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Oxygen defective metal oxides for energy conversion and storage
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In this article, the authors present an overview of progress made in preparing oxygen defective metal oxide nanostructures and probing the role of oxygen vacancies on the performance of metal oxides.About:
This article is published in Nano Today.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 242 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oxide & Water splitting.read more
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Oxygen vacancy defect engineering in Mn-doped CeO2 nanostructures for nitrogen oxides emission abatement
TL;DR: In this paper, the presence of sufficient oxygen vacancy defects (OVDs) in metal oxides can be a good predictor of the selective catalytic reduction with NH3 (NH3-SCR) of nitrogen oxides.
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Low-Temperature Preparation of Tungsten Oxide Anode Buffer Layer via Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis Method for Large-Area Organic Solar Cells
TL;DR: This work significantly enhances the understanding of the preparation and application of low temperature-processed WO3, and highlights the potential of large area, all spray coated OSCs for sustainable commercial fabrication.
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Electrochemical activity of 1T′ structured rhenium selenide nanosheets via electronic structural modulation from selenium-vacancy generation
TL;DR: In this article, a hot-injection colloidal process was used to synthesize triclinic rhenium selenide (ReSe2−x) nanosheets with enhanced HER performance via electronic structure modulation from abundant Se vacancies.
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Intercalation pseudocapacitive electrochemistry of Nb-based oxides for fast charging of lithium-ion batteries
Xue Han,Qi Meng,Xin Wan,Baoyu Sun,Zhang Yan,Baicheng Shen,Jinlong Gao,Yulin Ma,Pengjian Zuo,Shuaifeng Lou,Geping Yin +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors systematically discuss the mechanisms and characteristics of pseudocapacitance for Nb-based oxides, and thoroughly distinguish the intrinsic differences between intercalation pseudocAPACitance and conventional pseudocapeacitance.
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Defect engineering of BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) based photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications: Current progress and future perspectives
TL;DR: The existence of defects such as oxygen vacancy, halide vacancy and bismuth-rich in BiOX tunes the facets of its layered materials and boosts the physicochemical properties, thereby enhancing the photocatalytic activity in energy conversion and environmental remediation applications as mentioned in this paper .
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Solar Water Splitting Cells
Michael G. Walter,Emily L. Warren,James R. McKone,Shannon W. Boettcher,Qixi Mi,Elizabeth A. Santori,Nathan S. Lewis +6 more
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Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation
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