Yong Ding

TL;DR: Platinum NCs of unusual tetrahexahedral (THH) shape were prepared at high yield by an electrochemical treatment of Pt nanospheres supported on glassy carbon by a square-wave potential to exhibit much enhanced catalytic activity for equivalent Pt surface areas for electro-oxidation of small organic fuels such as formic acid and ethanol.

TL;DR: Freestanding single-crystal complete nanorings of zinc oxide were formed via a spontaneous self-coiling process during the growth of polar nanobelts, useful for investigating polar surface–induced growth processes, fundamental physics phenomena, and nanoscale devices.

TL;DR: A low-cost high-performance solid-state flexible asymmetric supercapacitor with α-MnO2 nanowires and amorphous Fe2O3 nanotubes grown on flexible carbon fabric is first designed and fabricated.

TL;DR: A series of flexible nanocomposite electrodes were fabricated by facile electro-deposition of cobalt and nickel double hydroxide (DH) nanosheets on porous NiCo2O4 nanowires grown radially on carbon fiber paper (CFP) for high capacity, high energy, and power density supercapacitors.

TL;DR: A previously unknown rigid helical structure of zinc oxide consisting of a superlattice-structured nanobelt was formed spontaneously in a vapor-solid growth process, which suggests possible uses in electromechanically coupled sensors, transducers, and resonators.