Xiaobo Zhan

TL;DR: It is reported that during the acid treatment and chemical exfoliation of traditional pitch-based carbon fibers, that are both cheap and commercially available, the stacked graphitic submicrometer domains of the fibers are easily broken down, leading to the creation of GQDs with different size distribution in scalable amounts.

TL;DR: Three-dimensional porous nickel based current collector coated conformally with layers of silicon, which typically suffers from poor cycle life, to form high-capacity electrodes show excellent electrode adhesion resulting in superior cyclic stability and rate capability.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated here that as-synthesized lithiated graphite oxide sheets (Li-RGO) can be directly used as an electrode material in lithium batteries.

TL;DR: The new nanostructured 3D current collector is demonstrated with a polyaniline (PANI)-based electrode system and is shown to deliver improved rate capability characteristics compared to planar configurations.

TL;DR: The work shows the ultimate miniaturization possible for energy storage devices where all essential components can be engineered on a single nanowire.