Fang-Xing Xiao

TL;DR: The characterization techniques detecting the bulk nature and surface properties as well as the effects of various functionalization approaches on modifying the surface properties for specific applications in catalysis including heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis and electrocatalysis are highlighted.

TL;DR: A flexible cloth-like electrode, which can efficiently split water to produce H2 at neutral pH, is successfully demonstrated and has excellent electrocatalytic stability over an extended period, much better than those of MoS2/C and Pt plate electrodes.

TL;DR: Stable aqueous dispersion of polymer-modified graphene nanosheets was prepared via in situ reduction of exfoliated graphite oxide in the presence of cationic poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH), and it was found that the alternating GNs-CdS QDs multilayered films showed significantly enhanced photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic activities under visible light irradiation.

TL;DR: This work attained a highly ordered ZnO/TNTs hybrid nanostructure and found that the hybrid photocatalyst demonstrated excellent photostability, which could present a straightforward paradigm for preparation of hierarchical semiconductor/1-D semiconductor heterostructures.

TL;DR: This review provides elaborate information on the current developments of LbL assembly techniques including different properties, molecular interactions, and assembly methods associated with this promising bottom-up strategy and highlights the principle for rational design and fabrication of a large variety of multilayer thin film systems including multi-dimensional capsules or spatially hierarchical nanostructures based on the L bL assembly technique.