Xiaoyong Lai

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that complex multi-shelled micro-nano-materials show significant material advantages in many applications over conventional simple hollow structures, and discuss the possible application of these novel materials for power generation and storage.

TL;DR: Graphene as an excellent electron-accepting and electron-transporting material has been incorporated into the hierarchically ordered macro-mesoporous titania frameworks by in situ reduction of graphene oxide added in the self-assembly system.

TL;DR: Different synthetic methodologies for multi-shelled hollow micro-/nanostructures as well as their compositional and geometric manipulation are described and their applications in energy conversion and storage, sensors, photocatalysis, and drug delivery are reviewed.

TL;DR: A straightforward and general strategy to prepare metal oxide hollow microspheres with a controlled number of shells for fabricating multiple-shell hollow metal oxidemicrospheres of any desired material is presented.

TL;DR: A series of multishelled ZnO hollow microspheres with controlled shell number and inter-shell spacing have been successfully prepared by a simple carbonaceous microsphere templating method, whose large surface area and complex mult ishelled hollow structure enable them to load sufficient dyes and multi-reflect the light for enhancing light harvesting.