Mauro Pasta

TL;DR: This communication presents a synthesis process to grow MoS2 and MoSe2 thin films with vertically aligned layers, thereby maximally exposing the edges on the film surface, and confirmed their catalytic activity in a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), in which the exchange current density correlates directly with the density of the exposed edge sites.

TL;DR: Wearable power devices using everyday textiles as the platform, with an extremely simple "dipping and drying" process using single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) ink, are described, which show outstanding flexibility and stretchability and demonstrate strong adhesion between the SWNTs and the textiles of interest.

TL;DR: It is shown that a hybrid material made out of a few phosphorene layers sandwiched between graphene layers shows a specific capacity of 2,440 mA h g(-1) at a current density and an 83% capacity retention after 100 cycles while operating between 0 and 1.5 V.

TL;DR: A structure where MnO(2) nanoflowers were conformally electrodeposited onto carbon nanotube (CNT)-enabled conductive textile fibers shows promising results as a low-cost energy storage solution and an attractive wearable power.

TL;DR: A new type of safe, fast, inexpensive, long-life aqueous electrolyte battery, which relies on the insertion of potassium ions into a copper hexacyanoferrate cathode and a novel activated carbon/polypyrrole hybrid anode and an electrochemically active additive to tune its potential.