrical resistivity and conductivity ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
In this study, high quality GeP5 crystals with two-dimensional (2D) layered structures and novel electrical conductivity of 2.4 × 106 S m−1 have been prepared under high-temperature high-pressure oriented growth technique (HTHP-OGT). The as-synthesized GeP5 nanoflakes, after liquid phase exfoliation, show promising potential for application as electrode materials in all-solid-state supercapacitors (ASSPs). The as-prepared GeP5-ASSP exhibits excellent electrochemical performances, including an ultrahigh scan rate of 1000 V s−1, a high specific capacitance of up to 35.86 F cm−3 at 5 mV s−1, a great power density of 397.24 W cm−3 and an energy density of 4.98 mW h cm−3. Moreover, the device can retain 83.7% and 88% of the initial capacitance retention at 180° bending and after 10 000 cycles, respectively, showing outstanding flexibility and superior cycling stability. These properties indicate the promising application of the metallic layered GeP5 for flexible energy storage devices.
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- 2018
43. Controllable growth of multilayered XSe2 (X = W and Mo) for nonlinear optical and optoelectronic applications
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Zhongyuan Liu, Kun Ye, Wenlong Li, Yongjun Tian, Yongji Gong, Kun Zhai, Fusheng Wen, Liying Chen, Congpu Mu, Zhisheng Zhao, Anmin Nie, Bochong Wang, Jianyong Xiang, and Lixuan Liu
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Nonlinear optical ,Materials science ,Mechanics of Materials ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Optoelectronics ,General Materials Science ,General Chemistry ,Condensed Matter Physics ,business - Abstract
The layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit the intriguing physical properties and potential application in novel electronic devices. However, controllable growth of multilayer TMDs remains challenging. Herein, large-scale and high-quality multilayer prototype TMDs of W(Mo)Se2 were synthesized via chemical vapor deposition. For Raman and photoluminescence measurements, 2H and 3R multilayer WSe2 crystals displayed significant layer-dependent peak position and intensity feature. Besides, different from the oscillatory relationship of second harmonic generation (SHG) intensity for odd–even layer numbers in 2H-stacked multilayer WSe2, the SHG intensity of 3R-stacked ones parabolically increased with the thickness due to the absence of inversion symmetry. For device application, photodetectors based on WSe2 with increasing thickness exhibited p-type (bilayer), ambipolar (trilayer), and n-type (four layers) semiconductor behaviors, respectively. Furthermore, photodetectors based on the as-synthesized 3R-stacked WSe2 flakes displayed an excellent responsivity of 7.8 × 103 mA W−1, high specific detectivity (Da*) of 1.7 × 1014 Jones, outstanding external quantum efficiency of 8.6 × 102%, and fast response time (τ Rise = 57 ms and τ Fall = 53 ms) under 532 nm illumination with bias voltage of V ds = 5 V. Similar results have also been achieved in multilayer MoSe2 crystals. All these findings indicate great potential of 3R-stacked TMDs in two-dimensional optoelectronic applications.
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- 2021
44. Strain Release Induced Novel Fluorescence Variation in CVD-Grown Monolayer WS2 Crystals
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Yongjun Tian, Fusheng Wen, Bo Xu, Jianyong Xiang, Chenggang Tao, Zhongyuan Liu, Zhiyan Jia, Zhisheng Zhao, Anmin Nie, Congpu Mu, Ruilong Yang, and Shanghuai Feng
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Materials science ,Photoluminescence ,Strain (chemistry) ,Silicon ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,Chemical vapor deposition ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Fluorescence ,Thermal expansion ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Transition metal ,Chemical engineering ,Monolayer ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Tensile strain is intrinsic to monolayer crystals of transition metal disulfides such as Mo(W)S2 grown on oxidized silicon substrates by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) owing to the much larger thermal expansion coefficient of Mo(W)S2 than that of silica. Here we report fascinating fluorescent variation in intensity with aging time in CVD-grown triangular monolayer WS2 crystals on SiO2 (300 nm)/Si substrates and formation of interesting concentric triangular fluorescence patterns in monolayer crystals of large size. The novel fluorescence aging behavior is recognized to be induced by the partial release of intrinsic tensile strain after CVD growth and the induced localized variations or gradients of strain in the monolayer crystals. The results demonstrate that strain has a dramatic impact on the fluorescence and photoluminescence of monolayer WS2 crystals and thus could potentially be utilized to tune electronic and optoelectronic properties of monolayer transition metal disulfides.
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- 2017
45. Facet-Dependent Thermal Instability in LiCoO2
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Jun Lu, Anmin Nie, Farzad Mashayek, Fernando A. Soto, Soroosh Sharifi-Asl, Yifei Yuan, Khalil Amine, Hasti Asayesh-Ardakani, Vitaliy Yurkiv, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Boao Song, Robert F. Klie, Tara Foroozan, and Perla B. Balbuena
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Analytical chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Bioengineering ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Oxygen ,Ion ,law.invention ,law ,Scanning transmission electron microscopy ,General Materials Science ,Mechanical Engineering ,Electron energy loss spectroscopy ,Spinel ,Oxygen evolution ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Cathode ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Chemical physics ,engineering ,Lithium ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Thermal runaways triggered by the oxygen release from oxide cathode materials pose a major safety concern for widespread application of lithium ion batteries. Utilizing in situ aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) at high temperatures, we show that oxygen release from LixCoO2 cathode crystals is occurring at the surface of particles. We correlated this local oxygen evolution from the LixCoO2 structure with local phase transitions spanning from layered to spinel and then to rock salt structure upon exposure to elevated temperatures. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations (AIMD) results show that oxygen release is highly dependent on LixCoO2 facet orientation. While the [001] facets are stable at 300 °C, oxygen release is observed from the [012] and [104] facets, where under-coordinated oxygen atoms from the delithiated structures can combine and eventually evolve as O2. The novel understanding that emerges from the present stud...
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- 2017
46. A Strategy for Synthesis of Nanosheets Consisting of Alternating Spinel Li4Ti5O12 and Rutile TiO2 Lamellas for High-Rate Anodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries
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Guoyong Wang, Chunlin Li, Xuning Leng, Jianshe Lian, Tong-Yi Zhang, Sufeng Wei, Yan Liu, Libo Wu, Anmin Nie, and Qing Jiang
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Materials science ,Inorganic chemistry ,Spinel ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Anode ,Lamella (surface anatomy) ,Chemical engineering ,chemistry ,Rutile ,Phase (matter) ,Electrode ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Lithium ,0210 nano-technology ,Nanosheet - Abstract
Ultrathin dual phase nanosheets consisting of alternating spinel Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) and rutile TiO2 (RT) lamellas are synthesized through a facile and scalable hydrothermal method, and the formation mechanism is explored. The thickness of constituent lamellas can be controlled exactly by adjusting the mole ratio of Li:Ti in the original reactants. Alternating insertion of the RT lamellas significantly improves the electrochemical performance of LTO nanosheets, especially at high charge/discharge rates. As anodes in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), the dual phase nanosheet electrode with the optimized phase ratio can deliver stable discharge capacities of 178.5, 154.9, 148.4, 142.3, 138.2, and 131.4 mA h g–1 at current densities of 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 C, respectively. Meanwhile, they inherit the excellent cyclic stability of pure spinel LTO and exhibit a capacity retention of 93.1% even after 500 cycles at 50 C. Our results indicate that the alternating nanoscaled lamella structure is a good alternative to...
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- 2017
47. Discovering a First-Order Phase Transition in the Li–CeO2 System
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Baohua Li, Sheng Sun, Jang Kyo Kim, Anmin Nie, Feiyu Kang, Kaikai Li, Yan-Bing He, Xiao-Ye Zhou, Wei Ren, and Tong-Yi Zhang
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Phase transition ,Chemistry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Bioengineering ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Electron ,Crystal structure ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,Synchrotron ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Crystallography ,Lattice constant ,law ,Covalent bond ,Electrode ,General Materials Science ,Density functional theory ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
An in-depth understanding of (de)lithiation induced phase transition in electrode materials is crucial to grasp their structure–property relationships and provide guidance to the design of more desirable electrodes. By operando synchrotron XRD (SXRD) measurement and Density Functional Theory (DFT) based calculations, we discover a reversible first-order phase transition for the first time during (de)lithiation of CeO2 nanoparticles. The LixCeO2 compound phase is identified to possess the same fluorite crystal structure with FM3M space group as that of the pristine CeO2 nanoparticles. The SXRD determined lattice constant of the LixCeO2 compound phase is 0.551 nm, larger than that of 0.541 nm of the pristine CeO2 phase. The DFT calculations further reveal that the Li induced redistribution of electrons causes the increase in the Ce–O covalent bonding, the shuffling of Ce and O atoms, and the jump expansion of lattice constant, thereby resulting in the first-order phase transition. Discovering the new phase ...
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- 2017
48. Lithium metal protected by atomic layer deposition metal oxide for high performance anodes
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Kevin R. Zavadil, Jeffrey W. Elam, Joseph A. Libera, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Soroosh Sharifi-Asl, Anmin Nie, Yifei Yuan, Anil U. Mane, Lin X. Chen, Zhennan Huang, Kyle C. Klavetter, and Justin G. Connell
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Battery (electricity) ,Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Electrolyte ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Electrochemistry ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Anode ,Atomic layer deposition ,chemistry ,Coating ,Chemical engineering ,engineering ,General Materials Science ,Lithium ,0210 nano-technology ,Faraday efficiency - Abstract
Lithium metal is a highly desirable anode material for lithium batteries due to its extremely high theoretical capacity (3860 mA h g−1), low potential (−3.04 V versus standard hydrogen electrode), and low density (0.534 g cm−3). However, dendrite growth during cycling and low coulombic efficiency, resulting in safety hazards and fast battery fading, are huge barriers to commercialization. Herein, we used atomic layer deposition (ALD) to prepare conformal, ultrathin aluminum oxide coatings on lithium. We investigated the growth mechanism during Al2O3 ALD on lithium by in situ quartz crystal microbalance and found larger growth than expected during the initial cycles. We also discovered that the ALD Al2O3 enhances the wettability of the Li surface towards both carbonate and ether electrolytes, leading to uniform and dense SEI formation and reduced electrolyte consumption during battery operation. Scanning electron microscopy verified that the bare Li surfaces become rough and dendritic after electrochemical cycling, whereas the ALD Al2O3 coated Li surfaces remain smooth and uniform. Analysis of the Li surfaces after cycling using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and in situ transmission electron microscopy revealed that the ALD Al2O3 coating remains intact during electrochemical cycling, and that Li ions diffuse through the coating and deposit on the underlying Li. Coin cell testing demonstrated more than two times longer cycling life for the ALD Al2O3 protected Li, and a coulombic efficiency as high as ∼98% at a practical current rate of 1 mA cm−2. More significantly, when the electrolyte volume was reduced from 20 to 5 μL, the stabilizing effect of the ALD coating became even more pronounced and the cycling life was around four times longer. These results indicate that ALD Al2O3 coatings are a promising strategy to stabilize Li anodes for high performance energy storage devices such as Li–S batteries.
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- 2017
49. High-Lithium-Affinity Chemically Exfoliated 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks
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Pulickel M. Ajayan, Long Chen, Xu Yi, Liang Wang, Weiwei Sun, Yusen Li, Yong Wang, Anmin Nie, Xiudong Chen, Xiang Zhang, Fan Wu, Robert Vajtai, and Qianqian Li
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Materials science ,Mechanical Engineering ,Kinetics ,Nanoparticle ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Conjugated system ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Redox ,0104 chemical sciences ,Chemical engineering ,chemistry ,Mechanics of Materials ,Covalent bond ,Electrode ,General Materials Science ,Lithium ,0210 nano-technology ,Mesoporous material - Abstract
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with reversible redox behaviors are potential electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the sluggish lithium diffusion kinetics, poor electronic conductivity, low reversible capacities, and poor rate performance for most reported COF materials limit their further application. Herein, a new 2D COF (TFPB-COF) with six unsaturated benzene rings per repeating unit and ordered mesoporous pores (≈2.1 nm) is designed. A chemical stripping strategy is developed to obtain exfoliated few-layered COF nanosheets (E-TFPB-COF), whose restacking is prevented by the in situ formed MnO2 nanoparticles. Compared with the bulk TFPB-COF, the exfoliated TFPB-COF exhibits new active Li-storage sites associated with conjugated aromatic π electrons by facilitating faster ion/electron kinetics. The E-TFPB-COF/MnO2 and E-TFPB-COF electrodes exhibit large reversible capacities of 1359 and 968 mAh g-1 after 300 cycles with good high-rate capability.
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- 2019
50. Synergistic Additive‐Assisted Growth of 2D Ternary In2SnS4with Giant Gate‐Tunable Polarization‐Sensitive Photoresponse
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Chunguang Hu, Wanfu Shen, Anmin Nie, Bao Jin, Xing Zhou, Nian Zuo, Zhongyuan Liu, Tianyou Zhai, and Xiaozong Hu
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Materials science ,Absorption spectroscopy ,Photodetector ,02 engineering and technology ,Chemical vapor deposition ,010402 general chemistry ,Dichroic glass ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Biomaterials ,symbols.namesake ,law ,General Materials Science ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,business.industry ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Photodiode ,symbols ,Optoelectronics ,0210 nano-technology ,Ternary operation ,business ,Raman spectroscopy ,Biotechnology - Abstract
2D ternary materials exhibit great promise in the field of polarization-sensitive photodetectors due to the low-symmetry crystal structure. However, the realization of ternary material growth is still a huge challenge because of the complex reaction process. Here, for the first time, 2D ternary In2 SnS4 flakes are obtained via synergistic additive of salt and molecular sieve-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Raman vibration mode of In2 SnS4 flakes exhibits polarization-dependent properties. The polarization-resolved absorption spectroscopy and azimuth-dependent reflectance difference microscopy further confirm its anisotropy of in-plane optical absorption and reflection. Besides, the In2 SnS4 flake based device on mica shows ultrafast rising and decay rates of ≈20 and 20 µs. Impressively, In2 SnS4 flake based phototransistor demonstrates giant gate-tunable polarization-sensitive photoresponse: the dichroic ratio can be adjusted in the range of 1.13-1.70 with gate voltage varying from -35-35 V. This work provides an effective means for modulating the polarization-sensitive photoresponse, which may significantly promote the research progress of polarization-sensitive photodetectors.
- Published
- 2021
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