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Institute for Superconducting and Electronic MaterialsAnnual Report 2016

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Contents

Contents .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Director’s Report .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 ISEM at a glance .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Management ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Personnel ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Past ARC Fellows .................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Postgraduate Students ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Postgraduate Completions .................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Postgraduate Student Awards 2016 ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Current and Ongoing Research Projects ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Seminars by Visiting Scientists ............................................................................................................................................................ 33 Selected Abstracts ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Publications 2016 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Funding 2016 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 65 ISEM Contact Details ........................................................................................................................................................................... 68

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Director’s Report Dear all,

In 2016 ISEM has continued its stellar performance across all major impact areas including securing competitive funding, high quality publications, staff development, and training of high calibre postgraduate students. For your information, I would like to briefly highlight some of our achievements.

Our researchers and students have achieved many breakthroughs across a range of topics including but not limited to superconductivity, topological insulators, energy materials, thermoelectric materials, low dimensional materials, and biomaterials. We have continued our breakthrough research on silicene, phosphorene, and germanene – materials comprised of a single atomic layer of corresponding elements. In superconductivity, a family of superconducting liquid metals (Ga–In–Sn alloys) and their nanodroplets toward printable and stretchable superconducting micro/nanoelectronics was developed. In topological insulator area, a new type of core-shelled plasmonic nanostructures with ultrahigh bulk refractive index paves the way for their practical applications in advanced optical and plasmonic devices. In energy materials, a number of different structures and compounds have been synthesized and investigated including hierarchical hollow nanostructures in NiS delivered high reversible capacity, excellent rate capability, and good cycling stability, while 3D hierarchical integrated carbon/red phosphorus/graphene aerogel composite delivered high capacity and long cyle-life. In thermoelectrics, we have analyzed elemental distributions in precipitates and matrices of nanostructured multi phase quaternary Pb chalcogenides using three-dimensional atom probe tomography. We have also successfully synthesized Co3O4 nanosheets with a graphene-like holey structures through a bottom-up selfassembly approach and utilized as a catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction .

Our continuing research excellent is strongly supported by outstanding publication data. In 2016, ISEM published 273 papers. The average journal impact factor for our publications has reached 6.19, which is a 137% increase from 2.61 in 2010. 47 papers have impact factor greater than 10, accounting for 18% of total publications with 7 of them appearing in Nature and Science series journals. ISEM contributed 27.4% of self-exclusive citations to UOW over the past three years with the number of self-exclusive citations per academic staff at ISEM being more than 10 times than that of average for UOW academic staff. In 2016 ISEM contributed 46% of weighted fraction article counts to UOW according to the Nature Index ranking. Such great success could not have been achieved without strong worldwide collaborative research network. In 2016 more than 89% of our published papers originated from collaborations with national and international partners, a truly remarkable achievement. ISEM 2016 publications reflect broad research themes including energy storage materials, superconductors, spintronic/topological materials, electro/photo-catalysts, optics/photonics, biomaterials, piezo-electrical, ferroelectric/multiferroic, magnetic and thermoelectric materials and nano-materials/porous materials for applications. This is the result of our longstanding strategy based on Lao Zi’s philosophy that is “to let nature take its own course”. ISEM has naturally evolved from a single superconductor theme to more than 10 themes in the past 23 years. More importantly, a number of theme leaders have grown out of this natural evolution process and established their leadership on their own right.

This year ISEM has been very successful in attracting competitive funding from the Australian Research Council for projects commencing in 2017. Members of ISEM have secured one Future Fellowship, four DECRA Fellowships, four Discovery Projects, two Linkage projects and one LIEF. The total funding received for 10 projects is $4,062,000 for ISEM. Notably, ISEM has contributed 41.4% of UOW total. In addition, as a node of a successful Centre of Excellence on Future Low Energy Electronics Technology, ISEM has shared a funding of $1,925,000. Also we have secured $4.51M ARENA grant on smart sodium storage system with support from five industry partners. ISEM has attracted $1,750,000 from 7 industry partners in 2016. Altogether ISEM has secured more than $14,000,000 in research funding for 2017 onward.

17 PhD students have graduated in 2016, bringing our total ISEM PhD completion to 161 who are widely distributed within five continents, while our academic staffs have further enhanced their international reputation as evidenced by their appointment as Honorary Professors, Members of Editorial Boards, and Advisory Boards at prestigious universities and journals. Two Professors of ISEM have been named as highly cited researcher by Thomson Reutters in 2016. By now ISEM has won 62 ARC fellowships, more than 40% of UOW total during the same period. In the 2016 round of UOW promotions one ISEM staff has been promoted to Professorial Fellow, one to Associate Professor, and two to Senior Research Fellow levels. Our early career researchers have continued to be exceptionally proactive in establishing their leadership and research standing.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely acknowledge the strong support ISEM has received throughout the year from UOW Executives, faculty, admin staff, technical staff, OHS staff, commercial management staff, industry partners, and academic collaborators. I would also like to express my gratitude to ISEM staff, students, honorary professors, and visitors for their dedication and hard work. I am certain that ISEM will continue its success across the board in 2017 and significantly contribute towards UOW’s aspirational goal of reaching top 1% of universities worldwide.

Sincerely yours,


ISEM at a glance


The Launch of the S4 project within ARENA’s R&D program – UOW Chief Investigators and Industry Partners (2016)


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Management MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Prof. Judy Raper Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research)

Prof. Shi Xue Dou Director, ISEM

Prof. Will Price Executive Director, AIIM

Prof. Chris Cook Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Information Science, UOW

Prof. Xiaolin Wang Associate Director, ISEM

Prof. Hua Kun Liu Research Co-Ordinator, ISEM

Dr. Germanas Peleckis Assistant Director, ISEM

INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ms. S. Moroz CEO, Nano Nouvelle Ltd

Mr. B. Lynch CEO, Valley International Ltd, Newcastle, Australia

Mr. M. Sahari CEO, Malaysian Automotive Institute, Malaysia

Mr. Y. C. Li President, Hong Cheng Electric Power Co Ltd, Anshan, P. R. China

Mr. T. Lee President, McNair Industrial Estate Ltd, P. R. China

Mr. H. Bustamante Principal Scientist treatment, Sydney Water Co, Australia

Mr. M. Li General Manager, Hebei ANZ New Energy Technology Co Ltd, China

Mr. J. Wu Chairman of the Board, DLG Battery Co Ltd, Shanghai, P. R. China

Mr. M. Tomsic Managing Director, Hyper Tech Research Ltd, Ohio, USA

Dr. X. F. Gao General Manager, DLG Co Ltd, Shenzhen, P. R. China

Ms. C. P. Liu Institute of Tianjin Benefo, P. R. China

Mr. A. Kittel Managing Director, Redarc Electronics, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Mr. J. Brown Managing Director, Charge Point Australia NSW, Australia

Dr. Y. Sharma Chief Technological Officer, Galaxy Resources Ltd

Mr. J. Y. Xu Chief Executive Officer, Ningbo Jain Sen Mechanism Ltd

Mr. C. Fu Chief Executive Officer, Zhuo Yi Technology Ltd, Yingko, China

Mr. R. Tandiono Chief Executive Officer, PT Nipress Tbk, Indonesia

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Prof. J. H. Li Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. P. J. Zhang President, Bao Steel Research Institute

Prof. R. Taylor Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Prof. P. Robinson Chair, Cast CRC Ltd


Personnel EXECUTIVE

Distinguished Prof. Shi Xue Dou (PhD, DSc, FTSE)

Director

Senior Prof. Xiaolin Wang (BSc, MSc, PhD)

Associate Director

Dr. Germanas Peleckis (BCh, MSc, PhD)

Assistant Director

ARC FELLOWS

Senior Prof. Zaiping Guo (ARC FT-3 Fellow)

Senior Prof. Xiaolin Wang (ARC FT-3 Fellow)

Prof. Shujun Zhang (ARC FT-2 Fellow)

Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi (ARC FT-2 Fellow)

Dr. Wei Kong Pang (ARC FT-1 Fellow)

Dr. Yunxiao Wang (ARC DECRA Fellow)

Dr. Wenping Sun (ARC DECRA Fellow)

Dr. Zongqing Ma (ARC DECRA Fellow)

RESEARCH STAFF

Distinguished Prof. Hua Kun Liu

Prof. Jiazhao Wang (Professorial Fellow)

Prof. Zhenxiang Cheng (Professorial Fellow)

Prof. Jung Ho Kim (Professor)

A/Prof. Konstantin Konstantinov (Associate Professor)

Dr. Sima Aminorroaya-Yamini (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Zhenguo Huang (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Md Shahriar Hossain (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Yi Du (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Shulei Chou (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Xun Xu (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Khay Wai See (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Zhen Li (Senior Research Fellow)

Dr. Xiao Lu (Research Fellow)

Dr. Jeonghun Kim (Associate Research Fellow)

Dr. Zhi Li (UOW VC Fellow)

Mr. Jon Knott (Research Fellow)

Dr. Jianli Wang (Research Fellow)

Dr. Ting Liao (UOW VC Fellow)

Dr. Weijie Li (Research Fellow)

Dr. Wenbin Luo (Research Fellow)

ISEM FACULTY STAFF

Prof. Chris Cook (Executive Dean, Faculty of EIS)

Dr. Carey Freeth (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of EIS)

Prof. Roger Lewis (Associate Dean, Faculty of EIS)

Prof. Chao Zhang (Senior Professor, Faculty of EIS)

Prof. Alexey Pan (Professor, Faculty of EIS)

Prof. Zaiping Guo (Senior Professor, Faculty of EIS)

A/Prof. Rodney Vickers (Associate Professor, Faculty of EIS)

Prof. Zhixin Chen (Professor, Faculty of EIS)

A/Prof. Yue Zhao (Associate Professor, Faculty of EIS)

A/ Prof. Josip Horvat (Associate Professor, Faculty of EIS)

Dr. David Wexler (Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of EIS)

Dr. Zhen Li (Senior Research Fellow)

ISEM SUPPORT STAFF

Dr. Tania Silver (Technical Editor)

Dr. Dongqi Shi (Senior Instrument Scientist)

Mrs. Crystal Mahfouz (Administrative Assistant)

Mrs. Narelle Badger (Administrative Assistant)

HONORARY FELLOWS

Prof. Edward Collings, Ohio State University

Prof. Lei Jiang, Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Chemistry

Prof. Tom Johansen, Oslo University

Prof. Shane Kennedy, Deputy Director of Bragg Institute, ANSTO

Prof. Zhong Fan Liu, Peking Uinversity, Fellow of CAS

Prof. Kostya Ostrikov, ARC Future Fellow, CSIRO

Dr. Vanessa Patterson, Principal Scientist, ANSTO

Prof. Chang Ming Li, Royal Society of Chemistry, Southwest Univ.

Dr. Scott Needham, Intven Ltd

Prof. Guoxiu Wang, Future Fellow, Univ. of Technology, Sydney

Prof. Dongyuan Zhao, Fellow of CAS, Fudan University

Prof Yi Xie, University of Sci & Tech China, Hefei

Prof. Liming Dai, UOW VISA Fellow, Case Western Reserve University

Prof. Wei Huang, Vice-President, North-Western University of Technology

Prof. Hua Zhang, VISA Fellow, Nanyang University of Technology


Past ARC Fellows

ARC AUSTRALIAN POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Y. C. Guo (1998)

S. Zhong (1998)

X. L. Wang (2002)

G. X. Wang (2003)

J. Z. Wang (2003)

A. V. Pan (2004)

Z. P. Guo (2004)

Y. Zhao (2005)

S. H. Zhou (2005)

D. Q. Shi (2006)

C. H. Jiang (2007)

J. H. Kim (2008)

X. B. Yu (2008)

G. Peleckis (2010)

Z. Q. Sun (2010)

X. Xu (2010)

S. L. Chou (2010)

Z. G. Huang (2012)

W. X. Li (2012

ARC DISCOVERY EARLY CAREER RESEARCH FELLOWS

H. Liu (2013, UTS)

Z. G. Huang (2012)

S. Aminorroaya-Yamini (2013)

M. S. A. Hossain (2013)

Z. Q. Ma (2014)

Z. Liu (2015)

Z. Q. Sun (2015)

W. P. Sun (2016)

ARC AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH FELLOWS

A. V. Pan (2008)

ARC QUEEN ELIZABETH II FELLOWS

X. L. Wang (2005)

G. X. Wang (2007)

Z. P. Guo (2010)

ARC FUTURE FELLOWS

Z. X. Cheng, FT-1 (2009)

J. H. Kim, FT-1 (2011)

X. L. Wang, FT-3 (2013)

S. J. Zhang, FT-2 (2014)

Y. Yamauchi, FT-2 (2015)

Z. P. Guo, FT-3 (2015)

W. K. Pang, FT-1 (2016)

ARC SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS

S. X. Dou (1993)

H. K. Liu (1994)

D. L. Shi (1995)

AUSTRALIAN PROFESSORIAL FELLOWS

H. K. Liu (1999)

S. X. Dou (2002)

H. K. Liu (2003)

H. K. Liu (2006)

S. X. Dou (2007)

ARC INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

V. Roussec (France, 1997)

T. Hughes (UK, 1999)

J. H. Ahn (S. Korea, 2000)

J. Y. Lee (S. Korea, 2001)

P. Majevski (Germany, 2002)

J. M. Yoo (S. Korea, 2006)

F. Liu (USA, 2008)

T. Johansen (Norway, 2009)

G. Hong (Korea, 2009)


Postgraduate Students CURRENT

PhD Thesis Title Supervisors(s)

Mr. Kadhim Mustafa Kadhim Al-Attafi Semiconductor solar sells

Prof. Jung Ho Kim Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Amar Al-Keisy Hydrogen production by the photoelectrolysis of water using nanocrystalline semiconductors in the form of electrodes, colloids, powders and thin films

Dr. Yi Du Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Mustafa Al-Qurainy Synthesis, study structural, and electrical properties of doped YBaCaCuO based thin fiIm superconductors Prof. Alexey Pan

Ms. Shaymaa Hadi Khudhair Al-Rubaye

Preparation of new ceramic-matrix nanocomposite and studying its properties

Prof. Zhenxiang Cheng Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Ms. Kathrin Bogusz Engineering and study of multifunctional biocompatible nanoceramics A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov Prof. Hua Kun Liu Dr. Moeava Tehei

Mr. Jacob Byrnes Study of nanostructured multiphase bulk thermoelectric materials Dr. S. Aminorroaya-Yamini Dr. David Mitchell

Mr. Dean Cardillo Multifunctional metal oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov

Ms. Grace Causer Spin structures in oxide thin films and crystals Prof. Xiaolin Wang

Mr. Mingzhe Chen Hi Li content cathode materials for Li-ion battery Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Shulei Chou

Mr. Jing Cuan Nano porous particles mediate for efficient hydrogen release and sustainable hydrogen storage of BN-based hydride Prof. Zaiping Guo

Mr. Van Huan Duong Adaptive and robust algorithm for lithium-ion's states estimation for application in electric vehicles

Dr. Khay Wai See Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Chunsheng Fang Functional nano materials for energy storage and conversion Prof. Zhenxiang Cheng

Mr. Jiawen Fang Highly efficient catalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis Dr. Wenping Sun Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Haifeng Feng Exploration of novel nanomaterials for visible light photocatalysis Dr. Yi Du Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Xun Xu

Mr. Xavier Reales Ferreres Efficient energy recovery in light and heavy vehicles.

Dr. S. Aminorroaya-Yamini Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Florian Gebert Research on electrolyte for Sodium ion battery Dr. Shulei Chou Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Haipeng Guo High voltage cathode materials for lithium ion batteries Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Jiazhao Wang Dr. Shulei Chou

Mr. Alaa Hamed Hamood Influence of micro- and nano-patterning on superconducting thin films Prof. Alexey Pan

Ms. Gao Hong Synthesis and electrochemical properties of WO3 nanocomposite Prof. Zaiping Guo Prof. Jun Chen


PhD Thesis Title Supervisor(s)

Mr. Jian Hong Energy storage materials Dr. Zhenguo Huang Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Zaiping Guo

Mr. Eoin Hodge Design, build and test fault current limiter using MgB2 coils Dr. Jeff Moscrop Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Frank Darmann

Mrs. Fanar Ali Husseinjawdat Nano materials for energy storage.

Prof. Jung Ho Kim Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Zhe Hu Nano materials for Na-ion battery Dr. Shulei Chou Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Md. Monirul Islam High performance supercapacitors A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Sheik Md. Kazi Nazrul Islam

Treatment of waste water: photocatalytic efficiency of semiconductor materials to decompose dye ingredients Prof. Xiaolin Wang

Mr. Hyunseock Jie Investigation of phase, texture and micromechanical properties of advanced functional materials using neutron diffraction

Dr. Shahriar Hossain Prof. Jung Ho Kim

Mr. Antony Jones Superconductivity in unbalanced systems: properties and fabrication Prof. Alexey Pan Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Majharul Khan Synthesis and characterization of BN Prof. Hua Kun Liu Dr. Zhenguo Huang

Mr. Mohammad Rejaul Kaiser Development new materials for Li-S batteries

Prof. Jiazhao Wang Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Jonathan Knott Design, modelling, characterisation and analysis of biasing techniques for saturated-core Fault Current Limiters

Dr. Jeff Moscrop Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Weihong Lai Research on high energy Li air battery Dr. Shulei Chou Prof. Jiazhao Wang

Mr. Jaewoo Lee High-performance, robust Si/SiOx anode for lithium-ion battery Prof. Jung Ho Kim Prof. Hua Liu Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Miss Fang Li Development of specially designed flexible materials for bendable and wearable batteries Prof. Jiazhao Wang

Mrs. Xiu Li Novel composite anode materials for sodium ion battery Dr. Shulei Chou Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Xun Xu

Mr. Kai Chin Lim Battery management and packaging system for application in electric vehicles

Dr. Khay Wai See Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Ms. Lili Liu Development of new materials for Li-air batteries Prof. Jiazhao Wang Prof. Hua Kun Liu A/Prof. Jun Chen

Ms. Qiannan Liu Development of porous materials for applications Dr. Shulei Chou Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Ziqi Sun

Miss. Yajie Liu High voltage cathode materials for lithium ion batteries Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Zaiping Guo



Mr. Andrew George Manettas

Thermoelectric performance study of nanostructured, cost-effective Pb chalcogenides

Dr. S. Aminorroaya-Yamini Prof. Alexey Pan

Mr. Mostafa Kamal Masud A Microfluidic non-invasive approach for exosome profiling

Dr. Md Shahriar Hossain Prof. Shi Xue Dou Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi

Mr. Mohanad Hazim Mohammad Magnetic properties of Rare Earth orthoferrite

A/Prof. Josip Horvat Prof. Roger Lewis Prof. Zhenxiang Cheng

Mr. Rafid Abdlateef Mueen

Preparation of chitosan based magnetic nanocomposites for biomedical and environmentally applications via green chemistry approach

A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov A/Prof. Michael Lerch Prof. Zhenxiang Cheng

Ms. Faizun Nesa Investigating the change in structural, magnetic and electric properties of tin doped metal oxide

Prof. Xiaolin Wang Prof. Shane Kennedy Dr. Jianli Wang

Mr. Viet Thien Pham Advanced materials for lithium air battery Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Jiazhao Wang Dr. Shulei Chou

Mr. Wenbin Qiu Development of 2G superconductors for applications Dr. Zongqing Ma Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Md Shahriar Hossain

Ms. Ranjusha Rajagopalan Cathode electrode materials for Li ion battery

Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Long Ren Study of photocatalysts Dr. Yi Du Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Xun Xu

Mr. Boyang Ruan Exploring boron-containing hydrides for hydrogen storage Prof. Jiazhao Wang Prof. Hua Kun Liu Dr. Shulei Chou

Mr. Chandrasekar Mayandi Subramaniyam

Development of advanced electrodes and electrolytes for lithium-ion battery applications

Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Joao Rafael Lourenco Santos Efficient energy recovery in light and heavy vehicles

Dr. S. Aminorroaya-Yamini Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Germanas Peleckis

Mr. Kyubin Shim Design and development of functional mesoporous materials for the next generation drug delivery system

Dr. Md Shahriar Hossain Prof. Jung Ho Kim

Mr. Zhixin Tai Fields of lithium ion batteries for electrical vehicles Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Shunsuke Tanaka Metal organic framework-derived nanoporous carbon for supercapacitor Dr. Md Shahriar Hossain Prof. Shi Xue Dou Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi

Ms. Li Wang Design and development of p-block visible light photocatalysis Dr. Yi Du Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Xun Xu



Mr. Liang Wang Development and exploration of novel photocatalysts by using STM Dr. Yi Du Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Xun Xu

Mr. Jun Wang All solid state lithium ion batteries Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Jiazhao Wang

Mr. Frederick Wells Analysis of the magnetic properties of superconductors by magneto-optical imaging and video Prof. Alexey Pan

Mr. Qingbing Xia High energy cathode materials for Li-ion batteries Dr. Shulei Chou Prof. Hua Kun Liu Prof. Jiazhao Wang

Mr. Feixiang Xiang Energy materials Prof. Xiaolin Wang Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Zichao Yan Cathode materials for Na ion battery Dr. Shulei Chou Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Fuhua Yang Nano-structured carbon materials for sodium ion batteries Prof. Zaiping Guo Prof. Jun Chen

Ms. Zheyin Yu The design and synthesis of new cathode materials for high performance batteries

Prof. Zhenxiang Cheng Prof. Xiaolin Wang Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Zhenwei Yu Development of thermoelectric composites for high temperature power generation Prof. Xiaolin Wang

Mr. Frank Fei Yun Electronic band structures and gas sensing properties of single layer materials using first principles calculation and experimental methods Prof. Xiaolin Wang

Mr. Hao Zhang Terahertz and optical spectroscopic characterization for aerographite zinc oxide tetrapod interconnected networks and carbon nanostructures

A/Prof. Josip Horvat Prof. Roger Lewis

Mr. Lei Zhang Novel Si based composite materials as anodes for Li-ion batteries Prof. Kua Kun Liu Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Mr. Binwei Zhang Materials for sodium ion battery Prof. Shi Xue Dou Prof. Hua Kun Liu Dr. Yunxiao Wang

Ms. Lijuan Zhang High-performance thermoelectric materials for waste heat recovery Dr. Zhen Li Prof. Shi Xue Dou Dr. Jian Li Wang

Mr. Shilin Zhang Proposal of energy devices Prof Zaiping Guo A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov

Mr. Neng Zhang Investigation of boost DC/AC converters and their applications in the integrated solar PV and energy storage system

Dr. Khay See Prof. Shi Xue Dou

Ms. Qing Zhang Synthesis and electrochemical properties of transition metal sulfides for magnesium ion battery Prof. Zaiping Guo

Mr. Wenchao Zhang Solidification and microstructure development of Zn-55Al-(2-5)Mg-(1.5-5)Si (in wt coatings)

Dr. Zhixin Chen Prof. Zaiping Guo

Mr. Shaohua Zhang High-performance oxide-based thermoelectric nano-materials Dr. Zhen Li Prof. Shi Xue Dou



Mr. Yang Zheng Selectivity facet exposed transition metal oxide nanostructures as advanced materials for energy storage applications Prof. Zaiping Guo

Mr. Teng Fei Zhou Na-ion battery Prof. Zaiping Guo

Ms. Malgorzata Irena Zuchora Novel theranostic systems for cancer therapy

A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov Prof. Anatoly Rozenfeld Dr. Moeava Tehei Dr. Vitor Sencadas

Master’s Thesis Title Supervisors

Mr. Enad Abed Mahmood Alabed Multifunctional advanced nanomaterials for biomedical applications

Dr. Lezanne Ooi Prof. Jung Ho Kim Dr. Md Shahriar Hossain

Mr. Nawfel Abdullah Surface functionalization of magnetic nanoparticle for biomedical application.

Dr. Md Shahriar Hossain A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov Dr Vitor Sencadas Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi

Mr. Nai-Sheng Hsu Drug delivery multifunctional systems based on nanoceramic particles for cancer treatment A/Prof. Kosta Konstantinov

Mr. Meng Li Thermoelectric materials Prof. Xiaolin Wang

Mr. Vaughan Patterson Band gap study of lead chalcogenide alloys Dr. Sima Aminorroaya-Yamini


Postgraduate Completions PHD GRADUATES

Name Thesis Title Year

C. Bleasdale The diamagnetic Kepler problem in a semiconductor environment 2016

X. Chen Design and synthesis of binary and ternary copper chalcogenide nanostructures for energy conversion

2016

M. F. Md Din Magnetic phase transitions and novel materials for magnetocaloric effect 2016

Y. H. Dou Atomically thin transition metal oxides for energy conversion and storage 2016

C. Han Synthesis of nanostructured metal chalcogenides used for energy conversion and storage 2016

M. Ihsan Advanced transition metal oxide materials as electrodes for lithium ion batteries 2016

S. Kalluri Nano-engineering and advanced characterizations of layered-structure electrode materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries

2016

M. H. Khan Synthesis and application of few-layered hexagonal boron nitride 2016

W. Li Investigation on the promising electrode materials for rechargeable sodium ion batteries 2016

X. Liang Study on sulfur cathode materials for high performance lithium/sulfur batteries 2016

W. Luo Advanced materials for rechargeable lithium-oxygen batteries 2016

Y. Pan Advanced materials for stable Li-S and Li-organic batteries 2016

D. J. Patel Design and fabrication of solid nitrogen cooled MgB2 based persistent magnet for MRI application 2016

B. Shabbir Effects of hydrostatic pressure on critical current density & pinning mechanism of iron based superconductors and MgB2

2016

J. Wang Development of new electrode materials for lithium ion batteries and lithium oxygen batteries 2016

H. Q. Wang Design and modification of cathode materials for high-performance lithium-sulfur and lithium-selenium batteries

2016

F. Xiao Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets synthesis and applications 2016

J. Y. Xiong Advanced one dimensional plasmonic photocatalysts 2016

L. Zhao Investigation on the electronic structures, hardness and thermoelectric properties of superionic thermoelectric materials

2016

Q. Chen Electrical and optical properties of functional thermoelectric materials 2015

E. Constable Strong magnetic field effects in the terahertz regime 2015

S. Fedoseev Investigation of superconducting thin films and multilayered structures for electronic applications 2015

X. W. Gao Composites and ionic liquid-based electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries 2015

I. Golovchanskiy Thin films: growth mechanisms, superconducting and functional properties, modelling of vortex behaviour

2015

T. Katkus Thermoelectric modules for high temperature power generation 2015

P. S. Lavers Electronic structure of perovskite and related materials 2015

L. M. Lepodise Terahertz spectroscopy of electronic materials 2015

D. Li Three-dimensional porous electrode materials for lithium ion batteries 2015

S. Li Bio-compatible materials for batteries 2015

J. J. Lin Nanomaterials for catalyst 2015

A. Motaman Current limiting mechanism in MgB2 2015



S. Porter Perovskite titanium and niobium oxide nitrides: synthesis and characterization 2015

Y. Shi Development of materials for room temperature sulfur batteries 2015

A. A. T. Tawfiq Quantum properties of graphene and carbon nanostructures 2015

Y. Wang Nanomaterials for LIBs 2015

G. Xia Light metal hydrides for reversible hydrogen storage applications 2015

Z. J. Zhang Development of advanced materials for rechargeable lithium batteries 2015

C. Zhu Spin wave and spin density wave in magnetic materials 2015

S. H. Aboutalebi Processing graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes: routes to self-assembly of designed architectures for energy storage applications 2014

Y. S. Ang Many-body effect in massless Dirac fermions 2014

D. Beaven FPGA architecture for numerical computations 2014

A. Chidembo Advanced graphene-metal oxide nanostructured composites for supercapacitors 2014

A. Chowdhury Synthesis of nano-ceramics for supercapacitors 2014

D. Cortie Interface effects in magnetic metal/metal-oxide thin film systems 2014

L. Feng Simulation of crystal, electronic and magnetic structures, and gas adsorption of two dimensional materials 2014

F. Hong The magnetic and electric properties in novel magnetic systems 2014

A. Jalalian Lead free piezoelectric materials 2014

J. G. Kim Ti-based nanostructured materials for lithium-ion batteries 2014

L. M. Lepodise THz spectroscopic studies of materials using the FTIR technique: Experiment and simulation 2014

L. Li Nanostructured anode materials with high capacity for rechargeable energy storage 2014

V. Malgras Lead sulfide colloidal quantum dots: passivation and optoelectronic characterisation for photovoltaic device applications 2014

M. Shahbazi Study of iron pnictide superconductors 2014

J. Xu Advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries and sodium-ion batteries 2014

Z. Yue Transport properties of topological insulators Sb2Te3 and Bi2Te3 crystals and films 2014

C. Zhong Graphene materials for Li-ion batteries 2014

F. Bijarbooneh Improved nano-structures in hydrolysis-derived titanium dioxide particles for dye sensitized solar cell applications 2013

K. S. De Silva Improving superconducting properties of MgB2 by chemical doping using graphene as C source 2013

Q. Li Research on superconducting films and buffer layers for electronic applications 2013

L. Lu Electrolytes for rechargeable batteries 2013

M. Mustapic Enhancement of MgB2 superconductor by magnetic nanoparticle doping 2013

L. Noerochim Improving the capacity and safety of lithium ion battery 2013

E. Pogson Terahertz applications in medicine, the environment and optics 2013

K. Radhanpura Semiconductor materials and structures for the efficient generation of terahertz radiation 2013

M. Salari Application of nanostructural titania in supercapacitors 2013

P. Shamba Novel magnetocaloric materials for room temperature magnetic refrigeration 2013

K. H. Seng Advanced nanomaterials for lithium ion batteries 2013

C. Zhong Three-dimensional nano-materials for lithium-ion batteries 2013



C. F. Zhang Advanced electrode materials for lithium ion batteries 2013

J. Debnath Nanostructure control of MgB2 by chemical doping 2012

N. Idris Nanomaterials for lithium rechargeable batteries 2012

M. Ismail Hydrogen storage materials 2012

J. F. Mao Study on hydrogen storage behaviour of LiBH4 2012

K. W. See Experimental and theoretical approaches for AC losses in practical superconducting tapes for engineering applications 2012

P. Jood Oxide thermoelectric materials for high temperature power generation 2012

G. Du Performance improvement of cathode materials for lithium batteries 2012

Y. Du Multiferroic transition metal oxides: structural, magnetic, ferroelectric, and thermal properties 2011

M. F. Hassan Nanostructured materials for lithium ion batteries 2011

S. Hargreaves High efficiency terahertz emitters 2011

H. Liu Design of nano-structured materials and their applications for lithium ion batteries 2011

M. Maeda Densification and connectivity in polycrystalline MgB2 materials for improvement of critical current density 2011

C. K. Poh Metallic nanostructures, ultrathin films and optical technologies for hydrogen storage and switchable mirrors 2011

J. Park Nanostructured semiconducting metal oxides for use in gas sensors 2011

M. M. Rahman Advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries 2011

A. Shcherbakov Magnesium diboride superconductor: thermal stabilization and doping 2011

B. Winton Low energy metal ion implantation of poly-di-methylsiloxane (PDMS) for increased biocompatibility for use in tissue engineering applications 2011

H. Wu New catalyst materials for hydrogen fed fuel-cells and hydrogen storage on double walled carbon nanotubes 2011

L. Wang Chemical solution deposition for YBCO superconducting films and Sm2O3 buffer layers on single crystal and biaxially textured metallic substrates 2011

P. Zhang Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured electrodes for lithium-ion batteries 2011

S. L. Chou Nanostructured / composite materials for rechargeable Li-ion battery and supercapacitor 2010

W. X. Li Carbohydrate doping effect on the superconductivities and microstructure of MgB2 superconductor 2010

S. Pysarenko HTS multi-layers thin films fabrication 2010

R. Nigam Study of magnetic behaviour of Ru-based superconducting ferromagnets 2010

A. Ranjbar Effect of catalysts on hydrogen storage properties of MgH2 2010

Q. Yao Study of newly discovered two dimensional cobalt based perovskite compounds doped with various rare earth elements

2009

Y. Zhang Improvement of critical current density in MgB2 by optimizing process parameters and chemical doping

2009

X. Xu Effect of starting boron powder on the superconducting properties of MgB2 2009

S. Y. Chew Advanced materials for electrodes and electrolyte in rechargeable lithium ion batteries 2009

D. P. Chen Crystal growth, magnetism, transport and superconductivity of two dimensional sodium cobalt oxide single crystals

2009

M. M. Farhoudi Studies of structures, transport and magnetic properties of doped novel three dimensional perovskite compounds

2009



Y. P. Yao A study of electro materials for lithium-ion batteries 2008

Z. W. Zhao The liquid-phase synthesis and electrochemical application of novel inorganic nanocomposites 2008

O. Shcherbakova Development of MgB2-xCx superconductors and understanding their electromagnetic behaviour 2008

M. S. Park Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured electrode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries

2008

M. S. A. Hossain Study of superconducting and electromagnetic properties of un-doped and organic compound doped MgB2 conductors

2008

S. H. Ng Nanostructured materials for electrodes in lithium-ion batteries 2008

Z. G. Huang Effects of compositions and mechanical milling modes on hydrogen storage properties 2008

S. A. Needham Development of advanced electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries 2007

G. Peleckis Studies on diluted oxide magnetic semiconductors for spin electronic applications 2007

M. Roussel Magneto-optical imaging in superconductors 2007

L. Yuan Investigation of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries 2007

M. O’Dwyer Solid-state refrigeration and power generation using semiconductor nanostructures 2007

Y. Chen Investigation on advanced active materials for lithium-ion batteries 2006

S. Bewlay Investigation on Li-Co-Ni system for lithium ion batteries 2006

A. Li A study of the fabrication and characterization of high temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7 thin films

2006

S. H. Pilehrood Electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures under intense terahertz radiation 2006

W. K. Yeoh Control of nanostructure for enhancing superconductor performance through chemical doping 2006

Y. Zhao Fabrication and characterization of superconducting PLD MgB2 thin films 2006

S. Keshavarzi Investigation of vortex dynamics of (Tl,Pb)(Sr,Ba)2Ca2Cu3Oy and an alternative method for determination of the lock-in angle in twinned superconductors

2005

F. Gao Studies on the synthesis, characterization and properties of colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) materials

2004

M. Lindsay Data analysis and anode materials for lithium ion batteries 2004

B. Lough Investigations into thermionic cooling for domestic refrigeration 2004

D. Milliken Uranium doping of silver sheathed bismuth-strontium-calcium-copper-oxide superconducting tapes for increased critical current density through enhanced flux pinning

2004

S. Soltanian Development of superconducting magnesium diboride conductors 2004

C. Wang Cathodic materials for nickel-metal hydride batteries 2004

S. H. Zhou Processing and characterization of MgB2 superconductors 2004

Z. P. Guo Investigation on cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries 2003

J. McKinnon The fundamental mechanisms involved in the production of thin films by pulsed laser 2003

D. Marinaro A study into the effects of fission-fragment damage on activation energies in Ag/Bi2223 tapes 2003

D. Q. Shi Buffer layers for YBCO superconducting films on single crystal YSZ substrates and cubic texture Ni substrates

2003

J. Wang Development of a novel plate making processing technique for manufacturing valve-regulated lead-acid batteries

2003

R. Baker Zeeman and piezo-spectroscopy of antimony and aluminium in germanium 2001

X. K. Fu Fabrication and characterization of Bi-2223 current lead 2002



K. Uprety Magnetic hysteresis and relaxation in Bi-2212 single crystals doped with iron and lead 2002

F. Darmann AC Loss in high temperature superconductor 2001

G. X. Wang Investigation on electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries 2001

J. P. Chelliah Optical spectroscopy of semiconductors 2000

L. Sun Amorphous and nanocrystalline hydrogen storage alloy materials for nickel-metal hydride batteries 2000

X. L. Wang Spiral growth, flux pinning and peak effect in doped and pure Bi-2212 HTS single crystal 2000

R. Zeng Processing and characterization of Bi-2223/Ag superconducting tapes 2000

J. Chen High energy storage material for rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries 1999

T. Silver Near band-edge optical properties of MBE GaAs and related layered structures 1999

G. Takacs Spectroscopy of the effect of strains and magnetic field on shallow acceptor levels in germanium 1999

N. Cui Magnesium based hydrogen storage alloy anode materials for Ni-MH secondary batteries 1998

R. J. Heron Far-infrared studies of semiconductors in large magnetic fields 1998

M. Ionescu Growth and characterization of Bi-2212 crystals and improvement of Bi-2212/Ag superconducting tapes

1998

J. X. Jin (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x/Ag high Tc superconductors and their applications in an electrical fault current limiter and an electronic high voltage generator

1998

M. Lerch Optical & electrical studies of resonant tunnelling heterostructure 1998

S. Stewart Thermodynamic and dielectric properties in modulated two-dimensional electronic systems 1998

W. G. Wang Fabrication and improvement of silver sheathed (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 tapes By powder-in-tube technique

1998

B. Zeimetz High temperature superconducting tapes & current leads 1998

S. Zhong Investigation on lead-calcium-tin-aluminium grid alloys for valve-regulated lead-acid batteries 1998

B. L. Luan Investigations on Ti2Ni hydrogen storage alloy electrode for rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries

1997

N. Vo Design and characterization of HTS coils 1997

A. Warner A spectroscopic study of acceptors in germanium 1997

J. M. Xu Phase formation and transformation in the R-Fe-T system (R=Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Ho, T and Lu, T=Si, Ti & Zr

1997

M. Yavus Powder processing of Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconducting materials 1997

Q. Y. Hu Fabrication and enhancement of critical currents of silver sheathed Bi,Pb2Sr2Ca3Cu3O10 tapes 1996

J. Yau Ag/Bi-2223 tape processing and mechanical properties 1994

J. A. Xia Characterization of melt-texture of YBCO HTS 1994

Y. C. Guo Investigation of silver-clad (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10-x superconducting tapes 1994

A. Bourdillion Microstructure, phase characterization and texture processing of HTS 1992

M. Apperley The fabrication of high Tc superconductor wire 1992

MASTERS GRADUATES


J. George A Study of vortex dynamics in patterned superconducting thin films 2016

Y. Xu Optimizing Sn-based anode nanostructure and binder material for use in high-performance lithium-ion batteries 2016



Q. Yang Novel anode materials for sodium ion battery 2016

K. Huang One-dimensional anode materials for sodium ion batteries 2015

C. Stewart An investigation into the tailoring of bismuth oxide nanoceramic with a biomedical application as a high Z radiation enhancer for cancer therapy. 2015

F. Yun Energy materials 2014

I.M. Hashim Corrosion evaluation of Al-based alloys 2014

R. Hargreaves Ultrafast demagnetization as a terahertz source 2014

M. Sale Large throughput analysis of crystal structures for identification of promising Li-ion battery materials. 2014

H. Baiej Superconducting thin films 2013

A. Chowdhury Synthesis of nanoceramics for supercapacitors 2013

X. Wang Study of energy materials 2013

I. Sultana Biodegradable material for bio battery 2012

M. Shahbazi-Manshadi Study of superconducting and magneto transport properties of REFeAsO1-xFx (RE=La and Ce) 2011

C. Zhong Development of new electrode materials for lithium ion batteries 2010

L. Lu Enhancement of connectivity and flux pinning in MgB2 superconducting bulk and wires 2009

Y. S. Wu Fabrication of in-situ MgB2 thin films on Al2O3 substrate using off-axis PLD technique 2007

Z. J. Lao New materials for supercapacitors 2006

B. Winton A study of the magnetoresistance effect in Bi-2212 for the purposes of utilisation in magnetic field sensors 2005

Q. Yao MgB2 thin films 2005

P. Lavers The mobility of large anions in crystals with the fluorite structure 2004

J. Yao Carbon based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries 2004

Z. W. Zhao Nano-oxides fabricated in-situ by spray pyrolysis technique as anode materials for lithium secondary batteries 2004

K. Ishida Landau spectra of ZnH and neutral Zn in germanium 2004

S. Lee Multilayer thermionic cooling in GaAs-AlxGa1-xAs heterostructures 2003

Z. Zhang The comparative research on the Ag-alloy sheathed Bi-2223 tapes 2003

A. Li Fabrication and characterization of novel substrates and superconducting thick films 2002

M. Farhoudi AC loss in Ag/Bi-2223 tape in AC field 2002

M. Ling Mechanism of outgrowth in multifilament Bi-2223 tape 2001

E. Sotirova Investigation of colossal magnetoresistance materials 2001

K. Uprety Vortex properties of Bi-HTS 1999

J. Z. Wang Investigations on anode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries 1999

F. Chen The influence of selenium on lead-calcium-tin-aluminium 1998

G. Yang Effect of element substitution on superconductivity 1997

N. Zahir A new method for production and study of electrical properties of carbon foam 1996

J. X. Jin (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x/Ag high Tc superconductors and their applications in an electrical fault current limiter and an electronic high voltage generator 1994


Postgraduate Student Awards 2016 Each year ISEM selects a number of outstanding students and in recognition of their research efforts, these students are presented with a Certificate to mark their achievements, together with a cash prize.

ISEM POSTGRADUATE STUDENT EXCELLENCE AWARD

Haifeng Feng Joao Rafael Lourenco Santos

Lei Zhang Yang Zheng

Md. Monirul Islam (absent) ISEM POSTGRADUATE STUDENT MERIT AWARD

Hong Gao Qiannan Liu


Ranjusha Rajagopalan Long Ren

Zheyin Yu Lili Liu (absent)

ISEM POSTGRADUATE STUDENT BEST PAPER AWARD

Majharul Haque Khan – M. H. Khan et al., “Atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride nanofilm for Cu protection: The importance of film perfection”, Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603937

Shaohua Zhang (absent) – S. H. Zhang et al., “Ambient aqueous synthesis of ultrasmall PEGylated Cu2-xSe nanoparticles as a multifunctional theranostic agent for multimodal imaging guided photothermal therapy of cancer”, Advanced Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602193


CHINESE GOVERNMENT PRIVATE POSTGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

• Tengfei Zhou • Hongchao Wang • Lili Liu

PAST ISEM CHINESE GOVERNMENT PRIVATE POSTGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD WINNERS

Name Year awarded Name Year awarded Name Year awarded

Yue Zhao 2006 Guo Dong Du 2010 Zengji Yue 2013

Zhen Guo Huang 2007 Yi Du 2010 Guang Lin Xia 2014

Jerry Zhao 2007 Jian Feng Mao 2010 JianJian Lin 2015

Wen Xian Li 2008 Chao Zhong 2011

Da Peng Chen 2008 Chao Feng Zhang 2012

Shulei Chou 2009 Hong Fang 2012

Hao Liu 2009 Xuan Wen Gao 2013

Peng Zhang 2009 Yi Shi 2013


Current and Ongoing Research Projects ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Novel terahertz electronics, photonics and plasmonics in high- mobility, low-dimensional electronic systems (HMLDES) Years Funded: 2014 2015 2016 $130,000 $140,000 $140,000 Total Funding: $410,000 Project ID: DP140101501 Chief Investigators: C. Zhang, X. L. Wang, R. A. Lewis, J. Horvat Partner Investigator: Q. L. Bao Project Summary: High-mobility, low-dimensional electronic systems (HMLDES) are of importance in developing the next generation of electronics, photonics and plasmonics. This is due to their very rapid response time and their strong coupling with the electromagnetic field. This project will investigate the electronic and optical properties of HMLDES in the terahertz frequency regime in a search for a new mechanisms leading to terahertz emission and detection. This fundamental research on charge dynamics, plasmonics and non-linear optical processes in HMLDES will link electronics and optics, paving the way for new HMLDES-based terahertz electronic, photonic and plasmonic devices that will significantly expand terahertz technology to the benefit of all Australians.

Lithium-ion air batteries with non-flammable ionic liquid–based electrolytes Years Funded: 2014 2015 2016 $55,000 $140,000 $155,000 Total Funding: $350,000 Project ID: DP140100401 Chief Investigators: J. Z. Wang, J. Chen, S. L. Chou, H. K. Liu Partner Investigator: H. S. Zhou, X. L. Wang Project Summary: The aim of this project is to develop rechargeable lithium-ion air batteries based on novel advanced materials and non-flammable ionic-liquid-based electrolytes for use in electric vehicles. The success of this project would make a significant contribution to improving the safety of typical lithium-air batteries. The expected outcomes include: establishing novel lithium-ion air battery electrochemical systems using selected advanced electrode materials and electrolytes which are developed in this proposal; and, understanding the degradation mechanisms of electrode materials in the novel lithium-ion air battery systems with different advanced characterisation methods.

Design and exploration of novel p-block materials for solar energy conversion Years Funded: 2014 2015 2016 $215,000 $145,000 $160,000 Total Funding: $520,000 Project ID: DP1402581 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, Y. Du, X. Xu, G. Peleckis, J. Scott Partner Investigator: J. H. Ye, W. C. Hao, K. S. Liu, P. Cheng Project Summary: This project aims to design and explore novel visible light p-block photocatalysts through in depth surface studies of materials at an atomic level. A new strategy of band structure engineering and in-situ investigation of atomiclevel photocatalytic dynamics will be the key elements in this research which is expected to yield several novel visible light photocatalysts. The outcome of the project will be the understanding of processes and mechanisms underlying the photocatalysis and building the foundation of usable, stable, and durable visible-light photocatalytic applications.


Development of highly regenerable ammonia-borane and related boron nitride-based hydrides with low cost for hydrogen storage Years Funded: 2014 2015 2016 $110,000 $115,000 $120,000 Total Funding: $345,000 Project ID: DP140102858 Chief Investigators: Z. P. Guo, Z. G. Huang, H. K. Liu Partner Investigator: X. B. Yu, Q. F. Gu Project Summary: The project will design and synthesise novel boron-nitrogen hydrides. It will employ material design strategies, such as new synthesis techniques, dopant destabilisation, and dehydrogenation catalysts to design and experimentally validate novel multicomponent hydride systems with high storage capacities (above 9 wt% under near-ambient conditions) and high reversibility. The outcomes of this project will make a significant enhancement in the performance of solid state hydrogen storage materials and will deliver a viable storage technology for a range of fuel cell applications.

Multifunctional 2D materials for sustainable energy applications Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 2019 $152,000 $152,000 $152,000 $154,000 Total Funding: $610,000 Project ID: DP160102627 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, Z. Q. Sun, X. Xu, T. Liao Partner Investigator: Z. F. Liu, H. Zhang, J.-B. Baek, L. M. Dai Project Summary: This project seeks to explore the great potential of novel graphene-like two dimensional (2-D) materials for energy applications. 2-D materials, which possess atomic or molecular thickness and infinite planar lengths, are regarded as a building block for many applications due to their unique nanostructures, electronic and mechanical properties. This project is focused on the design and exploration of layered two-dimensional artificial graphene and graphene analogues with ‘on-demand’ properties to exploit advanced energy applications. There is now a pressing need to integrate graphene sheets into multidimensional and multifunctional systems with spatially well-defined configurations, and integrated systems with a controllable structure and predictable performance. Project outcomes may lead to next-generation devices in energy storage and other applications.

Coherent, tuned terahertz photons from nonlinear processes in graphene Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 $135,000 $130,000 $130,000 Total Funding: $395,000 Project ID: DP160101474 Chief Investigators: C. Zhang, R. Lewis, Z. Li Partner Investigator: F. Q. Wang, H. Schneider, M. Johnston Project Summary: The project aims is to develop a low cost, tunable, efficient and coherent source of terahertz light. While much of the electromagnetic spectrum is in common use, the terahertz region, lying in frequency above electronics and radio waves but below photonics and visible light, is still relatively unexploited. Today the biggest challenge in the field remains the radiation source. This project aims to develop a new type of terahertz source based on strong nonlinear optical processes in graphene and cognate materials. It proposes the direct transformation of the surface plasmon polariton to terahertz photons. A high efficiency terahertz radiation source would significantly expand the use of terahertz technology in science, medicine, industry and defence.


FUTURE FELLOWSHIPS

Electronic topological materials Years Funded: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $124,000 $247,000 $246,000 $246,000 $124,000 Total Funding: $987,000 Project ID: FT130100778 Chief Investigators: X. L. Wang Project Summary: Discovery of new classes of materials with new functionalities or significantly improved performance has always been the driving force for the advance of modern science and technology, and the improvement of our daily lives. This project aims to discover a number of innovative materials, based on new strategies of materials design, discover their novel functionalities and novel quantum effects, and elucidate their underlying physics. It is expected that these novel materials will provide a new platform for superconductivity, magnetism, spintronics, optical and multi-disciplinary sciences, and lead to future generations of advanced multifunctional electronic devices.

Lead-free bismuth based dielectric materials for energy storage Years Funded: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 $111,000 $222,000 $222,000 $222,000 $111,000 Total Funding: $888,000 Project ID: FT140100698 Chief Investigator: S. J. Zhang Project Summary: Electrical energy generation from renewable sources, such as solar, wind and geothermal, provide enormous potential for meeting future energy demands. However, the ability to store and control this energy for miniaturisation and modularisation in applications requiring a wide temperature usage range is a limiting factor that needs to be addressed. This project aims to develop new bismuth-based lead-free dielectric materials for improving the storage density of high temperature multilayer ceramic capacitors for sustainable applications in the energy and vehicle industries, where high temperature stability and high volumetric efficiency are crucial.

Exploration of advanced nanostructures for sodium-ion battery application Years Funded: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 $117,000 $222,000 $222,000 $222,000 $117,000 Total Funding: $900,000 Project ID: FT150100109 Chief Investigator: Z. P. Guo Project Summary: The aim of this project is to develop advanced nanostructured electrode materials for high energy, long service life sodium ion batteries. Sodium-ion batteries are the most promising choice for large-scale electrical energy storage, in particular for renewable energy sources and smart electric grids, owing to their low cost and natural abundance of sodium. The success of this project will advance fundamental understanding of sodium-ion batteries, and provide techniques for the development of a promising low-cost system for renewable energy storage, which is urgently needed in smart electricity grids.

All-metal nanoporous materials as highly active electrocatalysts Years Funded: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 $97,000 $197,000 $197,000 $197,000 $97,000 Total Funding: $785,000 Project ID: FT150100479 Chief Investigator: Y. Yamauchi Project Summary: This project aims to create new avenues for large-scale and well-controlled synthesis of novel hierarchical nanoporous Pt-based architectures, and develop the device applications using the resultant new generation of electrocatalysts. The key concept and strategy lie in the utilization of the unique properties of well-defined nanoarchitectures to reduce the content of Pt and to improve its electrocatalytic performance in practical devices.


Nanoporous systems in electrocatalysts can provide more active sites (e.g., sufficient edge and corner atoms, and rich steps and kinks) and effective surface permeability, which will result in the enhancement of catalytic activity.

High-voltage electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 $82,000 $163,000 $163,000 $163,000 $82,000 Total Funding: $653,000 Project ID: FT160100251 Chief Investigator: W. K. Pang Project Summary: This project aims to establish a complete battery research system and develop high-voltage electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries through mechanistic understanding obtained in operando studies. Lithium-ion batteries are the most promising choice for portable electronic devices, including electric vehicles, due to their high power and energy performance compared with other battery technologies. The success of this project is expected to advance fundamental understanding of lithium-ion batteries, and provide techniques to develop a promising high-energy and high-power battery system.

DECRA FELLOWSHIPS

Microstructure design of second generation MgB2 superconducting wires for enhancement of critical current density Years Funded: 2014 2015 2016 $130,000 $124,000 $124,000 Total Funding: $377,000 Project ID: DE140101333 Chief Investigators: Z. Q. Ma Project Summary: Magnesium diboride (MgB2) superconducting wires have outstanding potential for a diverse range of commercial applications. However, the critical current density in MgB2 wires is still comparatively low, which represents the biggest obstacle in terms of their practical applications. This project will further enhance the critical current density in second generation MgB2 wires prepared by an optimised internal magnesium diffusion process through addressing fundamental issues and designing appropriate microstructure. The research outcomes will be extremely beneficial to fundamental research and to the potential application of MgB2 superconductors. High performing, low-cost second generation MgB2 wires are also expected to be developed in this project.

Lithium-ion conducting sulfide cathodes for all-solid-state Li-S batteries Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 $124,000 $124,000 $124,000 Total Funding: $372,000 Project ID: DE160100596 Chief Investigators: W. P. Sun Project Summary: The aim of the project is to develop lithium-ion conducting sulphide cathode materials for high performance all-solid-state lithium-sulphur (Li–S) batteries. Substituting solid-state electrolyte for liquid electrolyte is the most efficient approach to eliminate the polysulfide shuttle effect, which is the biggest obstacle for the practical application of Li–S batteries based on liquid electrolytes. The project aims to develop novel Li2S-rich cathode materials with high lithium-ion conductivity, which will form the basis of all-solid state Li–S batteries with high energy density. The new battery is expected to have wide applications in portable electronic devices, electric vehicles and grid-scale renewable energy storage.


ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

New generation high efficiency thermoelectric materials and modules for waste heat recovery in steelworks Years Funded: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 $60,000 $120,000 $110,000 $80,000 $30,000 Industry Fund: $70,000 $120,000 $110,000 $80,000 $30,000 Total Funding: $810,000 Project ID: LP100200289 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, S. Li, W. X. Li, C. Zhang, S. Aminorroaya-Yamini Industry Partner: Baosteel Company Project Summary: The development of thermoelectric materials and devices, and their subsequent uptake by the steel industry, will bring tremendous socio-economic benefits in terms of decreased operational costs, a significantly reduced carbon footprint and will set an excellent example for other industries on how to comply with strict environmental regulations.

Development of the next generation battery storage system for smart grid Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 2019 $90,000 $90,000 $90,000 $90,000 Industry Fund: $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 Total Funding: $610,000 Project ID: LP160100273 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, W. P. Sun, K. W. See, X. Xu Industry Partner: Tianjin Benefo Machinery Equipment Group Central Research Institute Project Summary: This project aims to significantly improve the energy density, safety and robust storage performance of lithium batteries with reduced cost, by developing a next-generation battery with lithium-rich layered oxide cathodes and titanium oxide-based and silicon-based anodes. Intelligent features will make the whole energy network a next-generation battery storage system, with mechanisms to protect the battery from hazardous and inefficient operating conditions. This lithium ion battery storage system is expected to create opportunities for businesses that harvest renewable energy and make existing industries more environmentally benign.

Development of novel safe Lithium metal-free sulfur batteries Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 2019 $32,000 $73,000 $73,000 $32,000 Industry Fund: $13,000 $26,000 $26,000 $13,000 Total Funding: $288,000 Project ID: LP160100914 Chief Investigators: J. Z. Wang, H. K. Liu, K. Konstantinov, S. L. Chou Industry Partner: Nipress TBK, PT Project Summary: This project aims to develop a lithium-metal-free sulphur battery system, and technology to commercialise this battery technology. Expected outcomes include an electrochemical system consisting of a selected promising lithium sulphide cathode, an alloying type anode and a liquid-based electrolyte, and large lithium-ion sulphur batteries with selected advanced electrode materials and electrolytes. Anticipated outcomes are the improved safety of typical lithium-sulphur batteries; that Australia will be internationally competitive in the area of energy storage; and increased overseas demand for Australian raw materials for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries.


AUTO CRC PROJECTS

Design and prototype of on-vehicle battery management system for electric vehicles Years Funded: 2013 2014 2015 2016 $86,000 $94,000 $80,000 $40,000 Total Funding: $300,000 Project ID: 1-110 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, Z. P. Guo Industry Partner: REDARC Co. Ltd. Project Summary: The aim of this project is to develop a battery management system (BMS) for monitoring, balancing, protecting, and optimizing battery modules and pack, as well as hybrid battery/supercapacitor pack to achieve smart charge, optimal performance and cycle life, and high safety.

Development of advanced electrode and electrolytes for LIB Years Funded: 2013 2014 2015 2016 $351,000 $400,000 $527,000 $160,000 Total Funding: $1,438,000 Project ID: 1-111 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, G. X. Wang, H. K. Liu Industry Partner: Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) Project Summary: The proposed research program is aimed at achieving major advances in the development of next generation, high energy and high power cathode materials for lithium ion batteries (LIB) with reduced cost and improved safety. The project will concentrate on development of breakthrough scale-up cathode materials; development of liquid/organic ionic or polymer electrolytes with high conductivity and safety; fabricate, test, and evaluate large-size prototypes.

Battery charge, mechanical and thermal management system development Years Funded: 2013 2014 2015 2016 $292,000 $352,000 $353,000 $72,000 Total Funding: $1,069,000 Project ID: 1-112 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, K. W. See Industry Partner: Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) Project Summary: The focus of this project is to identify and resolve gaps and weaknesses in EV systems. The project is expected to deliver a fully integrated battery management system module with effective monitoring, charging and balancing capability; reliable and robust mechanical system; a complete vehicle electrification system that is compact, low-cost, easily packaged, and compatible with mass production line for Malaysian automotive industry.

Thermoelectrics – efficient energy recovery in light and heavy vehicles Years Funded: 2013 2014 2015 2016 $300,000 $100,000 $75,000 $25,000 Total Funding: $500,000 Project ID: 1-203 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, S. Aminorroaya-Yamini, Z. Li, G. Peleckis Industry Partner: Baosteel Company Project Summary: The project is targeted in three major directions, i.e. materials, device engineering, and device fabrication with the ultimate goal of the project to achieve high Carnot efficiency for energy conversion from waste heat and at least 2% reduction of fuel consumption in automobiles. This will be achieved through development of novel nano-particle based highly dense thermoelectric materials and design and engineering of new generation thermoelectric modules.


High energy anode materials for lithium ion batteries Years Funded: 2015 2016 2017 $113,000 $190,000 $77,000 Total Funding: $380,000 Project ID: 1-117 Chief Investigators: H. K. Liu, Z. P. Guo, J. Z. Wang, J. H. Kim, K. Konstantinov, S. L. Chou Industry Partner: Baosteel Company Project Summary: The global market for energy storage, including lithium ion batteries (LIBs) for electric vehicles (EVs), will experience unprecedented growth in the next decade. The challenges of EV LIBs are related to the materials used in the LIBs. This project aims to study high energy anode materials with reduced cost and improved safety to meet the requirements for the next generation of LIBs and make them more suitable for EVs.

OTHER GRANTS

Coal Services – Health and Safety Trust Diesel-Free environment for underground coal mines Years Funded: 2015 2016 2017 2018 $81,000 $277,000 $224,000 $88,000 Total Funding: $670,000 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, K. W. See Project Summary: The potential for adverse health effects arising from occupational exposure to diesel particulate has been the subject of intense scientific debate for the past 25 years. Diesel exhaust (DE) and diesel particulate matter (DPM) in underground mines are a health risk for workers, who can suffer acute and chronic health conditions (e.g. asthma, nausea, lung inflammation, headaches, eye and nose irritation, cardiopulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer) through exposure to NOx (nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)). Also, noise levels in the proximity of diesel-vehicle operation – particularly in confined settings –impair the hearing of operators following many hours of exposure. This project takes the stance that from a regulatory perspective emission prevention, not reduction, should be the ultimate policy goal. We aims to remove barriers to the adoption of electric-drive diesel free general purpose vehicles in underground mines, which have clear benefit to Australian mines via lower operating costs and cleaner environments for workers.

Baosteel Australia Joint Research Centre High energy anode materials for lithium ion batteries Years Funded: 2015 2016 2017 $100,000 $50,000 $50,000 Total Funding: $200,000 Project ID: BA14006 Chief Investigators: H. K. Liu, Z. P. Guo, J. Z. Wang, J. H. Kim, K. Konstantinov, S. L. Chou Project Summary: The global market for energy storage, including lithium ion batteries (LIBs) for electric vehicles (EVs), will experience unprecedented growth in the next decade. The challenges of EV LIBs are related to the materials used in the LIBs. This project aims to study high energy anode materials with reduced cost and improved safety to meet the requirements for the next generation of LIBs and make them more suitable for EVs.


US Office of Naval Research Exploration of new mesoscale mechanisms for ultrahigh piezoelectric responses in relaxor ferroelectrics Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 $65,000 $130,000 65,000 Total Funding: $260,000 Chief Investigators: S. J. Zhang, Z. X. Cheng, J. L. Wang Project Summary: The main objective of the proposed research effort is to fundamentally understand the long-standing scientific question: what are the mesoscale mechanisms responsible for the ultrahigh piezoelectric responses of relaxor ferroelectrics. A key signature of relaxor ferroelectrics is the presence of polar nanoregions (PNRs). However, despite two decades of extensive studies, the role of PNRs in the extraordinary electromechanical properties of relaxor ferroelectric solid-solution crystals is yet not well understood. We propose a closely integrated experimental and computational program to validate our hypothesis (the polar directions of PNRs are collinear with the spontaneous polarization of the normal ferroelectric domains), employing Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) and Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PZN-PT) solid solution single crystals as model systems. We will conduct advanced structural characterization of both long-range ferroelectric domain structures (LRFDs) and polar nanoregions (PNRs), together with the temperature and frequency spectroscopic measurements, to isolate the contribution of PNRs to piezoelectric and dielectric responses. In addition, phase-field simulations of mesoscale relaxor ferroelectric microstructures and the corresponding piezoelectric and dielectric responses will be performed. The fundamental understanding achieved in the proposed project is expected to benefit the exploration of new relaxor ferroelectric materials and understand the general class of ferroic glasses, such as spin glass and strain glass.

Australian Renewable Energy Agency The Smart Sodium Storage Solution (S4) Years Funded: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 $1,410,000 $2,347,000 $2,937,000 $2,543,000 $1,355,000 Total Funding: $10,592,000 Chief Investigators: S. X. Dou, H. K. Liu, S. L. Chou, K. W. See, D. Soetanto, K. Muttaqi, S. Ville Project Summary: This project will develop and integrate a new type of sodium-ion battery in a low-cost, modular and expandable energy storage system to be demonstrated at the Illawarra Flame House and Sydney Water’s Bondi Sewage Pumping Station. This project will develop a new sodium-ion battery architecture, optimised for use in renewables storage applications, by building on the world-class energy materials research and deep industry ties of the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM). Facilities at the ISEM used to prototype and characterise the sodium-ion batteries for ISEM’s industry-leading researchers will be upgraded and expanded to support the rapid development of the battery architecture. A modular, expandable packaging system with integrated battery and thermal management systems will be developed, produced and validated through two applications: a 5 kWh battery at Illawarra Flame House, an award-winning net-zero energy home, and a 30 kWh integrated battery and energy management system at Sydney Water’s Bondi Sewage Pumping Station. The Sydney Water site will also have an energy management system developed as part of this project, which will integrate and manage renewable energy generation, storage and consumption in an efficient manner by utilising intelligent algorithms and control strategies. The Sydney Water site will demonstrate the turn-key nature of the system and highlight the suitability of sodium-ion batteries for use in utility applications.


Korean Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) Development of long-life Li-S battery with high energy density Years Funded: 2015 2016 2017 2018 $40,977 $81,954 $81,954 $40,977 Total Funding: $246,000 Chief Investigators: J. H. Kim, M. S. A. Hossain, J. H. Kim Project Summary: This project aims to develop the lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries having ultra-high energy density (>300 Wh/kg) and long life (>700 cycles). The Li-S battery is one of the strong candidates for electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems in future due to the 3-5 times higher energy density comparing to commercialized Li-ion batteries and the cost-effectiveness of sulfur material. Therefore, the research of Li-S batteries has received much attention worldwide as next-generation battery. This project conducted with collaborative works of (1) Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI); (2) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); University of Wollongong (UOW) who are experts in battery fabrication, functional polymers, and nanoporous materials of cathode, respectively. The developed results will help the next-generation secondary battery for commercialization and their application to electric vehicle.

The delegates of the International Symposium on Innovative Materials and Physics (November 2016)


Seminars by Visiting Scientists

Date Name Institute Title

16/01/2016 Jin Zhang Center for Nanochemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China

CVD growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes with controlled structures for nanodevice applications

21/01/2016 Prof. Masataka Ohkubo

Director, Nanometronics Lab for Structural Materials

Supervisory Innovation Coordinator, Department of Electronics and Manufacturing

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

X-ray absorption spectroscopy with superconducting detectors for trace light elements

19/02/2016 Prof. Lei Jiang

Academician, CAS Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Smart interfacial materials from super-wettability to binary cooperative complementary systems

30/03/2016 Prof. Mukunda P. Das

Department of Theoretical Physics, RSPE

The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601

Revisiting fermi surfaces in electronic structure studies

01/04/2016 Dr. Xiaoxue Xu Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science at Macquarie University

Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals

01/04/2016 Prof. Milos Toth

Professor in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at UTS

Nano-scale surface chemistry: Manipulating materials using electron and ion beams

12/04/2016 Prof. Maochun Hong

Academician, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)

Academic Director of Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS

Self-assembly chemistry and its application

16/05/2016 Dr. Terry D. Humphries

Hydrogen Storage Research Group, Fuels and Energy Technology Institute, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia

Metal hydrides for concentrated solar thermal energy storage

26/05/2016 Prof. Liming Dai

Center of Advanced Science and Engineering for Carbon (Case4Carbon)

Departments of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, USA

Functional energy materials: From 1D and 2D polymers to 3D carbon nanomaterials

14/07/2016 Prof. Zuowei Xie

Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin NT, Hong Kong, China

Transition metal catalyzed selective B-H activation and functionalisation of carboranes

30/11/2016 Dr. Teruo Ono Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan & IEEE Magnetics, 2016 Distinguished Lecturer

Spin dynamics in inhomogeneously magnetized systems

09/12/2016 Prof. Lei Jiang

Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Smart interfacial materials from super-wettability to binary cooperative complementary systems


Selected Abstracts

Strong affinity of polysulfide intermediates to multi-functional binder for practical application in lithium–sulfur batteries

Binder, one of the most important battery components, plays a critical role in lithium–sulfur batteries. Poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF), a commonly used binder in lithium–sulfur batteries, does not have a strong affinity to the intermediate polysulfides, however, leading to fast capacity fading with electro-chemical cycling. Herein, copolymers of vinylidene difluoride with other monomers are used as multi-functional binders to enhance the electrochemical performance of lithium–sulfur batteries. Compared to the PVDF, the copolymer, poly(vinylidene difluoride-trifluoro ethylene) (P(VDF-TRFE)) binder exhibits higher adhesion strength, less porosity, and stronger chemical interaction with polysulfides, which helps to keep

the polysulfides within the cathode region, thereby improving the electrochemical performance of the lithium–sulfur battery. As a result, sulfur electrode with P(VDF-TRFE) binder delivered a high capacity of 801 mAhg-1 at 0.2 C after 100 cycles, which is nearly 80% higher capacity than the corresponding sulfur cathode with PVDF binder. (H. Q. Wang et al., Nano Energy 26, 722 (2016))

Nitrogen-doped graphene ribbon assembled core–sheath MnO@graphene scrolls as hierarchically ordered 3D porous electrodes for fast and durable lithium storage

Graphene scroll is an emerging 1D tubular form of graphitic carbon that has potential applications in electrochemical energy storage. However, it still remains a challenge to composite graphene scrolls with other nanomaterials for building advanced electrode configuration with fast and durable lithium storage properties. Here, a transition-metal-oxide-based hierarchically ordered 3D porous electrode is designed based on assembling 1D core–sheath MnO@N-doped graphene scrolls with 2D N-doped graphene ribbons. In the resulting architecture, porous MnO nanowires confined in tubular graphene scrolls are mechanically isolated but electronically well connected, while the interwoven graphene ribbons offer continuous conductive paths for electron transfer in all directions. Moreover, the elastic graphene scrolls together with enough internal voids are able to accommodate the

volume expansion of the enclosed MnO. Because of these merits, the as-built electrode manifests ultrahigh rate capability (349 mAh g−1 at 8.0 A g−1; 205 mAh g−1 at 15.0 A g−1) and robust cycling stability (812 mAh g−1 remaining after 1000 cycles at 2.0 A g−1) and is the most efficient MnO-based anode ever reported for lithium-ion batteries. This unique multidimensional and hierarchically ordered structure design is believed to hold great potential in generalizable synthesis of graphene scrolls composited with oxide nanowires for multifunctional energy storage. (Y. Zhang et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7754 (2016))

Integrated intercalation-based and interfacial sodium storage in graphene-wrapped porous Li4Ti5O12 nanofibers composite aerogel

Sodium storage in both solid–liquid and solid–solid interfaces is expected to extend the horizon of sodium-ion batteries, leading to a new strategy for developing high-performance energy-storage materials. Here, a novel composite aerogel with porous Li4Ti5O12 (PLTO) nanofibers confined in a highly conductive 3D-interconnected graphene framework (G-PLTO) is designed and fabricated for Na storage. A high capacity of 195 mA h g −1 at 0.2 C and super-long cycle life up to 12 000 cycles are attained. Electrochemical analysis shows that the intercalation-based and interfacial Na storage behaviors take effect simultaneously in the G-PLTO composite aerogel. An integrated Na storage mechanism is proposed. This study ascribes the excellent performance to the unique structure, which not only offers short pathways for Na + diffusion and conductive networks for electron transport, but also guarantees plenty of PLTO–electrolyte and PLTO–graphene


interfacial sites for Na + adsorption. (C. J. Chen et al., Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1600322 (2016))

The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals

The discovery of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution single crystals is a breakthrough in ferroelectric materials. A key signature of relaxor-ferroelectric solid solutions is the existence of polar nanoregions, a nanoscale inhomogeneity, that coexist with normal ferroelectric domains. Despite two decades of extensive studies, the contribution of polar nanoregions to the underlying piezoelectric properties of relaxor ferroelectrics has yet to be established. Here we quantitatively characterize the contribution of polar nanoregions to the dielectric/piezoelectric responses of relaxor-ferroelectric crystals using a combination of cryogenic experiments and phase-field simulations. The contribution of polar nanoregions to the room-temperature dielectric and piezoelectric properties is in the range of 50–80%. A mesoscale mechanism is

proposed to reveal the origin of the high piezoelectricity in relaxor ferroelectrics, where the polar nanoregions aligned in a ferroelectric matrix can facilitate polarization rotation. This mechanism emphasizes the critical role of local structure on the macroscopic properties of ferroelectric materials. (F. Li et al., Nature Communications 7, 13807 (2016))

Urchin-like CoSe2 as a high-performance anode material for sodium-ion batteries

Urchin-like CoSe2 assembled by nanorods has been synthesized via simple solvothermal route and has been first applied as an anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) with ether-based electrolytes. The CoSe2 delivers excellent sodiation and desodiation properties when using 1 M NaCF3SO3 in diethylene glycol dimethyl ether as an electrolyte and cycling between 0.5 and 3.0 V. A high discharge capacity of 0.410 Ah g−1 is obtained at 1 A g−1 after 1800 cycles, corresponding to a capacity retention of 98.6% calculated from the 30th cycle. Even at an ultrahigh rate of 50 A g−1, the capacity still maintains 0.097 Ah g−1. The reaction mechanism of the as-prepared CoSe2 is also investigated. The results demonstrate that at discharged 1.56 V, insertion reaction occurs, while two conversion reactions take place at the second and third plateaus around 0.98 and 0.65 V. During the charge process, Co first reacts with Na2Se to form NaxCoSe2 and then turns back to CoSe2. In addition to Na/CoSe2 half cells, Na3V2(PO4)3/CoSe2 full cell with excessive amount of Na3V2(PO4)3 has been studied. The full cell exhibits a reversible capacity of 0.380 Ah g−1. This work definitely enriches the possibilities for anode materials for SIBs with high performance. (K. Zhang et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 6728 (2016))

Achieving high-performance room-temperature sodium−sulfur batteries with S@interconnected mesoporous carbon hollow nanospheres

Despite the high theoretical capacity of the sodium−sulfur battery, its application is seriously restrained by the challenges due to its low sulfur electroactivity and accelerated shuttle effect, which lead to low accessible capacity and fast decay. Herein, an elaborate carbon framework, interconnected mesoporous hollow carbon nanospheres, is reported as an effective sulfur host to achieve excellent electrochemical performance. Based on in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction, the mechanism of the room temperature Na/S battery is proposed to be reversible reactions between S8 and Na2S4, corresponding to a theoretical capacity of 418 mAh g−1. The cell is capable of achieving high capacity retention of ∼88.8% over 200 cycles, and superior rate capability with reversible capacity of ∼390 and 127 mAh g−1 at 0.1 and 5 A g−1,


respectively. (Y. X. Wang et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 16576 (2016))

Interface miscibility induced double-capillary carbon nanofibers for flexible electric double layer capacitors

The preparation of free-standing electrode materials with high specific capacitance and flexibility is very important for the production of flexible electric double layer capacitors. There is a great incompatibility, however, between the flexibility and the porosity of the electrode material. In this work, by using coaxial electrospinning, we propose an interface miscibility induced approach to the design of double-capillary carbon nanofibers (DCNF) with micropores in the inner capillary and mesopores in the outer capillary. The unique structure achieves synergism between high accessibility to electrolyte, a short diffusion length for ions, high conductivity, and high flexibility. The DCNFs can be directly used as electrodes to assemble flexible supercapacitors, which show a high gravimetric capacitance of 133Fg-1 and excellent high-rate performance in ionic liquid electrolyte. The maximum energy density and power density reach 56.6 Whkg-1 and 114 kWkg-1, respectively. The combination of scalable coaxial electrospinning technology and supercapacitors with excellent performance may pave the way to wearable and safe electronics. (J. Wang et al., Nano Energy 28, 232 (2016))

First synthesis of continuous mesoporous copper films with uniformly sized pores by electrochemical soft templating

Although mesoporous metals have been synthesized by electrochemical methods, the possible compositions have been limited to noble metals (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold) and their alloys. Herein we describe the first fabrication of continuously mesoporous Cu films using polymeric micelles as soft templates to control the growth of Cu under sophisticated electrochemical conditions. Uniformly sized mesopores are evenly distributed over the entire film, and the pore walls are composed of highly crystalized Cu. (C. L. Li et al., Angewandte Chemie – International Edition 55, 12746 (2016))

Electric field and gradient microstructure for cooperative driving of directional motion of underwater oil droplets

Driving a liquid droplet with control of directional motion on a solid surface, by introducing a surface wettability gradient or external stimuli, has attracted considerable research attention. There still remain challenges, however, due to the slow response rate and slow speed of continuous liquid droplet motion on the structured surface. Here, an approach to continuously drive the underwater oil droplet with control of directional motion by the cooperative effects of an electric field and the gradient of a porous polystyrene microstructure is demonstrated. The gradient microstructure induces the liquid droplet to take on an asymmetrical shape, causing unbalanced pressure on both ends to orient the droplet for motion in a particular direction. Meanwhile, the electric field decreases the contact area and the corresponding viscous drag between the droplet and the gradient-structured surface. Then, the unbalanced pressure pushes the underwater oil droplet to move directionally and


continuously at a certain voltage. This work provides a new strategy to control underwater oil droplets and realize unidirectional motion. It is also promising for the design of new smart interface materials for applications such as electrofluidic displays, biological cell and particle manipulation, and other types of microfluidic devices. (D. L. Tian et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7986 (2016))

Nanodroplets for stretchable superconducting circuits

The prospective utilization of nanoscale superconductors as micro/nanocoils or circuits with superior current density and no electrical resistance loss in next-generation electronics or electromagnetic equipment represents a fascinating opportunity for new microsystem technologies. Here, a family of superconducting liquid metals (Ga–In–Sn alloys) and their nanodroplets toward printable and stretchable superconducting micro/nanoelectronics is developed. By tuning the composition of liquid metals the highest superconducting critical temperature (Tc) in this family can be modulated and achieved as high as 6.6 K. The liquid metal nanodroplets retain their bulk superconducting properties and can be easily dispersed in different solvents as inks. The printable and stretchable superconducting micro/nano coils, circuits and electrodes have been fabricated by inkjet printer or laser etching by using superconducting nanodroplets inks. This novel superconducting system greatly promotes the commercial

utilization of superconductors into advanced flexible micro/nanoelectronic devices and offers a new platform for developing more application with superconductors. (L. Ren et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 8111 (2016))

Silicon/mesoporous carbon/crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles for highly stable lithium storage

A core−shell−shell heterostructure of Si nanoparticles as the core with mesoporous carbon and crystalline TiO2 as the double shells (Si@C@TiO2) is utilized as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries, which could successfully tackle the vital setbacks of Si anode materials, in terms of intrinsic low conductivity, unstable solid−electrolyte interphase (SEI) films, and serious volume variations. Combined with the high theoretical capacity of the Si core (4200 mA h g−1), the double shells can perfectly avoid direct contact of Si with electrolyte, leading to stable SEI films and enhanced Coulombic efficiency. On the other hand, the carbon inner shell is effective at improving the overall conductivity of the Si-based electrode; the TiO2 outer shell is expected to serve as a rigid layer to achieve high structural stability and integrity of the core−shell−shell structure. As a result, the elaborate Si@C@TiO2 core−shell−shell nanoparticles are proven to show excellent Li storage properties. It delivers high reversible capacity of 1726 mA h g−1 over 100 cycles, with outstanding cyclability of 1010 mA h g−1 even after

710 cycles. (W. Luo et al., ACS Nano 10, 10524 (2016))

Engineering hierarchical hollow nickel sulfide spheres for high-performance sodium storage

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are considered as promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for energy storage due to the abundance of sodium, especially for grid distribution systems. The practical implementation of SIBs, however, is severely hindered by their low energy density and poor cycling stability due to the poor electrochemical performance of the existing electrodes. Here, to achieve high-capacity and durable sodium storage with good rate capability, hierarchical hollow NiS spheres with porous shells composed of nanoparticles are designed and synthesized by tuning the reaction parameters. The formation mechanism of this unique structure is systematically investigated, which is clearly revealed to be Ostwald ripening mechanism on the basis of the time-dependent morphology evolution. The hierarchical hollow structure provides suffi cient electrode/electrolyte contact,


shortened Na+ diffusion pathways, and high strain-tolerance capability. The hollow NiS spheres deliver high reversible capacity (683.8 mAh g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 ), excellent rate capability (337.4 mAh g−1 at 5 A g−1 ), and good cycling stability (499.9 mAh g−1 with 73% retention after 50 cycles at 0.1 A g−1). (D. Zhang et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7479 (2016))

Lyophilized 3D lithium vanadium phosphate/reduced graphene oxide electrodes for super stable lithium ion batteries

3D lithium vanadium phosphate/reduced graphene oxide porous structures are prepared using a facile lyophilization process. The 3D porous nature of these lyophilized electrodes along with their high surface area lead to high rate capability and specifi c capacity. A high specifi c discharge capacity of ≈192 mAh g−1 is observed at 0.5 C. The cycling performance is noteworthy, as these lyophilized samples at 0.5 and 1 C do not show any fading, even after 1000 and 5000 cycles, respectively. Capacity retention of ≈96.2% is observed at the end of 10 000 cycles at 20 C. This remarkable cycling performance is attributed to the structural stability of the 3D porous network and is confi rmed using scanning electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction after 10 000 cycles of consecutive charging and discharging at 20 C. (R. Rajagopalan et al., Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1501760 (2016))

Observation of van Hove singularities in twisted silicene multilayers

Interlayer interactions perturb the electronic structure of twodimensional materials and lead to new physical phenomena, such as van Hove singularities and Hofstadter’s butterfly pattern. Silicene, the recently discovered two-dimensional form of silicon, is quite unique, in that silicon atoms adopt competing sp2 and sp3 hybridization states leading to a lowbuckled structure promising relatively strong interlayer interaction. In multilayer silicene, the stacking order provides an important yet rarely explored degree of freedom for tuning its electronic structures through manipulating interlayer coupling. Here, we report the emergence of van Hove singularities in the multilayer silicene created by an interlayer rotation. We demonstrate that even a large-angle rotation (>20°) between stacked silicene layers can generate a Moiré pattern and van Hove singularities due to the strong interlayer coupling in multilayer silicene. Our study suggests an intriguing method for expanding the tunability of the electronic structure for electronic applications in this two-dimensional material (Z. Li et al., ACS Central Science 2, 517 (2016))

Graphene-like holey Co3O4 nanosheets as a highly efficient catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

Co3O4 nanosheets with a graphene-like holey structure are successfully synthesized through a bottom-up selfassembly approach and utilized as a catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). This unique nanostructure possesses a large fraction of low-coordinated surface atoms and highly accessible surface areas due to its atomic thickness and mesoporosity, which could provide abundant active sites and facilitate the electrode/electrolyte contact for OER catalysis. In addition, density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the loss of the neighboring layers gives the ultrathin nanostructure remarkable lattice distortion, which leads to decreased energy barriers for facile mass conversion and transfer on the surface of the catalyst. As a result, the graphenelike holey Co3O4 nanosheets exhibit excellent OER catalytic performance with low onset potential of 0.617 V vs. Hg/HgO, high current density of 12.26 mA cm-2 at 0.8 V vs. Hg/HgO, and long-term stability with negligible fading in current density after 2000 cycles, significantly outperforming the performances of conventional Co3O4 nanostructures and commercial IrO2. This unique graphene-like holey structure should be of great


benefit for applications ranging from electronic devices to energy conversion and storage systems. (Y. Dou et al., Nano Energy 30, 267 (2016))

Critical thickness of phenolic resin-based carbon interfacial layer for improving long cycling stability of silicon nanoparticle anodes

Silicon has a high theoretical capacity, still limits its application on Si-based anodes due to the problems of low electric conductivity, large volume change, continuous formation of unstable solid electrolyte interphase layer, and easy fracture during lithiation and delithiation process. Despite various carbon coating approaches are developed to fabricate carbon coated silicon core-shell and yolk-shell nano-composites with improved electrochemical performance, the challenges including poor long-term cyclability, low Si mass ratio, and scalability remains. To overcome these challenges, we design an inter-facial microporous carbon coating strategy on silicon nanoparticles to form homogeneous coaxial core-shell nanostructures. This synthesis sol-gel approach is simple, easy

to scale up, and direct growth phenolic resins on the surface with uniform and controllable thickness. Additionally, the fabricated carbon layers form the microporous structures and phenolic resin frameworks, thus enabling the fast lithium ion transport and formation of stable solid electrolyte interphase film. By finely controlling the thickness of this phenolic resin-based carbon of 10nm, excellent protection of silicon nanoparticles as well as high electrochemical performance are achieved, delivering a high capacity of 1006 mAhg-1 and Coulombic efficiency of 499.5% after 500 times at a current density of 500 mAg-1. (W. Luo et al., Nano Energy 27, 255 (2016))

Elemental distributions within multiphase quaternary Pb chalcogenide thermoelectric materials determined through three-dimensional atom probe tomography

Nanostructured multi phase p-type lead chalcogenides have shown the highest efficiencies amongst thermoelectric materials. However, their electronic transport properties have been described assuming homogenous distribution of dopants between phases. Here, we have analyzed elemental distributions in precipitates and matrices of nanostructured multi phase quaternary Pb chalcogenides doped to levels below and above the solubility limit of the matrix, using three-dimensional atom probe tomography. We demonstrate that partitioning of sodium and selenium occur between the matrix and secondary phase in both lightly- and heavily-doped compounds and that the concentrations of sodium and selenium in precipitates are higher than those in the

matrices. This can contribute to the transport properties of such multiphase compounds. The sodium concentration reached ~3 at% in sulfur-rich (PbS) precipitates and no nanoprecipitates of Na-rich phases were observed within either phase, a result that is supported by high resolution TEM analysis, indicating that the solubility limit of sodium in PbS is much higher than previously thought. However, non-equilibrium segregation of sodium is identified at the precipitates/matrix interfaces. These findings can lead to further advances in designing and characterizing multi phase thermoelectric materials. (S. Aminorroaya-Yamini et al., Nano Energy 26, 157 (2016))

Tunable-sized polymeric micelles and their assembly for the preparation of large mesoporous platinum nanoparticles

Platinum nanoparticles with continuously tunable mesoporous structures were prepared by a simple, one-step polymeric approach. By virtue of their large pore size, these structures have a high surface area that is accessible to reagents. In the synthetic method, variation of the solvent composition plays an essential role in the


systematic control of pore size and particle shape. The mesoporous Pt catalyst exhibited superior electrocatalytic activity for the methanol oxidation reaction compared to commercially available Pt catalysts. This polymeric-micelle approach provides an additional design concept for the creation of next generation of metallic catalysts. (B. Jiang et al., Angewandte Chemie – International Edition 55, 10037 (2016))

A Tunable magnetic domain wall conduit regulating nanoparticle diffusion

We demonstrate a general and robust method to confine on a plane strongly diffusing nanoparticles in water by using size tunable magnetic channels. These virtual conduits are realized with pairs of movable Bloch walls located within an epitaxially grown ferrite garnet film. We show that once inside the magnetic conduit the particles experience an effective local parabolic potential in the transverse direction, while freely diffusing along the conduit. The stiffness of the magnetic potential is determined as a function of field amplitude that varies the width of the magnetic channel. Precise control of the degree of confinement is demonstrated by tuning the applied field. The magnetic conduit is then used to realize single files of nonpassing particles and to induce periodic condensation of an ensemble of particles into parallel stripes in a completely controllable and reversible manner. (P. Tierno et al.,

Nano Letters 16, 5169 (2016))

Ever-increasing pseudocapacitance in RGO–MnO–RGO sandwich nanostructures for ultrahigh-rate lithium storage

Lithium ion batteries have attained great success in commercialization owing to their high energy density. However, the relatively delaying discharge/charge severely hinders their high power applications due to intrinsically diffusion-controlled lithium storage of the electrode. This study demonstrates an ever-increasing surface redox capacitive lithium storage originating from an unique microstructure evolution during cycling in a novel RGO–MnO–RGO sandwich nanostructure. Such surface pseudocapacitance is dynamically in equilibrium with diffusion-controlled lithium storage, thereby achieving an unprecedented rate capability (331.9 mAh g−1 at 40 A g−1, 379 mAh g−1 after 4000 cycles at 15 A g−1) with outstanding cycle stability. The dynamic combination of surface and diffusion lithium storage of electrodes might open up possibilities for designing high-power lithium ion batteries. (T. Z. Yuan et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 2198 (2016))

General synthesis of transition metal oxide ultrafine nanoparticles embedded in hierarchically porous carbon nanofibers as advanced electrodes for lithium storage

A unique general, large-scale, simple, and cost-effective strategy, i.e., foaming-assisted electrospinning, for fabricating various transition metal oxides into ultrafi ne nanoparticles (TMOs UNPs) that are uniformly embedded in hierarchically porous carbon nanofi bers (HPCNFs) has been developed. Taking advantage of the strong repulsive forces of metal azides as the pore generator during carbonization, the formation of uniform TMOs UNPs with homogeneous

distribution and HPCNFs is simultaneously implemented. The combination of uniform ultrasmall TMOs UNPs with homogeneous distribution and hierarchically porous carbon nanofi bers with interconnected nanostructure can effectively avoid the aggregation, dissolution, and pulverization of TMOs, promote the rapid 3D transport of both Li ions and electrons throughout the whole electrode,


and enhance the electrical conductivity and structural integrity of the electrode. As a result, when evaluated as binder-free anode materials in Li-ion batteries, they displayed extraordinary electrochemical properties with outstanding reversible capacity, excellent capacity retention, high Coulombic effi ciency, good rate capability, and superior cycling performance at high rates. More importantly, the present work opens up a wide horizon for the fabrication of a wide range of ultrasmall metal/metal oxides distributed in 1D porous carbon structures, leading to advanced performance and enabling their great potential for promising largescale applications. (G. L. Xia et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 6188 (2016))

Atomic layer-by-layer Co3O4/graphene composite for high performance lithium-ion batteries

An “atomic layer-by-layer” structure of Co3O4/graphene is developed as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Due to the atomic thickness of both the Co3O4 nanosheets and graphene, the composite exhibits an ultrahigh specific capacity of 1134.4 mAh g−1 and an ultralong life up to 2000 cycles at 2.25 C, far beyond the performances of previously reported Co3O4/C composites. (Y. Dou et al., Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1501835 (2016))

Improvement in the transport critical current density and microstructure of isotopic Mg11B2 monofilament wires by optimizing the sintering temperature

Superconducting wires are widely used in fabricating magnetic coils in fusion reactors. In consideration of the stability of 11B against neutron irradiation and lower induced radio-activation properties, MgB2 superconductor with 11B serving as boron source is an alternative candidate to be used in fusion reactor with severe irradiation environment. In present work, a batch of monofilament isotopic Mg11B2 wires with amorphous 11B powder as precursor were fabricated using powder-in-tube (PIT) process at different sintering temperature, and the evolution of their microstructure and corresponding superconducting properties was systemically investigated. Accordingly, the best transport critical current density (Jc) = 2 × 104 A/cm2 was obtained at 4.2 K and 5 T, which is even comparable to multi-filament Mg11B2 isotope wires reported in other work. Surprisingly, transport Jc vanished in our wire which was heattreated at excessively high temperature (800 °C). Combined with microstructure observation, it was found that lots of big

interconnected microcracks and voids that can isolate the MgB2 grains formed in this whole sample, resulting in significant deterioration in inter-grain connectivity. The results can be a constructive guide in fabricating Mg11B2 wires to be used as magnet coils in fusion reactor systems such as ITER-type tokamak magnet. (W. B. Qiu et al., Scientific Reports 6, 36660 (2016))

A Strategy for configuration of an integrated flexible sulfur cathode for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries

Lithium–sulfur batteries are regarded as promising candidates for energy storage devices owing to their high theoretical energy density. The practical application is hindered, however, by low sulfur utilization and unsatisfactory capacity retention. Herein, we present a strategy for configuration of the sulfur cathode, which is composed of an integrated carbon/sulfur/carbon sandwich structure on polypropylene separator that is produced using the simple doctorblade technique. The integrated electrode exhibits


excellent flexibility and high mechanical strength. The upper and bottom carbon layers of the sandwich-structured electrode not only work as double current collectors, which effectively improve the conductivity of the electrode, but also serve as good barriers to suppress the diffusion of the polysulfide and buffer the volume expansion of the active materials, leading to suppression of the shuttle effect and low self-discharge behavior. (H. Q. Wang et al., Angewandte Chemie – International Edition 55, 3992 (2016))

Thermoelectric enhancement of different kinds of metal chalcogenides

Due to the urgency of our energy and environmental issues, a variety of costeffective and pollution-free technologies have attracted considerable attention, among which thermoelectric technology has made enormous progress. Substantial numbers of new thermoelectric materials are created with high fi gure of merit ( ZT ) by using advanced nanoscience and nanotechnology. This is especially true in the case of metal-chalcogenide-based materials, which possess both relatively high ZT and low cost among all the different kinds of thermoelectric materials. Here, comprehensive coverage of recent advances in metal chalcogenides and their correlated thermoelectric enhancement mechanisms are provided. Several new strategies are summarized with the hope that they can inspire further enhancement of performance, both in metal chalcogenides and in other materials. (C. Han et al., Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1600498 (2016))

Heterogeneous spin states in ultrathin nanosheets induce subtle lattice distortion to trigger efficient hydrogen evolution

The exploration of efficient nonprecious metal eletrocatalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is an extraordinary challenge for future applications in sustainable energy conversion. The family of first-row-transition-metal dichalcogenides has received a small amount of research, including the active site and dynamics, relative to their extraordinary potential. In response, we developed a strategy to achieve synergistically active sites and dynamic regulation in first-row transition-metal dichalcogenides by the heterogeneous spin states incorporated in this work. Specifically, taking the metallic Mn-doped pyrite CoSe2 as a self-adaptived, subtle atomic arrangement distortion to provide additional active edge sites for HER will occur in the CoSe2 atomic layers with Mn incorporated into the primitive lattice, which is visually verified by HRTEM. Synergistically, the density functional theory simulation results reveal that the Mn incorporation lowers the kinetic energy barrier by promoting H−H bond formation on two adjacently adsorbed H atoms, benefiting H2 gas evolution. As a result, the Mn-doped CoSe2 ultrathin nanosheets possess useful HER properties with a low overpotential of 174 mV, an unexpectedly small Tafel slope of 36 mV/dec, and a

larger exchange current density of 68.3 μA cm−2. Moreover, the original concept of coordinated regulation presented in this work can broaden horizons and provide new dimensions in the design of newly highly efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution. (Y. W. Liu et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 5087 (2016))

Ambient aqueous synthesis of ultrasmall PEGylated Cu2−xSe nanoparticles as a multifunctional theranostic agent for multimodal imaging guided photothermal therapy of cancer

Ultrasmall PEGylated Cu2–xSe nanoparticles with strong near-infrared absorption have been prepared by an ambient aqueous method. The resultant water-soluble and biocompatible nanoparticles are demonstrated to be a novel nanotheranostic agent for effective deep-tissue photoacoustic imaging, computed tomography imaging, single-photon emission computed tomography imaging, and photothermal therapy of cancer. (S. H. Zhang et al., Advanced Materials 28, 8927 (2016))


Graphene-wrapped reversible reaction for advanced hydrogen storage

Here, we report the fabrication of a graphene-wrapped nanostructured reactive hydride composite, i.e., 2LiBH4-MgH2, made by adopting graphene-supported MgH2 nanoparticles (NPs) as the nanoreactor and heterogeneous nucleation sites. The porous structure, uniform distribution of MgH2 NPs, and the steric confinement by flexible graphene induced a homogeneous distribution of 2LiBH4-MgH2 nanocomposite on graphene with extremely high loading capacity (80wt%) and energy density. The well-defined structural features, including even distribution, uniform particle size, excellent thermal stability, and robust architecture endow this composite with significant improvements in its hydrogen storage performance. For

instance, at a temperature as low as 350 °C, a reversible storage capacity of up to 8.9 wt% H2, without degradation after 25 complete cycles, was achieved for the 2LiBH4-MgH2 anchored on graphene. The design of this three-dimensional architecture can offer a new concept for obtaining high performance materials in the energy storage field. (G. L. Xia et al., Nano Energy 26, 488 (2016))

Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals

The ultimate frontier in nanomaterials engineering is to realize their composition control with atomic scale precision to enable fabrication of nanoparticles with desirable size, shape and surface properties. Such control becomes even more useful when growing hybrid nanocrystals designed to integrate multiple functionalities. Here we report achieving such degree of control in a family of rare-earth-doped nanomaterials. We experimentally verify the co-existence and different roles of oleate anions (OA-) and molecules (OAH) in the crystal formation. We identify that the control over the ratio of OA- to OAH can be used to directionally inhibit, promote or etch the crystallographic facets of the nanoparticles. This control enables selective grafting of shells with complex morphologies grown over nanocrystal cores, thus allowing the fabrication of a diverse library of monodisperse sub-50 nm nanoparticles. With such programmable additive and subtractive engineering a variety of three-dimensional shapes can be implemented using a bottom–up scalable approach. (D. M. Liu et al., Nature Communications 7, 10254 (2016))

Nanoarchitectures for mesoporous metals

The field of mesoporous metal nanoarchitectonics offers several advantages which cannot be found elsewhere. These materials have been showcasing impressive enhancements of their electrochemical properties for further implementation, compared to their micro- and macroporous counterparts. Since the last few decades, various methods have been developed to achieve narrow pore size distribution with a tunable porosity and particle morphology. While hard templates offer a reliable and intuitive approach to synthesize mesoporous metals, the complexity of the technique and the use of harmful chemicals pushed several research groups to focus in other directions. For example, soft templates (e.g., lyotropic crystals, micelles assemblies) and solution phase methods (requiring to control reduction reactions) offer more and more possibilities in terms of available compositions and morphologies.


Indeed, various metal (Pt, Pd, Au, Ru, etc.) can now be synthesized as dendritic, core@shell, hollow or polyhedral nanoparticles, with single- or multicomponents, alloyed or not, with unprecedented electrochemical activity. (V. Malgras et al., Advanced Materials 28, 993 (2016))

The Origin of capacity fade in the Li2MnO3·LiMO2 (M = Li, Ni, Co, Mn) microsphere positive electrode: An operando neutron diffraction and transmission X‑ray microscopy study

The mechanism of capacity fade of the Li2MnO3·LiMO2 (M = Li, Ni, Co, Mn) composite positive electrode within a full cell was investigated using a combination of operando neutron powder diffraction and transmission X-ray microscopy methods, enabling the phase, crystallographic, and morphological evolution of the material during electrochemical cycling to be understood. The electrode was shown to initially consist of 73(1) wt % R3m̅ LiMO2 with the remaining 27(1) wt % C2/m Li2MnO3 likely existing as an intergrowth. Cracking in the Li2MnO3·LiMO2 electrode particle under operando microscopy observation was revealed to be initiated by the solid-solution reaction of the LiMO2 phase on charge to 4.55 V vs Li+/Li and intensified during further charge to 4.7 V vs Li+/Li during the concurrent two-phase reaction of the LiMO2 phase, involving the largest lattice change of any phase, and oxygen evolution from the Li2MnO3 phase. Notably,

significant healing of the generated cracks in the Li2MnO3·LiMO2 electrode particle occurred during subsequent lithiation on discharge, with this rehealing being principally associated with the solid-solution reaction of the LiMO2 phase. This work reveals that while it is the reduction of lattice size of electrode phases during charge that results in cracking of the Li2MnO3·LiMO2 electrode particle, with the extent of cracking correlated to the magnitude of the size change, crack healing is possible in the reverse solid-solution reaction occurring during discharge. Importantly, it is the phase separation during the two-phase reaction of the LiMO2 phase that prevents the complete healing of the electrode particle, leading to pulverization over extended cycling. This work points to the minimization of behavior leading to phase separation, such as two-phase and oxygen evolution, as a key strategy in preventing capacity fade of the electrode. (C. J. Chen et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 8824 (2016))

Fast responsive and controllable liquid transport on a magnetic fluid/nanoarray composite interface

Controllable liquid transport on surface is expected to occur by manipulating the gradient of surface tension/Laplace pressure and external stimuli, which has been intensively studied on solid or liquid interface. However, it still faces challenges of slow response rate, and uncontrollable transport speed and direction. Here, we demonstrate fast responsive and controllable liquid transport on a smart magnetic fluid/nanoarray interface, i.e., a composite interface, via modulation of an external magnetic field. The wettability of the composite interface to water instantaneously responds to gradient magnetic field due to the magnetically driven composite interface gradient roughness transition that takes place within a millisecond, which is at least 1 order of magnitude faster

than that of other responsive surfaces. A water droplet can follow the motion of the gradient composite interface structure as it responds to the gradient magnetic field motion. Moreover, the water droplet transport direction can be controlled by modulating the motion direction of the gradient magnetic field. The composite interface can be used as a pump for the transport of immiscible liquids and other objects in the microchannel, which suggests a way to design smart interface materials and microfluidic devices. (D. L. Tian et al., ACS Nano 10, 6220 (2016))

A green and facile way to prepare granadilla-like silicon-based anode materials for Li-ion batteries A yolk-shell-structured carbon@void@silicon (CVS) anode material in which a void space is created between the inside silicon nanoparticle and the outer carbon shell is considered as a promising candidate for Li-ion cells. Until now, all the previous yolk-shell composites were fabricated through a templating method, wherein the SiO2 layer acts as a sacrifi cial layer and creates a void by a selective etching method using toxic hydrofl uoric acid. However, this method is complex and toxic. Here, a green and facile


synthesis of granadilla-like outer carbon coating encapsulated silicon/carbon microspheres which are composed of interconnected carbon framework supported CVS nanobeads is reported. The silicon granadillas are prepared via a modified templating method in which calcium carbonate was selected as a sacrificial layer and acetylene as a carbon precursor. Therefore, the void space inside and among these CVS nanobeads can be formed by removing CaCO3 with diluted hydrochloric acid. As prepared, silicon granadillas having 30% silicon content deliver a reversible capacity of around 1100 mAh g−1 at a current density of 250 mA g−1 after 200 cycles. Besides, this composite exhibits an excellent rate performance of about 830 and 700 mAh g−1 at the current densities of 1000 and 2000 mA g−1, respectively. (L. Zhang et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 440 (2016))

Recent developments of the lithium metal anode for rechargeable non-aqueous batteries

Over the last 40 years, metallic lithium as an anode material has been of great interest owing to its high energy density. However, dendritic lithium growth causes serious safety issues. Awareness and understanding of the Li deposition and stripping processes have grown rapidly especially in recent years, and consequently, there have been many attempts to suppress the Li dendrites. Recent developments that have modifi ed the electrolytes and the Li anode in order to inhibit the growth of Li dendrite and improve cycling performance are summarized. It has been shown that current density, solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) film, Li+ transference number, and shear modulus have significant impact on the growth behavior and the Coulombic efficiency. Various methods have been introduced to increase the surface area of the Li anode,

enhance Li+ conductivity, form stable SEI film, and improve mechanical strength of electrolytes. These approaches are discussed in details, and the perspectives regarding the future use of Li anode are also outlined. It is hoped that this review will facilitate the future development of Li metal batteries. (K. Zhang et al., Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1600811 (2016))

Nanostructured nonprecious metal catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide powered by renewable electricity represents a promising solution for energy and environmental sustainability. To enable this technology, active and selective catalysts must be developed. Noble metals exhibit excellent activity but are hampered by their low abundance and high cost. Thus, searching for efficient nonprecious metal catalysts for practical applications is vital. In this review, the recent progress on nanostructured nonprecious metal catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is summarized. These catalysts are classified into five categories: metals, partially oxidized metals, metal oxides and sulfides, doped carbons, and organic frameworks. The areas of focus are material synthesis, structure and components, catalytic performance, and reaction mechanisms. Several important factors that affect activity, such as particle size, interface strain, grain boundary, crystal facet, oxidation state, heteroatom configuration, and organic hybrid, are discussed. Finally, some perspectives are provided for future developments and directions of

the synthesis and functionalization of nonprecious metal catalysts, with emphasis on the potential advantages of nanoporous materials for carbon dioxide reduction. (Z. L. Wang et al., Nano Today 11, 373 (2016))


Integrated carbon/red phosphorus/graphene aerogel 3D architecture via advanced vapor-redistribution for high-energy sodium-ion batteries

3D hierarchical integrated carbon/red phosphorus/graphene aerogel composite is fabricated via an advanced vapor-redistribution technique. The red P nanoparticles (10–20 nm) in the composite uniformly distribute in the carbon covered graphene aerogel matrix (C@GA), which integrated into a 3D porous structure. The as-prepared C@P/GA electrode delivers a capacity of 1095.5 mA h g−1 after 200 cycles at 1 C (1 C = 2600 mA g−1). (H. Gao et al., Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1601037 (2016))

Wearable energy-smart ribbons for synchronous energy harvest and storage

A promising energy source for many current and future applications is a ribbon-like device that could simultaneously harvest and store energy. Due to the high flexibility and weavable property, a fabric/matrix made using these ribbons could be highly beneficial for powering wearable electronics. Unlike the approach of using two separate devices, here we report a ribbon that integrates a solar cell and a supercapacitor. The electrons generated by the solar cell are directly transferred and stored on the reverse side of its electrode which in turn also functions as an electrode for the supercapacitor. When the flexible solar ribbon is illuminated with simulated solar light, the supercapacitor holds an energy density of 1.15 mWhcm-3 and a power density of 243 mWcm-

3. Moreover, these ribbons are successfully woven into a fabric form. Our all-solid-state ribbon unveils a highly flexible and portable self-sufficient energy system with potential applications in wearables, drones and electric vehicles. (C. Li et al., Nature Communications 7, 13319 (2016))

Highly ordered single crystalline nanowire array assembled three-dimensional Nb3O7(OH) and Nb2O5 superstructures for energy storage and conversion applications

Three-dimensional (3D) metal oxide superstructures have demonstrated great potentials for structure-dependent energy storage and conversion applications. Here, we reported a facile hydrothermal method for direct growth of highly ordered single crystalline nanowire array assembled 3D orthorhombic Nb3O7(OH) superstructures and their subsequent thermal transformation into monoclinic Nb2O5 with well preserved 3D nanowire superstructures. The performance of resultant 3D Nb3O7(OH) and Nb2O5 superstructures differed remarkably when used for energy conversion and storage applications. The thermally converted Nb2O5 superstructures as anode material of lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) showed higher capacity and excellent cycling stability compared to the Nb3O7(OH) superstructures, while directly hydrothermal grown Nb3O7(OH) nanowire superstructure film on FTO substrate as photoanode of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) without the need for further calcination exhibited an overall light conversion efficiency of 6.38%, higher than that (5.87%) of DSSCs made from the thermally converted Nb2O5 film. The high energy application performance of the niobium-based nanowire superstructures with different


chemical compositions can be attributed to their large surface area, superior electron transport property, and high light utilization efficiency resulting from a 3D superstructure, high crystallinity, and large sizes. The formation process of 3D nanowire superstructures before and after thermal treatment was investigated and discussed based on our theoretical and experimental results. (H. M. Zhang et al., ACS Nano 10, 507 (2016))

A new strategy for achieving a high performance anode for lithium ion batteries—encapsulating germanium nanoparticles in carbon nanoboxes

A novel strategy to improve the electrochemical performance of a germanium anode is proposed via encapsulating germanium nanoparticles in carbon nanoboxes by carbon coating the precursor, germanium dioxide cubes, and then subjecting them to a reduction treatment. The complete and robust carbon boxes are shown to not only provide extra void space for the expansion of germanium nanoparticles after lithium insertion but also offer a large reactive area and reduced distance for the lithium diffusion. Furthermore, the thus-obtained composite, composed of densely stacked carbon nanoboxes encapsulating germanium nanoparticles (germanium@carbon cubes (Ge@CC)), exhibits a high tap density and improved electronic conductivity. Compared to carbon-coated germanium bulks, the Ge@CC material shows excellent electrochemical properties in terms of both rate capability and cycling stability, due to the unique cubic core–shell structure and the effective carbon coating, so that the Ge@CC electrode delivers ≈497 mAh g−1 at a current rate of 30 C and shows excellent cycling stability of 1065.2 mAh g−1 at 0.5 C for over 500 cycles. (D. Li et al., Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1501666 (2016))

Germanium nanograin decoration on carbon shell: boosting lithium-storage properties of silicon nanoparticles

A novel heterostructured Si@C@Ge anode is developed via a two-step sol–gel method. A facile and straightforward Ge decoration significantly boosts the Li-storage performance of core–shell Si@C nanoparticles on both mechanics and kinetics. The Si@C@Ge anode shows unprecedented electrochemical performance in terms of accessible capacity, cycling stability, and rate capability when compared to those of a core–shell Si@C anode. Based on the experimental results and analysis of the mechanism, it is evident that highconductivity Ge nanograins on the surface facilitates the Li diffusivity and electron transport and guarantees high ion accessibility. Moreover, it is the Ge nanograins that serve as buffering cushion to tolerate the mechanic strain distribution on the electrode during lithiation/delithiation processes. (W. Luo et al., Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7800 (2016))

Intrinsically core-shell plasmonic dielectric nanostructures with ultrahigh refractive index

Topological insulators are a new class of quantum materials with metallic (edge) surface states and insulating bulk states. They demonstrate a variety of novel electronic and optical properties, which make them highly promising electronic, spintronic, and optoelectronic materials. We report on a novel conic plasmonic nanostructure that is made of bulk-insulating topological insulators and has an intrinsic core-shell formation. The insulating (dielectric) core of the nanocone displays an ultrahigh refractive index of up to 5.5 in the near-infrared frequency range. On the metallic shell, plasmonic response and strong backward light scattering were observed in the visible frequency range. Through integrating the nanocone arrays into a-Si thin film solar cells, up to 15% enhancement of light absorption was predicted in the ultraviolet and visible ranges. With these unique features, the intrinsically core-shell plasmonic nanostructure paves a new way for designing low-loss and high-performance visible to infrared optical devices. (Z.. J. Yue et al,.

Science Advances 2, e1501536 (2016))


Publications 2016 BOOK CHAPTER

1. R. A. Lewis, “Terahertz imaging and spectroscopy methods and instrumentation”, In Reference Module in Chemistry,

Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering; Reedijk, J., Dalcanale, E., Krebs, B., Lammertsma, K., Marquardt, R., Morbidelli, M., Nakai, H., Natile, G., Panza, L., Poole, C. F., Quack, M. & Wandelt, K., Eds.; Elsevier: United States, 2016; pp 1-6.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. T. Akhter, M. M. Islam, S. N. Faisal, E. Hague, A. I. Minett, H. K. Liu, K. Konstantinov, and S. X. Dou, “Self-assembled

N/S codoped flexible graphene paper for high performance energy storage and oxygen reduction reaction”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 2078 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

2. Z. Ali, M. Tahir, C. B. Cao, A. Mahmood, N. Mahmood, F. K. Butt, M. Tanveer, I. Shakir, M. Rizwan, F. Idrees, I. Aslam, and J. J. Zou, “Solid waste for energy storage material as electrode of supercapacitors”, Materials Letters 181, 191 (2016); [IF: 2.572]

3. A. Al-Keisy, L. Ren, D. D. Cui, Z. F. Xu, X. Xu, X. D. Su, W. C. Hao, S. X. Dou, and Y. Du, “A ferroelectric photocatalyst Ag10Si4O13 with visible-light photooxidation properties”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 10992 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

4. S. Al-Rubaye, R. Rajagopalan, C. M. Subramaniyam, Z. Y. Yu, S. X. Dou, and Z. X. Cheng, “Electrochemical performance enhancement in MnCo2O4 nanoflake/graphene nanoplatelets composite”, Journal of Power Sources 324, 179 (2016); [IF: 6.395]

5. S. Aminorroaya-Yamini, D. R. G. Mitchell, and M. Avdeev, “In situ characterisation of nanostructured multiphase thermoelectric materials at elevated temperatures”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 32814 (2016); [IF: 4.123]

6. S. Aminorroaya-Yamini, T. Li, D. R. G. Mitchell, and J. M. Cairney, “Elemental distributions within multiphase quaternary Pb chalcogenide thermoelectric materials determined through three-dimensional atom probe tomography”, Nano Energy 26, 157 (2016); [IF: 12.343]

7. Y. S. Ang, L. K. Ang, C. Zhang, and Z. S. Ma, “Nonlocal transistor based on pure crossed Andreev reflection in a EuO-graphene/superconductor hybrid structure”, Physical Review B 93, 041422 (2016); [IF: 3.836]

8. B. P. Bastakoti, Y. Q. Li, S. Guragain, S. M. Alshehri, M. J. A. Shiddiky, Z. W. Liu, K. Shim, J. H. Kim, M. S. A. Hossain, V. Malgras, and Y. Yamauchi, “Formation of mesopores inside platinum nanospheres by using double hydrophilic block copolymers”, Materials Letters 182, 190 (2016); [IF: 2.572]

9. C. Bleasdale, A. Bruno-Alfonso, and R. A. Lewis, “Electric-field effects on the closed orbits of the diamagnetic Kepler problem”, Physical Review A 93, 023405 (2016); [IF: 2.925]

10. C. Bleasdale, R. A. Lewis, and A. Bruno-Alfonso, “Azimuthal dependence of the Garton-Tomkins orbit in crossed magnetic and electric fields”, Physical Review A 94, 023409 (2016); [IF: 2.925]

11. Y. J. Cai, Y. D. Huang, W. Jia, X. C. Wang, Y. Guo, D. Z. Jia, Z. P. Sun, W. K. Pang, and Z. P. Guo, “Super high-rate, long cycle life of europium-modified, carbon-coated, hierarchical mesoporous lithium-titanate anode materials for lithium ion batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 9949 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

12. Y. J. Cai, Y. D. Huang, W. Jia, Y. Zhang, X. C. Wang, Y. Guo, D. Z. Jia, W. K. Pang, Z. P. Guo, and L. S. Wang, “Two-dimensional dysprosium-modified bamboo-slip-like lithium titanate with high-rate capability and long cycle life for lithium-ion batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 17782 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

13. K. Z. Cao, L. F. Jiao, W. K. Pang, H. Q. Liu, T. F. Zhou, Z. P. Guo, Y. J. Wang, and H. T. Yuan, “Na2Ti6O13 nanorods with dominant large interlayer spacing exposed facet for high-performance Na-ion batteries”, Small 12, 2991 (2016); [IF: 8.643]


14. Q. Cao, D. P. Zhu, M. X. Fu, L. Cai, P. Yang, S. Li, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma, G. L. Liu, Y. X. Chen, S. S. Yan, L. M. Mei,

and X. L. Wang, “Robust ferromagnetism of single crystalline CoxZn1-xO (0.3 <= x <= 0.45) epitaxial films with high Co concentration”, Applied Physics Letters 109, 052404 (2016); [IF: 3.411]

15. D. Cardillo, M. Tehei, M. S. Hossain, M. M. Islam, K. Bogusz, D. Q. Shi, D. Mitchell, M. Lerch, A. Rosenfeld, S. Corde, and K. Konstantinov, “Synthesis-dependent surface defects and morphology of hematite nanoparticles and their effect on cytotoxicity in vitro”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 5867 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

16. D. Cardillo, M. Weiss, M. Tehei, T. Devers, A. Rosenfeld, and K. Konstantinov, “Multifunctional Fe2O3/CeO2 nanocomposites for free radical scavenging ultraviolet protection”, RSC Advances 6, 65397 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

17. D. Carmo, F. Colauto, A. M. H. de Andrade, A. A. M. Oliveira, W. A. Ortiz, and T. H. Johansen, “Controllable injector for local flux entry into superconducting films”, Superconductor Science & Technology 29, 095003 (2016); [IF: 2.878]

18. J. C. S. Casini, F. M. Silva, Z. P. Guo, H. K. Liu, R. N. Faria, and H. Takiishi, “Effects of substituting Cu for Sn on the microstructure and hydrogen absorption properties of Co-free AB(5) alloys”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41, 17022 (2016); [IF: 3.582]

19. C. J. Chen, W. K. Pang, T. Mori, V. K. Peterson, N. Sharma, P. H. Lee, S. H. Wu, C. C. Wang, Y. F. Song, and R. S. Liu, “The Origin of capacity fade in the Li2MnO3 center dot LiMO2 (M = Li, Ni, Co, Mn) microsphere positive electrode: An operando neutron diffraction and transmission X-ray microscopy study”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 8824 (2016); [IF: 13.858]

20. C. J. Chen, H. H. Xu, T. F. Zhou, Z. P. Guo, L. N. Chen, M. Y. Yan, L. Q. Mai, P. Hu, S. J. Cheng, Y. H. Huang, and J. Xie, “Integrated intercalation-based and interfacial sodium storage in graphene-wrapped porous Li4Ti5O12 nanofibers composite aerogel”, Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1600322 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

21. M. Z. Chen, Z. Hu, Z. G. Wu, W. B. Hua, K. Ozawa, Q. F. Gu, Y. M. Kang, X. D. Guo, S. L. Chou, and S. X. Dou, “Understanding performance differences from various synthesis methods: A case study of spinel LiCr0.2Ni0.4Mn1.4O4 cathode material”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 26051 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

22. N. Chen, Y. C. Liu, Z. Q. Ma, and H. J. Li, “Significant enhancement of superconducting properties in the FeSe0.5Te0.5 bulks by minor Sn addition”, Materials Letters 175, 16 (2016); [IF: 2.572]

23. N. Chen, Y. C. Liu, Z. Q. Ma, L. M. Yu, and H. J. Li, “Improvement in structure and superconductivity of bulk FeSe0.5Te0.5 superconductors by optimizing sintering temperature”, Scripta Materialia 112, 152 (2016); [IF: 3.747]

24. W. D. Chen, G. T. Wu, T. He, Z. Li, Z. P. Guo, H. K. Liu, Z. G. Huang, and P. Chen, “An improved synthesis of unsolvated NaB3H8 and its application in preparing Na2B12H12”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41, 15471 (2016); [IF: 3.582]

25. W. D. Chen, H. B. Yu, G. T. Wu, T. He, Z. Li, Z. P. Guo, H. K. Liu, Z. G. Huang, and P. Chen, “Ammonium aminodiboranate: A long-sought isomer of diammoniate of diborane and ammonia borane dimer”, Chemistry - A European Journal 22, 7727 (2016); [IF: 5.317]

26. X. J. Chen, Y. W. Wu, Z. K. Huang, X. Y. Yang, W. J. Li, L. C. Yu, R. H. Zeng, Y. F. Luo, and S. L. Chou, “C10H4O2S2/graphene composite as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 18409 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

27. X. Q. Chen, Y. Bai, Z. Li, L. Z. Wang, and S. X. Dou, “Ambient synthesis of one-/two-dimensional CuAgSe ternary nanotubes as counter electrodes of quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells”, Chempluschem 81, 414 (2016); [IF: 2.797]

28. Z. B. Chen, X. L. Wang, S. P. Ringer, and X. Z. Liao, “Manipulation of nanoscale domain switching using an electron beam with omnidirectional electric field distribution”, Physical Review Letters 117, 027601 (2016); [IF: 8.462]

29. F. Cheng, Y. C. Liu, Z. Q. Ma, M. S. Al Hossain, and M. Somer, “Sintering process and critical current density of low activation (MgB2)-B-11 superconductors from low temperature to high temperature”, Physica C - Superconductivity and Its Applications 527, 9 (2016); [IF: 1.404]

30. F. Cheng, Y. C. Liu, Z. Q. Ma, M. S. Al Hossain, and M. Somer, “Improved superconducting properties in the (MgB2)-B-11 low activation superconductor prepared by low-temperature sintering”, Scientific Reports 6, 25498 (2016); [IF: 4.259]


31. Y. Cheng, W. X. Li, W. C. Hao, H. Z. Xu, Z. F. Xu, L. R. Zheng, J. Zhang, S. X. Dou, and T. M. Wang, “Manipulating coupling state and magnetism of Mn-doped ZnO nanocrystals by changing the coordination environment of Mn via hydrogen annealing”, Chinese Physics B 25, 017301 (2016); [IF: 1.223]

32. D. L. Cortie, T. Buck, M. H. Dehn, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, I. McKenzie, M. R. Pearson, X. L. Wang, and W. A. MacFarlane, “beta-NMR Investigation of the depth-dependent magnetic properties of an antiferromagnetic surface”, Physical Review Letters 116, 106103 (2016); [IF: 8.462]

33. J. C. Debnath and J. L. Wang, “Magnetocaloric effect in HoMn2Si2 compound with multiple magnetic phase transitions”, Intermetallics 78, 50 (2016); [IF: 3.140]

34. J. C Debnath, H. S Nair, A. M Strydom, K. R Kumar and J. L Wang, “Magnetocaloric effect in the metamagnet ErRhSi compound”, Journal of Applied Physics 120 (23), 233902 (2016); [IF: 2.068]

35. Y. H. Deng, J. T. Chen, C. H. Chang, K. S. Liao, K. L. Tung, W. E. Price, Y. Yamauchi, and K. C. W. Wu, “A Drying-free, water-based process for fabricating mixed-matrix membranes with outstanding pervaporation performance”, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55, 12793 (2016); [IF: 11.994]

36. Y. H. Dou, J. T. Xu, B. Y. Ruan, Q. N. Liu, Y. D. Pan, Z. Q. Sun, and S. X. Dou, “Atomic layer-by-layer Co3O4/graphene composite for high performance lithium-ion batteries”, Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1501835 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

37. Y. H. Dou, T. Liao, Z. Q. Ma, D. L. Tian, Q. N. Liu, F. Xiao, Z. Q. Sun, J. H. Kim, and S. X. Dou, “Graphene-like holey Co3O4 nanosheets as a highly efficient catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction”, Nano Energy 30, 267 (2016); [IF: 12.343]

38. Y. Du, J. C. Zhuang, J. O. Wang, Z. Li, H. Liu, J. Zhao, X. Xu, H. Feng, L. Chen, K. Wu, X. Wang, and S. X. Dou, “Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation”, Science Advances 2, e1600067 (2016); [IF: N/A]

39. W. Y. Duan, W. Wang, C. Zhang, K. J. Jin, and Z. S. Ma, “Charge neutral fermionic states and current oscillation in a graphene-superconductor hybrid structure”, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 85, 104713 (2016); [IF: 1.450]

40. E. Engels, S. Corde, S. McKinnon, S. Incerti, K. Konstantinov, A. Rosenfeld, M. Tehei, M. Lerch and S. Guatelli, “Optimizing dose enhancement with Ta2O5 nanoparticles for synchrotron microbeam activated radiation therapy”, Physica Medica - European Journal of Medical Physics 32, 1852 (2016); [IF: 1.990]

41. M. U. Farooq, S. Butt, K. W. Gao, X. G. Sun, X. L. Pang, S. U. Khan, W. Xu, F. Mohmed, A. Mahmood, and N. Mahmood, “Enhanced thermoelectric efficiency of Cu2-xSe-Cu2S composite by incorporating Cu2S nanoparticles”, Ceramics International 42, 8395 (2016); [IF: 2.986]

42. M. U. Farooq, S. Butt, K. W. Gao, X. G. Sun, X. L. Pang, A. Mahmood, W. Mahmood, S. U. Khan, and N. Mahmood, “Pronounced effect of ZnTe nanoinclusions on thermoelectric properties of Cu2-xSe chalcogenides”, Science China - Materials 59, 135 (2016); [IF: 3.956]

43. M. U. Farooq, S. Butt, K. W. Gao, Y. C. Zhu, X. G. Sun, X. L. Pang, S. U. Khan, F. Mohmed, A. Mahmood, N. Mahmood, and W. Xu, “Cd-doping a facile approach for better thermoelectric transport properties of BiCuSeO oxyselenides”, RSC Advances 6, 33789 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

44. H. F. Feng, X. Xu, W. C. Hao, Y. Du, D. L. Tian, and L. Jiang, “Magnetic field actuated manipulation and transfer of oil droplets on a stable underwater superoleophobic surface”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 16202 (2016); [IF: 4.123]

45. Z. Y. Feng, N. Wu, W. Zhang, J. Luo, X. G. Tang, Z. X. Cheng, D. Q. Shi, and S. X. Dou, “High dielectric tunability of Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 thick films modified by a solution-immersion process”, Materials Research Bulletin 76, 384 (2016); [IF: 2.446]

46. X. R. Ferreres, S. Aminorroaya-Yamini, M. Nancarrow, and C. Zhang, “One-step bonding of Ni electrode to n-type PbTe - A step towards fabrication of thermoelectric generators”, Materials & Design 107, 90 (2016); [IF: 4.364]

47. H. Gao, T. F. Zhou, Y. Zheng, Y. Q. Liu, J. Chen, H. K. Liu, and Z. P. Guo, “Integrated carbon/red phosphorus/graphene aerogel 3D architecture via advanced vapor-redistribution for high-energy sodium-ion batteries”, Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1601037 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

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49. Z. Gong, W. P. Sun, D. Shan, Y. S. Wu, and W. Liu, “Tuning the thickness of Ba-containing “Functional” layer toward high-performance ceria-based solid oxide fuel cells”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 10835 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

50. D. Guo, S. Dou, X. Li, J. T. Xu, S. Y. Wang, L. Lai, H. K. Liu, J. M. Ma, and S. X. Dou, “Hierarchical MnO2/rGO hybrid nanosheets as an efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41, 5260 (2016); [IF: 3.582]

51. L. S. Gao, H. Z. Guo, S. J. Zhang and C. A. Randall, “A perovskite lead-free antiferroelectric xCaHfO3-(1-x)NaNbO3 with induced double hysteresis loops at room temperature”, Journal of Applied Physics 120, 204102 (2016); [IF: 2.068]

52. W. Guo, X. Li, J. T. Xu, H. K. Liu, J. M. Ma, and S. X. Dou, “Growth of highly nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon for lithium-ion battery anode”, Electrochimica Acta 188, 414 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

53. C. Han, Y. Bai, Q. Sun, S. H. Zhang, Z. Li, L. Z. Wang, and S. X. Dou, “Ambient aqueous growth of Cu2Te nanostructures with excellent electrocatalytic activity toward sulfide redox shuttles”, Advanced Science 3, 1500350 (2016); [IF: 9.034]

54. C. Han, Q. Sun, Z. Li, and S. X. Dou, “Thermoelectric enhancement of different kinds of metal chalcogenides”, Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1600498 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

55. T. Han, M. S. Park, J. Kim, J. H. Kim, and K. Kim, “The smallest quaternary ammonium salts with ether groups for high-performance electrochemical double layer capacitors”, Chemical Science 7, 1791 (2016); [IF: 8.668]

56. E. Haque, S. Sarkar, M. Hassan, M. S. A. Hossain, A. I. Minett, S. X. Dou, and V. G. Gomes, “Tuning graphene for energy and environmental applications: Oxygen reduction reaction and greenhouse gas mitigation”, Journal of Power Sources 328, 472 (2016); [IF: 6.395]

57. A. C. Hee, S. S. Jamali, A. Bendavid, P. J. Martin, C. Kong, and Y. Zhao, “Corrosion behaviour and adhesion properties of sputtered tantalum coating on Ti6Al4V substrate”, Surface & Coatings Technology 307, 666 (2016); [IF: 2.589]

58. F. Hong, B. B. Yue, Z. X. Cheng, M. Kunz, B. Chen, and H. K. Mao, “High pressure polymorphs and amorphization of upconversion host material NaY(WO4)2”, Applied Physics Letters 109, 041907 (2016); [IF: 3.411]

59. F. Hong, B. B. Yue, J. L. Wang, A. Studer, C. S. Fang, X. L. Wang, S. X. Dou, and Z. X. Cheng, “Collapse and reappearance of magnetic orderings in spin frustrated TbMnO3 induced by Fe substitution”, Applied Physics Letters 109, 113 (2016); [IF: 3.411]

60. S. J. Hossaini, S. R. Ghorbani, H. Arabi, X. L. Wang, and C. T. Lin, “Temperature and field dependence of the flux pinning mechanisms in Fe1.06Te0.6Se0.4 single crystal”, Solid State Communications 246, 29 (2016); [IF: 1.554]

61. Y. M. Hu, G. H. Wang, C. Z. Liu, S. L. Chou, M. Y. Zhu, H. M. Jin, W. X. Li, and Y. Li, “LiFePO4/C nanocomposite synthesized by a novel carbothermal reduction method and its electrochemical performance”, Ceramics International 42, 11422 (2016); [IF: 2.986]

62. Z. Hu, Q. N. Liu, W. Y. Sun, W. J. Li, Z. L. Tao, S. L. Chou, J. Chen, and S. X. Dou, “MoS2 with an intercalation reaction as a long-life anode material for lithium ion batteries”, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 3, 532 (2016); [IF: 4.036]

63. M. Ihsan, H. Q. Wang, S. R. Majid, J. P. Yang, S. J. Kennedy, Z. P. Guo, and H. K. Liu, “MoO2/Mo2C/C spheres as anode materials for lithium ion batteries”, Carbon 96, 1200 (2016); [IF: 6.337]

64. M. M. Islam, D. Cardillo, T. Akhter, S. H. Aboutalebi, H. K. Liu, K. Konstantinov, and S. X. Dou, “Liquid-crystal-mediated self-assembly of porous alpha-Fe2O3 nanorods on PEDOT:PSS-functionalized graphene as a flexible ternary architecture for capacitive energy storage”, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 33, 27 (2016); [IF: 4.474]


65. R. Jalili, S. Aminorroaya-Yamini, T. M. Benedetti, S. H. Aboutalebi, Y. F. Chao, G. G. Wallace, and D. L. Officer, “Processable 2D materials beyond graphene: MoS2 liquid crystals and fibres”, Nanoscale 8, 16862 (2016); [IF: 7.367]

66. T. T. Jia, H. Kimura, Z. X. Cheng, and H. Y. Zhao, “Switching of both local ferroelectric and magnetic domains in multiferroic Bi0.9La0.1FeO3 thin film by mechanical force”, Scientific Reports 6, 31867 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

67. X. Jian, G. Z. Chen, H. Y. Liu, N. Mahmood, S. B. Zhu, L. J. Yin, H. Tang, W. Q. Lv, W. D. He, K. H. L. Zhang, Q. Zeng, B. H. Li, X. S. Li, W. L. Zhang, and X. L. Wang, “Vapor-dissociation-solid growth of three-dimensional graphite like capsules with delicate morphology and atomic-level thickness control”, Crystal Growth & Design 16, 5040 (2016); [IF: 4.055]

68. X. Jian, B. A. Wu, Y. F. Wei, S. X. Dou, X. L. Wang, W. D. He, and N. Mahmood, “Facile synthesis of Fe3O4/GCs composites and their enhanced microwave absorption properties”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 6101 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

69. B. Jiang, C. L. Li, J. Tang, T. Takei, J. H. Kim, Y. Ide, J. Henzie, S. Tominaka, and Y. Yamauchi, “Tunable-sized polymeric micelles and their assembly for the preparation of large mesoporous platinum nanoparticles”, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55, 10037 (2016); [IF: 11.994]

70. J. Jiang, G. B. Song, D. Y. Wang, Z. M. Jin, Z. Tian, X. Lin, J. G. Han, G. H. Ma, S. X. Cao, and Z. X. Cheng, “Magnetic-field dependence of strongly anisotropic spin reorientation transition in NdFeO3: a terahertz study”, Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter 28, 116002 (2016); [IF: 2.649]

71. Q. Jiang, X. Chen, H. Gao, C. Q. Feng, and Z. P. Guo, “Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 as novel anode material for lithium-ion battery”, Electrochimica Acta 190, 703 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

72. Q. Jiang, Z. H. Zhang, S. Y. Yin, Z. P. Guo, S. Q. Wang, and C. Q. Feng, “Biomass carbon micro/nano-structures derived from ramie fibers and corncobs as anode materials for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries”, Applied Surface Science 379, 73 (2016); [IF: 3.387]

73. Y. Z. Jiang, S. L. Yu, B. Q. Wang, Y. Li, W. P. Sun, Y. H. Lu, M. Yan, B. Song, and S. X. Dou, “Prussian blue@C composite as an ultrahigh-rate and long-life sodium-ion battery cathode”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 5315 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

74. L. Jing, K. Shim, C. Y. Toe, T. Fang, C. Zhao, R. Amal, K. N. Sun, J. H. Kim, and Y. H. Ng, “Electrospun polyacrylonitrile-ionic liquid nanofibers for superior PM2.5 capture capacity”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 7030 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

75. N. Jung, J. Kim, Y. Yamauchi, M. S. Park, J. W. Lee, and J. H. Kim, “Rechargeable lithium-air batteries: a perspective on the development of oxygen electrodes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 14050 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

76. R. Kaiser, X. Liang, H. K. Liu, S. X. Dou, and J. Z. Wang, “A methodical approach for fabrication of binder-free Li2S-C composite cathode with high loading of active material for Li-S battery”, Carbon 103, 163 (2016); [IF: 6.337]

77. X. Ke, Z. Z. Zhao, J. Liu, L. Y. Liu, Z. C. Shi, Y. Y. Li, L. Y. Zhang, H. Y. Zhang, and Z. P. Guo, “Spinel oxide cathode material for high power lithium ion batteries for electrical vehicles,” in Cue 2015 - Applied Energy Symposium and Summit 2015: Low Carbon Cities and Urban Energy Systems. vol. 88, J. Yan, B. Chen, and J. Yang, Eds., ed, 2016, pp. 689-692. [IF: N/A]

78. H. Khan, G. Casillas, D. R. G. Mitchell, H. K. Liu, L. Jiang, and Z. G. Huang, “Carbon- and crack-free growth of hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets and their uncommon stacking order”, Nanoscale 8, 15926 (2016); [IF: 7.367]

79. D. Kim, J. Kim, Y. Ko, K. Shim, J. H. Kim, and J. You, “A Facile approach for constructing conductive polymer patterns for application in electrochromic devices and flexible microelectrodes”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 33175 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

80. J. Kim, J. Lee, J. You, M. S. Park, M. S. Al Hossain, Y. Yamauchi, and J. H. Kim, “Conductive polymers for next-generation energy storage systems: recent progress and new functions”, Materials Horizons 3, 517 (2016); [IF: 10.706]

81. J. Kim, C. Young, J. Lee, M. S. Park, M. Shahabuddin, Y. Yamauchi, and J. H. Kim, “CNTs grown on nanoporous carbon from zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for supercapacitors”, Chemical Communications 52, 13016 (2016); [IF: 6.319]


82. K. J. Kim, H. S. Lee, J. Kim, M. S. Park, J. H. Kim, Y. J. Kim, and M. Skyllas-Kazacos, “Superior electrocatalytic activity of a robust carbon-felt electrode with oxygen-rich phosphate groups for all-vanadium redox flow batteries”, Chemsuschem 9, 1329 (2016); [IF: 7.226]

83. T. Kimura and Y. Yamauchi, “Water sorption property controlled by nanoscale pore connectivity of large-sized cage-type mesopores”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 16, 9307 (2016); [IF: 1.483]

84. J. H. Lee, J. Kim, T. Y. Kim, M. S. Al Hossain, S. W. Kim, and J. H. Kim, “All-in-one energy harvesting and storage devices”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 7983 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

85. L. M. Lepodise, J. Horvat, and R. A. Lewis, “Terahertz spectroscopy of biochars and related aromatic compounds”, Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves 37, 1158 (2016); [IF: 2.540]

86. C. Li, M. M. Islam, J. Moore, J. Sleppy, C. Morrison, K. Konstantinov, S. X. Dou, C. Renduchintala, and J. Thomas, “Wearable energy-smart ribbons for synchronous energy harvest and storage”, Nature Communications 7, 13319 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

87. C. L. Li, B. Jiang, Z. L. Wang, Y. Q. Li, M. S. A. Hossain, J. H. Kim, T. Takei, J. Henzie, O. Dag, Y. Bando, and Y. Yamauchi, “First synthesis of continuous mesoporous copper films with uniformly sized pores by electrochemical soft templating”, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55, 12746 (2016); [IF: 11.994]

88. C. S. Li, Y. Sun, W. H. Lai, J. Z. Wang, and S. L. Chou, “Ultrafine Mn3O4 nanowires/three-dimensional graphene/single-walled carbon nanotube composites: superior electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and enhanced Mg/Air batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 27710 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

89. D. Li, H. Q. Wang, H. K. Liu, and Z. P. Guo, “A New strategy for achieving a high performance anode for lithium ion batteries encapsulating germanium nanoparticles in carbon nanoboxes”, Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1501666 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

90. E. B. Li, “Teaching traditional physics in a rapidly changing world”, Physics Today 69, 10 (2016); [IF: 4.188]

91. F. Li, S. J. Zhang, J. Luo, X. C. Geng, Z. Xu, and T. R. Shrout, “111-oriented PIN-PMN-PT crystals with ultrahigh dielectric permittivity and high frequency constant for high-frequency transducer applications”, Journal of Applied Physics 120, (2016); [IF: 2.068]

92. F. Li, S. J. Zhang, T. N. Yang, Z. Xu, N. Zhang, G. Liu, J. J. Wang, J. L. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, Z. G. Ye, J. Luo, T. R. Shrout, and L. Q. Chen, “The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals”, Nature Communications 7, 13807 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

93. H. Li, D. B. Liu, Y. Zhao, F. Jin, and M. F. Chen, “The Influence of Zn content on the corrosion and wear performance of Mg-Zn-Ca alloy in simulated body fluid”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 25, 3890 (2016); [IF: 1.338]

94. H. Q. Li, B. B. Cui, Y. Liu, H. W. Liu, Z. Y. Zhang, C. Zhang, C. X. Tang, and E. B. Li, “Investigation of the chip to photodetector coupler with subwavelength grating on SOI”, Optics and Laser Technology 76, 79 (2016); [IF: 2.104]

95. H. Q. Li, X. L. Feng, L. Cao, E. B. Li, H. Liang, and X. L. Chen, “A New ECG signal classification based on WPD and ApEn feature extraction”, Circuits Systems and Signal Processing 35, 339 (2016); [IF: 1.694]

96. H. Q. Li, X. D. Ma, D. Y. Yuan, Z. Y. Zhang, E. B. Li, and C. X. Tang, “Heterogeneous integration of a III-V VCSEL light source for optical fiber sensing”, Optics Letters 41, 4158 (2016); [IF: 3.416]

97. H. Q. Li, X. L. Feng, L. Cao, C. Zhang, C. X. Tang, E. B. Li, H. Liang, and X. L. Chen, “Heartbeat classification using different classifiers with non-linear feature extraction”, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 38, 1033 (2016); [IF: 1.049]

98. H. Q. Li, H. Liang, C. J. Miao, L. Cao, X. L. Feng, C. X. Tang, and E. B. Li, “Novel ECG signal classification based on KICA nonlinear feature extraction”, Circuits Systems and Signal Processing 35, 1187 (2016); [IF: 1.694]

99. J. F. Li, M. Li, L. Zhang, and J. Z. Wang, “General synthesis of xLi2MnO3(1-x)LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 (x=1/4, 1/3, and 1/2) hollow microspheres towards enhancing the performance of rechargeable lithium ion batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 12442 (2016); [IF: 8.867]


100. J. W. Li, X. S. Zhao, D. Li, X. J. Zheng, X. X. Yang, S. L. Chou, and Z. Zhu, “Effect of size and dimensionality on the band gap and conductivity of InAs, PbS, Ge, and Bi2S3 nanostructured semiconductors”, Current Nanoscience 12, 324 (2016); [IF: 1.062]

101. L. Li, Y. J. Zhang, M. Avdeev, L. F. Lindoy, D. G. Harman, R. K. Zheng, Z. X. Cheng, J. R. Aldrich-Wright, and F. Li, “Self-assembly of a unique 3d/4f heterometallic square prismatic box-like coordination cage”, Dalton Transactions 45, 9407 (2016); [IF: 4.029]

102. L. Li, H. Zheng, S. Y. Yin, S. Q. Wang, C. Q. Feng, J. Z. Wang, and P. X. He, “Synthesis and electrochemical properties of LiMnBO3 and LiMnBO3/C composite”, Science of Advanced Materials 8, 980 (2016); [IF: 1.641]

103. L. L. Li, B. Jin, X. Y. Lang, C. C. Yang, W. Gao, Y. F. Zhu, S. X. Dou, and Q. Jiang, “Facile synthesis of NixZn1-xFe2O4 (x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1) as anode materials for lithium storage”, ChemPlusChem 81, 1174 (2016); [IF: 2.797]

104. Q. Li, C. Q. Feng, and Z. P. Guo, “Synthesis and electrochemical performances of MnxCoyNizCO3 as novel anode material”, Ceramics International 42, 7888 (2016); [IF: 2.986]

105. W. J. Li, S. L. Chou, J. Z. Wang, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “Significant enhancement of the cycling performance and rate capability of the P/C composite via chemical bonding (P-C)”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 505 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

106. W. J. Li, C. Han, S. L. Chou, J. Z. Wang, Z. Li, Y. M. Kang, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “Graphite-nanoplate-coated Bi2S3 composite with high-volume energy density and excellent cycle life for room-temperature sodium-sulfide batteries”, Chemistry - A European Journal 22, 590 (2016); [IF: 5.317]

107. Y. Q. Li, C. L. Li, B. P. Bastakoti, J. Tang, B. Jiang, J. Kim, M. Shahabuddin, Y. Bando, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Strategic synthesis of mesoporous Pt-on-Pd bimetallic spheres templated from a polymeric micelle assembly”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 9169 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

108. Y. X. Li, J. Mei, X. D. Guo, B. H. Zhong, H. Liu, G. B. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “Hollow Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2 micro-spheres synthesized by a co-precipitation method as a high-performance cathode material for Li-ion batteries”, RSC Advances 6, 70091 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

109. Y. Y. Li, H. Y. Zhang, Y. M. Chen, Z. C. Shi, X. G. Cao, Z. P. Guo, and P. K. Shen, “Nitrogen-doped carbon-encapsulated SnO2@Sn nanoparticles uniformly grafted on three-dimensional graphene-like networks as anode for high-performance lithium-ion batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 197 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

110. Y. Y. Li, H. Y. Zhang, S. X. Wang, Y. X. Lin, Y. M. Chen, Z. C. Shi, N. Li, W. G. Wang, and Z. P. Guo, “Facile low-temperature synthesis of hematite quantum dots anchored on a three-dimensional ultra-porous graphene-like framework as advanced anode materials for asymmetric supercapacitors”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 11247 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

111. Z. Li, J. C. Zhuang, L. Chen, Z. Y. Ni, C. Liu, L. Wang, X. Xu, J. O. Wang, X. D. Pi, X. L. Wang, Y. Du, K. H. Wu, and S. X. Dou, “Observation of van Hove singularities in twisted silicene multilayers”, ACS Central Science 2, 517 (2016); [IF: 7.481]

112. Z. Li, H. F. Feng, J. C. Zhuang, N. Pu, L. Wang, X. Xu, W. C. Hao, and Y. Du, “Metal-silicene interaction studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”, Journal of Physics – Condensed Matter 28, 034002 (2016); [IF: 2.649]

113. G. H. Liang, W. Z. Gai, Z. Y. Deng, P. G. Xu, and Z. X. Cheng, “Kinetics study of the Al-water reaction promoted by an ultrasonically prepared Al(OH)3 suspension”, RSC Advances 6, 35305 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

114. X. Liang, M. R. Kaiser, K. Konstantinov, R. Tandiono, Z. X. Wang, C. H. Chen, H. K. Liu, S. X. Dou, and J. Z. Wang, “Ternary porous sulfur/dual-carbon architectures for lithium/sulfur batteries obtained continuously and on a large scale via an industry-oriented spray-pyrolysis/sublimation method”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 25251 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

115. K. Lim, H. A. Bastawrous, V. H. Duong, K. W. See, P. Zhang, and S. X. Dou, “Fading Kalman filter-based real-time state of charge estimation in LiFePO4 battery-powered electric vehicles”, Applied Energy 169, 40 (2016); [IF: 7.182]

116. X. Lin, H. Q. Wang, H. W. Du, X. R. Xiong, B. Qu, Z. P. Guo, and D. W. Chu, “Growth of lithium lanthanum titanate nanosheets and their application in lithium-ion batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 1486 (2016); [IF: 7.504]


117. B. Liu, Y. G. Yu, J. T. Xi, Y. L. Fan, Q. H. Guo, J. Tong, and R. A. Lewis, “Features of a self-mixing laser diode operating near relaxation oscillation”, Sensors 16, 1546 (2016); [IF: 2.677]

118. D. M. Liu, X. X. Xu, Y. Du, X. Qin, Y. H. Zhang, C. S. Ma, S. H. Wen, W. Ren, E. M. Goldys, J. A. Piper, S. X. Dou, X. G. Liu, and D. Y. Jin, “Three-dimensional controlled growth of monodisperse sub-50 nm heterogeneous nanocrystals”, Nature Communications 7, 10254 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

119. H. S. Liu, H. F. Feng, Y. Du, J. Chen, K. H. Wu, and J. J. Zhao, “Point defects in epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) surfaces”, 2D Materials 3, 025034 (2016); [IF: 6.937]

120. L. L. Liu, Y. Y. Hou, J. Wang, J. Chen, H. K. Liu, Y. P. Wu, and J. Z. Wang, “Nanofibrous Co3O4/PPy hybrid with synergistic effect as bifunctional catalyst for lithium-oxygen batteries”, Advanced Materials Interfaces 3, 1600030 (2016); [IF: 4.279]

121. L. L. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Y. Hou, J. Chen, H. K. Liu, J. Z. Wang, and Y. P. Wu, “Self-assembled 3D foam-like NiCo2O4 as efficient catalyst for lithium oxygen batteries”, Small 12, 602 (2016); [IF: 8.643]

122. L. Liu, S. Dutta, R. R. Salunkhe, T. Ahamad, S. M. Alshehri, Y. Yamauchi, C. H. Hou, and K. C. W. Wu, “ZIF-8 derived, nitrogen-doped porous electrodes of carbon polyhedron particles for high-performance electrosorption of salt ions”, Scientific Reports 6, 28847 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

123. Q. Liu, Q. L. Yan, S. Wu, J. Q. Wang, and H. K. Liu, “Ultrathin porous NiO nanoflake arrays on nickel foam as binder-free electrodes for supercapacitors”, Electrochemistry 84, 219 (2016); [IF: 0.816]

124. Q. Liu, Y. H. Dou, B. Y. Ruan, Z. Q. Sun, S. L. Chou, and S. X. Dou, “Carbon-coated hierarchical SnO2 hollow spheres for lithium ion batteries”, Chemistry - A European Journal 22, 5853 (2016); [IF: 5.317]

125. X. K. Liu, Z. Y. Zhang, X. Lin, K. L. Zhang, Z. M. Jin, Z. X. Cheng, and G. H. Ma, “Terahertz broadband modulation in a biased BiFeO3/Si heterojunction”, Optics Express 24, 26618 (2016); [IF: 3.307]

126. Y. C. Liu, F. Cheng, W. B. Qiu, Z. Q. Ma, M. S. Al Hossain, and S. X. Dou, “High performance MgB2 superconducting wires fabricated by improved internal Mg diffusion process at a low temperature”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 9469 (2016); [IF: 5.256]

127. Y. W. Liu, X. M. Hua, C. Xiao, T. F. Zhou, P. C. Huang, Z. P. Guo, B. C. Pan, and Y. Xie, “Heterogeneous spin states in ultrathin nanosheets induce subtle lattice distortion to trigger efficient hydrogen evolution”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 5087 (2016); [IF: 13.858]

128. S. P. Loughran, M. S. A. Hossain, A. Bentvelzen, M. Elwood, J. Finnie, J. Horvat, S. Iskra, E. P. Ivanova, J. Manavis, C. K. Mudiyanselage et al., “Bioelectromagnetics research within an Australian context: The Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR)”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, 967 (2016); [IF: 2.101]

129. Q. Lu, H. J. Wang, K. Eid, Z. A. Alothman, V. Malgras, Y. Yamauchi, and L. Wang, “Synthesis of hollow platinum-palladium nanospheres with a dendritic shell as efficient electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation”, Chemistry - an Asian Journal 11, 1939 (2016); [IF: 4.083]

130. Y. Lu, J. C. Song, J. Yuan, L. Zhang, S. Q. Y. Wu, W. Z. Yu, M. Zhao, C. W. Qiu, J. H. Teng, K. P. Loh, C. Zhang, and Q. L. Bao, “Highly efficient plasmon excitation in graphene-Bi2Te3 heterostructure”, Journal of the Optical Society of America B - Optical Physics 33, 1842 (2016); [IF: 1.843]

131. Y. S. Lu, B. P. Bastakoti, M. Pramanik, M. S. A. Hossain, S. M. Alshehri, Y. Yamauchi, and S. W. Kuo, “Nanoarchitectures of self-assembled poly(styrene-b-4-vinyl pyridine) diblock copolymer blended with polypeptide for effective adsorption of mercury(II) ions”, RSC Advances 6, 106866 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

132. W. Luo, Y. X. Wang, S. L. Chou, Y. F. Xu, W. Li, B. Kong, S. X. Dou, H. K. Liu, and J. P. Yang, “Critical thickness of phenolic resin-based carbon interfacial layer for improving long cycling stability of silicon nanoparticle anodes”, Nano Energy 27, 255 (2016); [IF: 12.343]

133. W. Luo, Y. X. Wang, L. J. Wang, W. Jiang, S. L. Chou, S. X. Dou, H. K. Liu, and J. P. Yang, “Silicon/mesoporous carbon/crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles for highly stable lithium storage”, ACS Nano 10, 10524 (2016); [IF: 13.942]


134. W. Luo, D. K. Shen, R. Y. Zhang, B. W. Zhang, Y. X. Wang, S. X. Dou, H. K. Liu, and J. P. Yang, “Germanium nanograin decoration on carbon shell: boosting lithium-storage properties of silicon nanoparticles”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7800 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

135. W. B. Luo, X. W. Gao, D. Q. Shi, S. L. Chou, J. Z. Wang, and H. K. Liu, “Binder-free and carbon-free 3D porous air electrode for Li-O2 batteries with high efficiency, high capacity, and long life”, Small 12, 3031 (2016); [IF: 8.643]

136. M. X. Lv, F. Zhang, Y. W. Wu, M. J. Chen, C. F. Yao, J. M. Nan, D. Shu, R. H. Zeng, H. P. Zeng, and S. L. Chou, “Heteroaromatic organic compound with conjugated multi-carbonyl as cathode material for rechargeable lithium batteries”, Scientific Reports 6, 23515 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

137. T. Ma, H. Guerboukha, M. Girard, A.Squires, R. A. Lewis, “3D printed hollow-core terahertz optical waveguides with hyperuniform disordered dielectric reflectors”, Advanced Optical Materials 1-10 (2016); (IF: 6.875)

138. V. Malgras, H. Ataee-Esfahani, H. J. Wang, B. Jiang, C. L. Li, K. C. W. Wu, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Nanoarchitectures for mesoporous metals”, Advanced Materials 28, 993 (2016); [IF: 19.791]

139. F. Martinez-Pedrero, H. Massana-Cid, T. Ziegler, T. H. Johansen, A. V. Straube, and P. Tierno, “Bidirectional particle transport and size selective sorting of Brownian particles in a flashing spatially periodic energy landscape”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 26353 (2016); [IF: 4.123]

140. F. Martinez-Pedrero, P. Tierno, T. H. Johansen, and A. V. Straube, “Regulating wave front dynamics from the strongly discrete to the continuum limit in magnetically driven colloidal systems”, Scientific Reports 6, 19932 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

141. S. McKinnon, E. Engels, M. Tehei, K. Konstantinov, S. Corde, S. Oktaria, S. Incerti, M. Lerch, A. Rosenfeld, and S. Guatelli, “Study of the effect of ceramic Ta2O5 nanoparticle distribution on cellular dose enhancement in a kilovoltage photon field”, Physica Medica – European Journal of Medical Physics 32, 1216 (2016); [IF: 1.990]

142. S. McKinnon, S. Guatelli, S. Incerti, V. Ivanchenko, K. Konstantinov, S. Corde, M. Lerch, M. Tehei and A. Rosenfeld, “Local dose enhancement of proton therapy by ceramic oxide nanoparticles investigated with Geant4 simulations”, Physica Medica - European Journal of Medical Physics 32, 1584 (2016); [IF: 1.990]

143. P. Mikheenko, J. I. Vestgarden, S. Chaudhuri, I. J. Maasilta, Y. M. Galperin, and T. H. Johansen, “Metal frame as local protection of superconducting films from thermomagnetic avalanches”, AIP Advances 6, 035304 (2016); [IF: 1.568]

144. D. Min, C. J. Zhao, P. W. Ju, T. F. Zhou, H. Gao, Y. Zheng, H. Q. Wang, G. R. Chen, X. Z. Qian, and Z. P. Guo, “Facile synthesis of nickel-foam-based nano-architectural composites as binder-free anodes for high capacity Li-ion batteries”, Journal of Power Sources 304, 311 (2016); [IF: 6.395]

145. A. Morlando, D. Cardillo, T. Devers, and K. Konstantinov, “Titanium doped tin dioxide as potential UV filter with low photocatalytic activity for sunscreen products”, Materials Letters 171, 289 (2016); [IF: 2.572]

146. M. Mustapic, M. S. Al Hossain, J. Horvat, P. Wagner, D. R. G. Mitchell, J. H. Kim, G. Alici, Y. Nakayama, and B. Martinac, “Controlled delivery of drugs adsorbed onto porous Fe3O4 structures by application of AC/DC magnetic fields”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 226, 243 (2016); [IF: 3.615]

147. A. V. Pan, L. MacDonald, H. Baiej, and P. Cooper, “Theoretical consideration of superconducting coils for compact superconducting magnetic energy storage systems”, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 26, 5700905 (2016); [IF: 1.092]

148. Q. F. Pan, Z. Y. Zhang, H. Z. Wang, X. Lin, Z. M. Jin, Z. X. Cheng, and G. H. Ma, “Demagnetization dynamics of C-doped FePt film”, Acta Physica Sinica 65, 127802 (2016); [IF: 0.624]

149. Y. Pan, S. L. Chou, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “Improved cycling stability of lithium-sulphur batteries by enhancing the retention of active material with a sandwiched hydrothermally treated graphite film”, RSC Advances 6, 34131 (2016); [IF: 3.108]


150. W. K. Pang, C. Z. Lu, C. E. Liu, V. K. Peterson, H. F. Lin, S. C. Liao, and J. M. Chen, “Crystallographic origin of cycle decay of the high-voltage LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinel lithium-ion battery electrode”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 17183 (2016); [IF: 4.123]

151. E. Park, J. Kim, D. J. Chung, M. S. Park, H. Kim, and J. H. Kim, “Si/SiOx-conductive polymer core-shell nanospheres with an improved conducting path preservation for lithium-ion battery”, Chemsuschem 9, 2754 (2016); [IF: 7.226]

152. D. Patel, M. S. Al Hossain, M. Maeda, M. Shahabuddin, E. Yanmaz, S. Pradhan, M. Tomsic, S. Choi, and J. H. Kim, “A new approach to a superconducting joining process for carbon-doped MgB2 conductor”, Superconductor Science & Technology 29, 095001 (2016); [IF: 2.878]

153. D. Patel, M. S. Al Hossain, K. W. See, W. B. Qiu, H. Kobayashi, Z. Q. Ma, S. J. Kim, J. G. Hong, J. Y. Park, S. Choi, M. Maeda, M. Shahabuddin, M. Rindfleisch, M. Tomsic, S. X. Dou, and J. H. Kim, “Evaluation of persistent-mode operation in a superconducting MgB2 coil in solid nitrogen”, Superconductor Science & Technology 29, 04LT02 (2016); [IF: 2.878]

154. J. M. Peng, Y. C. Liu, Z. Q. Ma, M. S. Al Hossain, Y. Xin, and J. X. Jin, “Superior critical current density obtained in MgB2 bulks via employing carbon-coated boron and minor Cu addition”, Physica C - Superconductivity and Its Applications 528, 60 (2016); [IF: 1.404]

155. H. Porter, J. Xiong, M. Avdeev, D. Merz, P. M. Woodward, and Z. G. Huang, “Structural, magnetic, and optical properties of A3V4(PO4)6 (A = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni)”, Inorganic Chemistry 55, 5772 (2016); [IF: 4.857]

156. M. Pramanik, V. Malgras, J. J. Lin, S. M. Alshehri, T. Ahamad, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Electrochemical property of mesoporous crystalline iron phosphonate anode in Li-ion rechargeable battery”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 16, 9180 (2016); [IF: 1.483]

157. M. Pramanik, J. Lee, S. Tominaka, Y. Ide, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Unique nanocrystalline frameworks in mesoporous tin phosphate prepared through a hydrofluoric acid assisted chemical reaction”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 18091 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

158. H. Y. Qian, J. Tang, Z. L. Wang, J. Kim, J. H. Kim, S. M. Alshehri, E. Yanmaz, X. Wang, and Y. Yamauchi, “Synthesis of cobalt sulfide/sulfur doped carbon nanocomposites with efficient catalytic activity in the oxygen evolution reaction”, Chemistry – A European Journal 22, 18259 (2016); [IF: 5.317]

159. Y. L. Qin, J. L. Zhang, W. Z. Yao, C. J. Lu, and S. J. Zhang, “Domain configuration and thermal stability of (K0.48Na0.52)(Nb0.96Sb0.04)O3-Bi-0.50(Na0.82K0.18)0.50ZrO3 piezoceramics with high d(33) coefficient”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 7257 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

160. W. B. Qiu, H. Jie, D. Patel, Y. Lu, V. Luzin, A. Devred, M. Somer, M. Shahabuddin, J. H. Kim, Z. Q. Ma, S. X. Dou, and M. S. A. Hossain, “Improvement in the transport critical current density and microstructure of isotopic (MgB2)-B11 monofilament wires by optimizing the sintering temperature”, Scientific Reports 6, 36660 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

161. W. B. Qiu, Z. Q. Ma, Y. C. Liu, M. S. Al Hossain, X. L. Wang, C. B. Cai, and S. X. Dou, “Tuning superconductivity in FeSe thin films via magnesium doping”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 7891 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

162. R. Rajagopalan, L. Zhang, S. X. Dou, and H. K. Liu, “Tuned in situ growth of nanolayered rGO on 3D Na3V2(PO4)3 matrices: A step toward long lasting, high power Na-ion batteries”, Advanced Materials Interfaces 3, 1600007 (2016); [IF: 4.279]

163. R. Rajagopalan, L. Zhang, S. X. Dou, and H. K. Liu, “Lyophilized 3D lithium vanadium phosphate/reduced graphene oxide electrodes for super stable lithium ion batteries”, Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1501760 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

164. A. Rawal, S. D. Joseph, J. M. Hook, C. H. Chia, P. R. Munroe, S. Donne, Y. Lin, D. Phelan, D. R. G. Mitchell, B. Pace, J. Horvat, and J. B. W. Webber, “Mineral-biochar composites: Molecular structure and porosity”, Environmental Science & Technology 50, 7706 (2016); [IF: 6.198]

165. L. Ren, J. C. Zhuang, G. Casillas, H. F. Feng, Y. Q. Liu, X. Xu, Y. D. Liu, J. Chen, Y. Du, L. Jiang, and S. X. Dou, “Nanodroplets for stretchable superconducting circuits”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 8111 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

166. Q. Y. Ren, W. D. Hutchison, J. L. Wang, A. J. Studer, M. F. M. Din, S. M. Perez, J. M. Cadogan, and S. J. Campbell, “The magneto-structural transition in Mn1-xFexCoGe”, Journal of Physics D – Applied Physics 49, 175003 (2016); [IF: 2.558]


167. B. Y. Ruan, H. P. Guo, Q. N. Liu, D. Q. Shi, S. L. Chou, H. K. Liu, G. H. Chen, and J. Z. Wang, “3-D structured SnO2-polypyrrole nanotubes applied in Na-ion batteries”, RSC Advances 6, 103124 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

168. R. U. R. Sagar, N. Mahmood, F. J. Stadler, T. Anwar, S. T. Navale, K. Shehzad, and B. Du, “High capacity retention anode material for lithium ion battery”, Electrochimica Acta 211, 156 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

169. R. R. Salunkhe, J. Tang, N. Kobayashi, J. Kim, Y. Ide, S. Tominaka, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Ultrahigh performance supercapacitors utilizing core-shell nanoarchitectures from a metal-organic framework-derived nanoporous carbon and a conducting polymer”, Chemical Science 7, 5704 (2016); [IF: 8.668]

170. R. R. Salunkhe, Y. V. Kaneti, J. Kim, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Nanoarchitectures for metal-organic framework-derived nanoporous carbons toward supercapacitor applications”, Accounts of Chemical Research 49, 2796 (2016); [IF: 20.268]

171. B. Shabbir, X. L. Wang, Y. Ma, S. X. Dou, S. S. Yan, and L. M. Mei, “Study of flux pinning mechanism under hydrostatic pressure in optimally doped (Ba, K)Fe2As2 single crystals”, Scientific Reports 6, 23044 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

172. Y. Shia, J. Gao, H. D. Abruna, H. K. Liu, H. J. Li, J. Z. Wang, and Y. P. Wu, “Rapid synthesis of Li4Ti5O12/graphene composite with superior rate capability by a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method (vol 8, pg 297, 2014)”, Nano Energy 30, 910 (2016); [IF: 12.343]

173. M. H. Shao, F. Ciucci, and J. Z. Wang, “Special issue: new devices for energy conversion and storage, Hong Kong. Satellite Meeting of 66th ISE Annual Meeting Foreword”, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 46, 805 (2016); [IF: 2.235]

174. E. Sheha, F. Ahmad, P. Zhang, H. Q. Wang, and Z. P. Guo, “Effect of magnesium bromide on the electrical and electrochemical properties of PVA and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether polymer electrolyte for solid state magnesium batteries”, Energy and Environment Focus 5, 125 (2016); [IF: N/A]

175. H. Shen, Z. X. Cheng, F. Hong, J. Y. Xu, X. L. Wang, J. L. Wang, Z. Y. Yu, and Y. X. Wang, “Structure, room temperature spin reorientation and its dynamics in DyFe0.6Mn0.4O3”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 680, 226 (2016); [IF: 3.133]

176. Y. Shen, W. Zhang, S. L. Chou, and S. X. Dou, “Comment on “Cycling Li-O2 batteries via LiOH formation and decomposition”“, Science 352, 6286 (2016); [IF: 37.205]

177. J. C. Song, L. Zhang, Y. Z. Xue, Q. Y. S. Wu, F. Xia, C. Zhang, Y. L. Zhong, Y. P. Zhang, J. H. Teng, M. Premaratne, C. W. Qiu, and Q. L. Bao, “Efficient excitation of multiple plasmonic modes on three-dimensional graphene: An unexplored dimension”, ACS Photonics 3, 1986 (2016); [IF: 6.756]

178. A. D. Squires, M. Kelly and R. A. Lewis, “Terahertz analysis of quinacridone pigments”, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 1-11(2016); [IF: 2.540]

179. J. A. Steele, R. A. Lewis, J. Horvat, M. J. B. Nancarrow, M. Henini, D. Fan, Y. I. Mazur, M. Schmidbauer, M. E. Ware, S. Q. Yu, and G. J. Salamo, “Surface effects of vapour-liquid-solid driven Bi surface droplets formed during molecular-beam-epitaxy of GaAsBi”, Scientific Reports 6, 28860 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

180. J. A. Steele, P. Puech, and R. A. Lewis, “Polarized Raman backscattering selection rules for (hhl)-oriented diamond- and zincblende-type crystals”, Journal of Applied Physics 120, 055701 (2016); [IF: 2.068]

181. C. Stewart, K. Konstantinov, S. McKinnon, S. Guatelli, M. Lerch, A. Rosenfeld, M. Tehei, and S. Corde, “First proof of bismuth oxide nanoparticles as efficient radiosensitisers on highly radioresistant cancer cells”, Physica Medica – European Journal of Medical Physics 32, 1444 (2016); [IF: 1.990]

182. D. W. Su, D. H. Seo, Y. H. Ju, Z. J. Han, K. Ostrikov, S. X. Dou, H. J. Ahn, Z. Q. Peng, and G. X. Wang, “Ruthenium nanocrystal decorated vertical graphene nanosheets@Ni foam as highly efficient cathode catalysts for lithium-oxygen batteries”, NPG Asia Materials 8, e286 (2016); [IF: 9.157]

183. S. J. Su, Y. N. NuLi, Z. G. Huang, Q. Miao, J. Yang, and J. L. Wang, “A High-performance rechargeable Mg2+/Li+ hybrid battery using one-dimensional mesoporous TiO2(B) nanoflakes as the cathode”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 7111 (2016); [IF: 7.504]


184. C. M. Subramaniyam, M. M. Islam, T. Akhter, D. Cardillo, K. Konstantinov, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “A chemically modified graphene oxide wrapped porous hematite nano-architecture as a high rate lithium-ion battery anode material”, RSC Advances 6, 82698 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

185. Q. Sun, C. X. Sun, A. J. Du, S. X. Dou, and Z. Li, “In-plane graphene/boron-nitride heterostructures as an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction”, Nanoscale 8, 14084 (2016); [IF: 7.367]

186. W. P. Sun, X. H. Rui, D. Zhang, Y. Z. Jiang, Z. Q. Sun, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “Bismuth sulfide: A high-capacity anode for sodium-ion batteries”, Journal of Power Sources 309, 135 (2016); [IF: 6.395]

187. W. Y. Sun, Z. Hu, C. Y. Wang, Z. L. Tao, S. L. Chou, Y. M. Kang, and H. K. Liu, “Effects of carbon content on the electrochemical performances of MoS2-C nanocomposites for Li-ion batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 22168 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

188. Y. Sun, C. S. Li, Q. R. Yang, S. L. Chou, and H. K. Liu, “Electrochemically active, novel layered m-ZnV2O6 nanobelts for highly rechargeable Na-ion energy storage”, Electrochimica Acta 205, 62 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

189. Y. Sun, H. X. Liu, H. Hao, and S. J. Zhang, “Effect of oxygen vacancy on electrical property of acceptor doped BaTiO3-Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-Nb2O5 X8R Systems”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 99, 3067 (2016); [IF: 2.841]

190. Z. Q. Sun, T. Liao, L. Y. Sheng, L. Z. Kou, J. H. Kim, and S. X. Dou, “Deliberate design of TiO2 nanostructures towards superior photovoltaic cells”, Chemistry - a European Journal 22, 11357 (2016); [IF: 5.317]

191. M. Tahir, N. Mahmood, L. Pan, Z. F. Huang, Z. Lv, J. W. Zhang, F. K. Butt, G. Q. Shen, X. W. Zhang, S. X. Dou, and J. J. Zou, “Efficient water oxidation through strongly coupled graphitic C3N4 coated cobalt hydroxide nanowires”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 12940 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

192. Z. X. Tai, Y. J. Liu, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “Self-monitoring and self-correcting polymer fibers coated with carbon nanotubes”, Carbon 109, 428 (2016); [IF: 6.337]

193. H. T. Tan, W. P. Sun, L. B. Wang, and Q. Y. Yan, “2D transition metal oxides/hydroxides for energy-storage applications”, Chemnanomat 2, 562 (2016); [IF: 2.937]

194. J. Tang, R. R. Salunkhe, H. B. Zhang, V. Malgras, T. Ahamad, S. M. Alshehri, N. Kobayashi, S. Tominaka, Y. Ide, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Bimetallic Metal-Organic Frameworks for Controlled Catalytic Graphitization of Nanoporous Carbons”, Scientific Reports 6, 30295 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

195. J. Tang and Y. Yamauchi, “Carbon materials: MOF morphologies in control”, Nature Chemistry 8, 638 (2016); [IF: 25.870]

196. Z. W. Tang, L. J. Zhang, L. Wan, Z. G. Huang, H. K. Liu, Z. P. Guo, and X. B. Yu, “Regeneration of alkaline metal amidoboranes with high purity”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41, 407 (2016); [IF: 3.582]

197. N. D. Thorad, R. A. Bohara, S. A. M. Tofail, Z. A. Alothman, M. J. A. Shiddiky, M. S. A. Hossain, Y. Yamauchi, and K. C. W. Wu, “Superparamagnetic gadolinium ferrite nanoparticles with controllable curie temperature - cancer theranostics for MR-imaging-guided magneto-chemotherapy”, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 28, 4586 (2016); [IF: 2.444]

198. D. L. Tian, L. L. He, N. Zhang, X. Zheng, Y. H. Dou, X. F. Zhang, Z. Y. Guo, and L. Jiang, “Electric field and gradient microstructure for cooperative driving of directional motion of underwater oil droplets”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7986 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

199. D. L. Tian, N. Zhang, X. Zheng, G. L. Hou, Y. Tian, Y. Du, L. Jiang, and S. X. Dou, “Fast responsive and controllable liquid transport on a magnetic fluid/nanoarray composite interface”, ACS Nano 10, 6220 (2016); [IF: 13.942]

200. P. Tierno, T. H. Johansen, and J. M. Sancho, “A Tunable magnetic domain wall conduit regulating nanoparticle diffusion”, Nano Letters 16, 5169 (2016); [IF: 12.712]

201. J. I. Vestgarden, Y. M. Galperin, and T. H. Johansen, “Oscillatory regimes of the thermomagnetic instability in superconducting films”, Physical Review B 93, 174511 (2016); [IF: 3.836]

202. B. F. Wang, F. Zhao, G. D. Du, S. Porter, Y. Liu, P. Zhang, Z. X. Cheng, H. K. Liu, and Z. G. Huang, “Boron-doped anatase TiO2 as a high-performance anode material for sodium-ion batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 16009 (2016); [IF: 7.504]


203. H. Q. Wang, V. Sencadas, G. P. Gao, H. Gao, A. J. Du, H. K. Liu, and Z. P. Guo, “Strong affinity of polysulfide

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204. H. Q. Wang, W. C. Zhang, H. K. Liu, and Z. P. Guo, “A Strategy for configuration of an integrated flexible sulfur cathode for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries”, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55, 3992 (2016); [IF: 11.994]

205. H. Z. Wang, D. M. Deng, Z. Y. Zhang, K. Xu, Q. F. Pan, X. Lin, L. Yan, S. X. Cao, Z. X. Cheng, Z. M. Jin, and G. H. Ma, “Ultrafast Jahn-Teller polaron dynamics in a bi-layered manganite single crystal”, Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters 10, 558 (2016); [IF: 3.032]

206. J. Wang, L. L. Liu, C. M. Subramaniyam, S. L. Chou, H. K. Liu, and J. Z. Wang, “A microwave autoclave synthesized MnO2/graphene composite as a cathode material for lithium-oxygen batteries”, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 46, 869 (2016); [IF: 2.235]

207. J. Wang, J. Tang, Y. L. Xu, B. Ding, Z. Chang, Y. Wang, X. D. Hao, H. Dou, J. H. Kim, X. G. Zhang, and Y. Yamauchi, “Interface miscibility induced double-capillary carbon nanofibers for flexible electric double layer capacitors”, Nano Energy 28, 232 (2016); [IF: 12.343]

208. M. Wang, Y. Y. Hou, R. C. T. Slade, J. Z. Wang, D. Q. Shi, D. Wexler, H. K. Liu, and J. Chen, “Core-shell Co/CoO integrated on 3D nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide aerogel as an enhanced electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction”, Frontiers in Chemistry 4, 36 (2016); [IF: 3.994]

209. N. Wang, Y. Gao, Y. X. Wang, K. Liu, W. H. Lai, Y. M. Hu, Y. Zhao, S. L. Chou, and L. Jiang, “Nanoengineering to achieve high sodium storage: A case study of carbon coated hierarchical nanoporous TiO2 microfibers”, Advanced Science 3, 1600013 (2016); [IF: 9.034]

210. Q. H. Wang, Y. X. Zhu, J. Xue, X. S. Zhao, Z. P. Guo, and C. Wang, “General synthesis of porous mixed metal oxide hollow spheres with enhanced supercapacitive properties”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 17226 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

211. X. C. Wang, W. Jia, L. X. Wang, Y. D. Huang, Y. Guo, Y. Sun, D. Z. Jia, W. K. Pang, Z. P. Guo, and X. C. Tang, “Simple in situ synthesis of carbon-supported and nanosheet-assembled vanadium oxide for ultra-high rate anode and cathode materials of lithium ion batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 13907 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

212. X. T. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, J. L. Wang, and G. D. Liu, “A full spectrum of spintronic properties demonstrated by a C1(b)-type Heusler compound Mn2Sn subjected to strain engineering”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 8535 (2016); [IF: 5.256]

213. X. T. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, J. L. Wang, H. Rozale, L. Y. Wang, Z. Y. Yu, J. T. Yang, and G. D. Liu, “Strain-induced diverse transitions in physical nature in the newly designed inverse Heusler alloy Zr2MnAl”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 686, 549 (2016); [IF: 3.133]

214. X. T. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, J. L. Wang, H. Rozale, J. T. Yang, Z. Y. Yu, and G. D. Liu, “Origin of d(0) half-metallic characteristic in DO3-type XO3 (X=Li, Na, K and Rb) compounds”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 412, 95 (2016); [IF: 2.630]

215. X. T. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, J. L. Wang, L. Y. Wang, Z. Y. Yu, C. S. Fang, J. T. Yang, and G. D. Liu, “Origin of the half-metallic band-gap in newly designed quaternary Heusler compounds ZrVTiZ (Z = Al, Ga)”, RSC Advances 6, S7041 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

216. X. T. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, J. L. Wang, X. L. Wang, and G. D. Liu, “Recent advances in the Heusler based spin-gapless semiconductors”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 7176 (2016); [IF: 5.256]

217. Y. Wang, C. Y. Wang, Y. J. Wang, H. K. Liu, and Z. G. Huang, “Boric acid assisted reduction of graphene oxide: A promising material for sodium-ion batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 18860 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

218. Y. Wang, C. Y. Wang, Y. J. Wang, H. K. Liu, and Z. G. Huang, “Superior sodium-ion storage performance of Co3O4@nitrogen-doped carbon: derived from a metal-organic framework”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 5428 (2016); [IF: 8.867]


219. Y. X. Wang, J. P. Yang, W. H. Lai, S. L. Chou, Q. F. Gu, H. K. Liu, D. Y. Zhao and S. X. Dou, “Achieving high-performance room-temperature sodium sulfur batteries with S@interconnected mesoporous carbon hollow nanospheres”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 16576 (2016); [IF: 13.858]

220. Z. L. Wang, C. L. Li, and Y. Yamauchi, “Nanostructured nonprecious metal catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide”, Nano Today 11, 373 (2016); [IF: 17.476]

221. F. S. Wells, A. V. Pan, X. R. Wang, I. A. Golovchanskiy, S. A. Fedoseev, H. Hilgenkamp, and A. Rozenfeld, “Direct measurements of field-dependent ordering in a low-field vortex glass state”, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 26, 8000905 (2016); [IF: 1.092]

222. F. S. Wells, A. V. Pan, S. Wilson, I. A. Golovchanskiy, S. A. Fedoseev, and A. Rozenfeld, “Dynamic magneto-optical imaging of superconducting thin films”, Superconductor Science & Technology 29, 035014 (2016); [IF: 2.878]

223. R. J. Wong, J. Scott, G. K. C. Low, H. F. Feng, Y. Du, J. N. Hart, and R. Amal, “Investigating the effect of UV light pre-treatment on the oxygen activation capacity of Au/TiO2”, Catalysis Science & Technology 6, 8188 (2016); [IF: 5.773]

224. G. L. Xia, Y. B. Tan, F. L. Wu, F. Fang, D. L. Sun, Z. P. Guo, Z. G. Huang, and X. B. Yu, “Graphene-wrapped reversible reaction for advanced hydrogen storage”, Nano Energy 26, 488 (2016); [IF: 12.343]

225. G. L. Xia, L. J. Zhang, F. Fang, D. L. Sun, Z. P. Guo, H. K. Liu, and X. B. Yu, “General synthesis of transition metal oxide ultrafine nanoparticles embedded in hierarchically porous carbon nanofibers as advanced electrodes for lithium storage”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 6188 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

226. W. Xiang, Z. G. Wu, E. H. Wang, M. Z. Chen, Y. Song, J. B. Zhang, Y. J. Zhong, S. L. Chou, J. H. Luo, and X. D. Guo, “Confined synthesis of graphene wrapped LiMn0.5Fe0.5PO4 composite via two step solution phase method as high performance cathode for Li-ion batteries”, Journal of Power Sources 329, 94 (2016); [IF: 6.395]

227. F. Xiao, Z. X. Chen, G. Casillas, C. Richardson, H. J. Li, and Z. G. Huang, “Controllable synthesis of few-layered and hierarchically porous boron nitride nanosheets”, Chemical Communications 52, 3911 (2016); [IF: 6.319]

228. J. Y. Xiong, C. Han, W. J. Li, Q. Sun, J. Chen, S. L. Chou, Z. Li, and S. X. Dou, “Ambient synthesis of a multifunctional 1D/2D hierarchical Ag-Ag2S nanowire/nanosheet heterostructure with diverse applications”, Crystengcomm 18, 930 (2016); [IF: 3.474]

229. J. Y. Xiong, Q. Sun, J. Chen, Z. Li, and S. X. Dou, “Ambient controlled synthesis of advanced core-shell plasmonic Ag@ZnO photocatalysts”, Crystengcomm 18, 1713 (2016); [IF: 3.474]

230. Z. F. Xu, W. C. Hao, Q. F. Zhang, Z. H. Fu, H. F. Feng, Y. Du, and S. X. Dou, “Indirect-direct band transformation of few-layer BiOCl under biaxial strain”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 8589 (2016); [IF: 4.536]

231. H. R. Xue, X. W. Mu, J. Tang, X. L. Fan, H. Gong, T. Wang, J. P. He, and Y. Yamauchi, “A nickel cobaltate nanoparticle-decorated hierarchical porous N-doped carbon nanofiber film as a binder-free self-supported cathode for nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 9106 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

232. H. R. Xue, J. Tang, H. Gong, H. Guo, X. L. Fan, T. Wang, J. P. He, and Y. Yamauchi, “Fabrication of PdCo bimetallic nanoparticles anchored on three dimensional ordered N-doped porous carbon as an efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 20766 (2016); [IF: 7.504]

233. J. P. Yang, T. F. Zhou, R. Zhu, X. Q. Chen, Z. P. Guo, J. W. Fan, H. K. Liu, and W. X. Zhang, “Highly ordered dual porosity mesoporous cobalt oxide for sodium-ion batteries”, Advanced Materials Interfaces 3, 1500464 (2016); [IF: 4.279]

234. Z. X. Yang, K. Qian, J. Lv, W. H. Yan, J. H. Liu, J. W. Ai, Y. X. Zhang, T. L. Guo, X. T. Zhou, S. Xu, and Z. P. Guo, “Encapsulation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles into N, S co-doped graphene sheets with greatly enhanced electrochemical performance”, Scientific Reports 6, 27957 (2016); [IF: 4.259]

235. C. Young, R. R. Salunkhe, J. Tang, C. C. Hu, M. Shahabuddin, E. Yanmaz, M. S. A. Hossain, J. H. Kim, and Y. Yamauchi, “Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) derived nanoporous carbon: the effect of carbonization temperature on the supercapacitor performance in an aqueous electrolyte”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 29308 (2016); [IF: 4.123]


236. Z. Y. Yu, Z. X. Cheng, Z. X. Tai, X. L. Wang, C. M. Subramaniyam, C. S. Fang, S. Al-Rubaye, X. T. Wang, and S. X. Dou, “Tuning the morphology of Co3O4 on Ni foam for supercapacitor application”, RSC Advances 6, 45783 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

237. Z. Yuan, Y. Z. Jiang, W. P. Sun, B. Xiang, Y. Li, M. Yan, B. Xu, and S. X. Dou, “Ever-increasing pseudocapacitance in RGO-MnO-RGO sandwich nanostructures for ultrahigh-rate lithium storage”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 2198 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

238. Z. J. Yue, B. Y. Cai, L. Wang, X. L. Wang, and M. Gu, “Intrinsically core-shell plasmonic dielectric nanostructures with ultrahigh refractive index”, Science Advances 2, e1501536 (2016); [IF: N/A]

239. Z. J. Yue, Q. J. Chen, and X. L. Wang, “Thermoelectric signals of state transition in polycrystalline SmB6”, Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter 28, 355801 (2016); [IF: 2.649]

240. M. B. Zakaria, M. S. A. Hossain, M. J. A. Shiddiky, M. Shahabuddin, E. Yanmaz, J. H. Kim, A. A. Belik, Y. Ide, M. Hu, S. Tominaka, and Y. Yamauchi, “Cyano-bridged trimetallic coordination polymer nanoparticles and their thermal decomposition into nanoporous spinel ferromagnetic oxides”, Chemistry - A European Journal 22, 15042 (2016); [IF: 5.317]

241. M. B. Zakaria, C. L. Li, M. Pramanik, Y. Tsujimoto, M. Hu, V. Malgras, S. Tominaka, and Y. Yamauchi, “Nanoporous Mn-based electrocatalysts through thermal conversion of cyano-bridged coordination polymers toward ultra-high efficiency hydrogen peroxide production”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 9266 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

242. C. Z. Zhang, Z. Y. Wang, C. N. Manchon, P. Sun, Q. H. Guo, and B. H. Fleury, “Turbo equalization using partial Gaussian approximation”, IEEE Signal Processing Letters 23, 1216 (2016); [IF: 2.528]

243. D. Zhang, W. P. Sun, Y. Zhang, Y. H. Dou, Y. Z. Jiang, and S. X. Dou, “Engineering hierarchical hollow nickel sulfide spheres for high-performance sodium storage”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7479 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

244. D. Zhang, W. P. Sun, Z. H. Chen, Y. Zhang, W. B. Luo, Y. Z. Jiang, and S. X. Dou, “Two-dimensional cobalt-/nickel-based oxide nanosheets for high-performance sodium and lithium storage”, Chemistry – A European Journal 22, 18060 (2016); [IF: 5.317]

245. H. M. Zhang, Y. Wang, P. R. Liu, S. L. Chou, J. Z. Wang, H. W. Liu, G. Z. Wang, and H. J. Zhao, “Highly ordered single crystalline nanowire array assembled three-dimensional Nb3O7(OH) and Nb2O5 superstructures for energy storage and conversion applications”, ACS Nano 10, 507 (2016); [IF: 13.942]

246. K. Zhang, M. H. Park, L. M. Zhou, G. H. Lee, W. J. Li, Y. M. Kang, and J. Chen, “Urchin-like CoSe2 as a high-performance anode material for sodium-ion batteries”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 6728 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

247. K. Zhang, G. H. Lee, M. H. Park, W. J. Li, and Y. M. Kang, “Recent developments of the lithium metal anode for rechargeable non-aqueous batteries”, Advanced Energy Materials 6, 1600811 (2016); [IF: 16.721]

248. K. Zhang, M. Park, L. M. Zhou, G. H. Lee, J. Shin, Z. Hu, S. L. Chou, J. Chen, and Y. M. Kang, “Cobalt-doped FeS2 nanospheres with complete solid solubility as a high-performance anode material for sodium-ion batteries”, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55, 12822 (2016); [IF: 11.994]

249. K. Zhang, Q. K. Huang, Y. Yan, X. L. Wang, J. Wang, S. S. Kang, and Y. F. Tian, “Rectification magnetoresistance device: Experimental realization and theoretical simulation”, Applied Physics Letters 109, 213503 (2016); [IF: 3.411]

250. L. Zhang, H. P. Guo, R. Rajagopalan, X. L. Hu, Y. H. Huang, S. X. Dou, and H. K. Liu, “One-step synthesis of a silicon/hematite@carbon hybrid nanosheet/silicon sandwich-like composite as an anode material for Li-ion batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 4056 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

251. L. Zhang, R. Rajagopalan, H. P. Guo, X. L. Hu, S. X. Dou, and H. K. Liu, “A Green and facile way to prepare granadilla-like silicon-based anode materials for Li-ion batteries”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 440 (2016); [IF: 12.124]


252. L. Zhang, S. X. Dou, H. K. Liu, Y. H. Huang, and X. L. Hu, “Symmetric electrodes for electrochemical energy-storage devices”, Advanced Science 3, 1600115 (2016); [IF: 9.034]

253. L. Zhang, G. L. Xia, Z. P. Guo, X. G. Li, D. L. Sun, and X. B. Yu, “Boron and nitrogen co-doped porous carbon nanotubes webs as a high-performance anode material for lithium ion batteries”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41, 14252 (2016); [IF: 3.582]

254. L. J. Zhang, J. L. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, Q. Sun, Z. Li, and S. X. Dou, “Lead-free SnTe-based thermoelectrics: enhancement of thermoelectric performance by doping with Gd/Ag”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 7936 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

255. L. J. Zhang, G. L. Xia, Z. P. Guo, D. L. Sun, X. G. Li, and X. B. Yu, “In situ fabrication of three-dimensional nitrogen and boron co-doped porous carbon nanofibers for high performance lithium-ion batteries”, Journal of Power Sources 324, 294 (2016); [IF: 6.395]

256. P. Zhang, Y. D. Huang, W. Jia, Y. J. Cai, X. C. Wang, Y. Guo, D. Z. Jia, Z. P. Sun, and Z. P. Guo, “Improved rate capability and cycling stability of novel terbium-doped lithium titanate for lithium-ion batteries”, Electrochimica Acta 210, 935 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

257. S. H. Zhang, L. Wen, J. P. Yang, J. F. Zeng, Q. Sun, Z. Li, D. Y. Zhao, and S. X. Dou, “Facile fabrication of dendritic mesoporous SiO2@CdTe@SiO2 fluorescent nanoparticles for bioimaging”, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 33, 261 (2016); [IF: 4.474]

258. S. H. Zhang, C. X. Sun, J. F. Zeng, Q. Sun, G. L. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wu, S. X. Dou, M. Y. Gao, and Z. Li, “Photothermal therapy: ambient aqueous synthesis of ultrasmall PEGylated Cu2-xSe nanoparticles as a multifunctional theranostic agent for multimodal imaging guided photothermal therapy of cancer”, Advanced Materials 33, 261 (2016); [IF: 19.791]

259. X. Zhang, C. Li, Z. M. Gao, Y. C. Liu, Z. Q. Ma, L. M. Yu, and H. J. Li, “Correlation between Zn-rich phase and corrosion/oxidation behavior of Sn8Zn3Bi alloy”, Metals 6, 175 (2016); [IF: 1.984]

260. Y. Zhang, P. H. Chen, X. Gao, B. Wang, H. Liu, H. Wu, H. K. Liu, and S. X. Dou, “Nitrogen-doped graphene ribbon assembled core-sheath MnO@graphene scrolls as hierarchically ordered 3D porous electrodes for fast and durable lithium storage”, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 7754 (2016); [IF: 12.124]

261. Y. Q. Zhang, X. Liu, S. L. Wang, S. X. Dou, and L. Li, “Interconnected honeycomb-like porous carbon derived from plane tree fluff for high performance supercapacitors”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 10869 (2016); [IF: 8.867]

262. H. Y. Zhao, K. Cai, Z. X. Cheng, Z. B. Ma, H. Kimura, and T. T. Jia, “Mechanical and electrical switching of local ferroelectric domains of K0.5Bi4.5Ti4O15 film”, Journal of Materials Science - Materials in Electronics 27, 5613 (2016); [IF: 2.019]

263. L. Zhao, Q. Liu, S. J. Zhang, and J. F. Li, “Lead-free AgNbO3 anti-ferroelectric ceramics with an enhanced energy storage performance using MnO2 modification”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 8380 (2016); [IF: 5.256]

264. T. Zhao, M. Hu, R. B. Zhong, X. X. Chen, P. Zhang, S. Gong, C. Zhang, and S. G. Liu, “Plasmon modes of circular cylindrical double-layer graphene”, Optics Express 24, 20461 (2016); [IF: 3.148]

265. B. T. Zheng, J. Zheng, S. S. Si, Y. Ren, X. Xu, and Z. G. Deng, “Magnetic characteristics of single-block and multi-block Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets at low temperature”, IEEE Magnetics Letters 7, 5503505 (2016); [IF: 1.644]

266. J. Zheng, B. T. Zheng, D. B. He, R. X. Sun, Z. G. Deng, X. Xu, and S. X. Dou, “Magnetic and levitation characteristics of bulk high-temperature superconducting magnets above a permanent magnet guideway”, Superconductor Science & Technology 29, 095009 (2016); [IF: 2.878]


267. Y. Zheng, T. F. Zhou, C. F. Zhang, J. F. Mao, H. K. Liu, and Z. P. Guo, “Boosted charge transfer in SnS/SnO2

heterostructures: toward high rate capability for sodium-ion batteries”, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55, 3408 (2016); [IF: 11.994]

268. Z. Zheng, X. D. Guo, S. L. Chou, W. B. Hua, H. K. Liu, S. X. Dou, and X. S. Yang, “Uniform Ni-rich LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 porous microspheres: Facile designed synthesis and their improved electrochemical performance”, Electrochimica Acta 191, 401 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

269. Z. Zheng, X. D. Guo, Y. J. Zhong, W. B. Hua, C. H. Shen, S. L. Chou, and X. S. Yang, “Host structural stabilization of Li1.232Mn0.615Ni0.154O2 through K-doping attempt: toward superior electrochemical performances”, Electrochimica Acta 188, 336 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

270. Y. P. Zhou, W. P. Sun, X. H. Rui, Y. Zhou, W. J. Ng, Q. Y. Yan, and E. Fong, “Biochemistry-derived porous carbon-encapsulated metal oxide nanocrystals for enhanced sodium storage”, Nano Energy 21, 71 (2016); [IF: 12.343]

271. R. J. Zhu, J. Y. Jiang, Z. M. Wang, Z. X. Cheng, and H. Kimura, “High output power density nanogenerator based on lead-free 0.96(K0.48Na0.52)(Nb0.95Sb0.05)O3-0.04Bi(0.5)(Na0.82K0.18)(0.5)ZrO3 piezoelectric nanofibers”, RSC Advances 6, 66451 (2016); [IF: 3.108]

272. Y. F. Zhu, Y. H. Chu, J. H. Liang, Y. S. Li, Z. L. Yuan, W. T. Li, Y. Q. Zhang, X. X. Pan, S. L. Chou, L. Z. Zhao, and R. H. Zeng, “Tucked flower-like SnS2/Co3O4 composite for high-performance anode material in lithium-ion batteries”, Electrochimica Acta 190, 843 (2016); [IF: 4.798]

273. Z. W. Zhu, W. P. Sun, Z. Shi, and W. Liu, “Proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells with yttrium-doped barium zirconate electrolyte films sintered at reduced temperatures”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 658, 716 (2016); [IF: 3.133]


Funding 2016 AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL GRANTS

ARC Discovery Scheme Grants Chief Investigators Title 2016 Funding

C. Zhang, X. L. Wang, R. A. Lewis, Q. L. Bao, J. Horvat

Novel terahertz electronics, photonics and plasmonics in high- mobility, low-dimensional electronic systems (HMLDES) $140,000

J. Z. Wang, J. Chen, S. L. Chou, H. K. Liu, H. S. Zhou, X. L. Wang

Lithium-ion air batteries with non-flammable ionic liquid–based electrolytes $155,000

S. X. Dou, Y. Du, X. Xu, G. Peleckis, J. Scott, J. H. Ye, W. C. Hao, K. S. Liu, P. Cheng

Design and exploration of novel p-block materials for solar energy conversion $160,000

Z. P. Guo, Z. G. Huang, H. K. Liu, X. B. Yu, Q. F. Gu

Development of highly regenerable ammonia-borane and related boron nitride-based hydrides with low cost for hydrogen storage $120,000

S. X. Dou, Z. Q. Sun, X. Xu, T. Liao, Z. F. liu, H. Zhang, J.-B. Baek, L. M. Dai

Multifunctional 2D materials for sustainable energy applications $152,000

C. Zhang, R. Lewis, Z. Li, F. Q. Wang, H. Schneider, M. Johnston Coherent, tuned terahertz photons from nonlinear processes in graphene $135,000

Total: $862,000

ARC Future Fellowships Chief Investigators Title 2016 Funding

X. L. Wang Electronic topological materials $246,000

S. J. Zhang Lead-free bismuth based dielectric materials for energy storage $222,000

Z. P. Guo Exploration of advanced nanostructures for sodium-ion battery application $222,000

Y. Yamauchi All-metal nanoporous materials as highly active electrocatalysts $197,000

W. K. Pang High-voltage electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries $82,000

Total: $969,000


ARC DECRA Fellowships Chief Investigators Title 2016 Funding

Z. Q. Ma Microstructure design of second generation MgB2 superconducting wires for enhancement of critical current density $124,000

W. P. Sun Lithium-ion conducting sulphide cathodes for all-solid-state Li-S batteries $124,000

Total: $248,000

ARC Linkage Projects Chief Investigators Title 2016 Funding

S. X. Dou, S. Li, W. X. Li, C. Zhang, S. Aminorroaya-Yamini

New generation high efficiency thermoelectric materials and modules for waste heat recovery in steelworks $60,000

S. X. Dou, W. P. Sun, K. W. See, X. Xu Development of the next generation battery storage system for smart grid $90,000

J. Z. Wang, H. K. Liu, K. Konstantinov, S. L. Chou Development of novel safe lithium metal-free sulfur batteries $45,000

Total: $195,000

2016 Australian Research Council Grants Total: $2,274,000

AUTO CRC PROJECTS

Chief Investigators Title 2016 Funding

S. X. Dou, Z. P. Guo Design and prototype of on-vehicle battery management system for electric vehicles $40,000

S. X. Dou, G. X. Wang, H. K. Liu Development of advanced electrode and electrolytes for LIB $160,000

S. X. Dou, K. W. See Battery charge, mechanical and thermal management system development $72,000

S. X. Dou, S. Aminorroaya-Yamini, Z. Li, G. Peleckis Thermoelectrics – efficient energy recovery in light and heavy vehicles $25,000

H. K. Liu, Z. P. Guo, J. Z. Wang, J. H. Kim, K. Konstantinov, S. L. Chou

High energy anode materials for lithium ion batteries $190,000

2016 Auto CRC Projects Total: $487,000


OTHER GRANTS


S. X. Dou, K. W. See Diesel-free environment for underground coal mines $277,000

H. K. Liu, Z. P. Guo, J. Z. Wang, J. H. Kim, K. Konstantinov, S. L. Chou

High energy anode materials for lithium ion batteries $50,000

S. J. Zhang, Z. X. Cheng, J. L. Wang

Exploration of new mesoscale mechanisms for ultrahigh piezoelectric responses in relaxor ferroelectrics $65,000

S. X. Dou, H. K. Liu, S. L. Chou, K. W. See The Smart Sodium Storage Solution (S4) $580,000

J. H. Kim, M. S. A. Hossain, J. H. Kim Development of long-life Li-S battery with high energy density $82,000

2016 Other Grants Total: $1,054,000

UOW GRANTS


Z. G. Huang Novel compounds for liquid-phase hydrogen storage $10,000

K. Konstantinov Advanced theranostic nanoceramic/polymer based composites for treatment of brain associated neurological or oncological conditions $7,500

S. L. Chou, C. Y. Wang A Sodium/CO2 battery to simultaneously capture CO2 and generate electricity $15,000

M. S. A. Hossain Novel multifunctional magnetic nanocomposites derived artificial magnetosome for biomedical applications $20,000

K. Konstantinov, V. Sencadas New generation sunscreens – the development of new UV absorbers, new formulations for Australian conditions and reliable in-vitro test protocols for SPF and critical wavelength

$12,000

2016 UOW Grants Total: $64,500

UOW Support (Performance, Management, PGS Maintenance) $300,000

TOTAL FUNDING 2016 $4,179,500


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