Title: Probing nanoscale spatial distribution of plasmonically excited hot carriers‍Authors: Sheng-Chao Huang, Xiang Wang, Qing-Qing Zhao, Jin-Feng Zhu, Cha-Wei Li, Yu-Han He, Shu Hu, Matthew M. Sartin, Sen Yan & Bin RenAbstract: Surface plasmons (SPs) of metals enable the tight focusing and strong absorption of light to realize an efficient utilization of photons at nanoscale. In particular, ...

Title: Suppression of voltage-decay in Li2MnO3 cathode via reconstruction of layered-spinel coexisting phasesAuthors: Jue Wu, Zehao Cui, Jinpeng Wu, Yuxuan Xiang, Haodong Liu, Shiyao Zheng, Wanli Yang  and  Yong YangAbstract: Voltage decay, i.e., the voltage decrease during electrochemical cycling, has been a decade-long challenge for lithium-ion batteries. This issue not only leads to a substa...

Title: Conductive polyaniline doped with phytic acid as a binder and conductive additive for a commercial silicon anode with enhanced lithium storage propertiesAuthors: Chengkun Zhang, Qiulin Chen, Xin Ai, Xiaogang Li, Qingshui Xie, Yong Cheng, Hufan Kong, Wanjie Xu, Laisen Wang, Ming-Sheng Wang, Hui Yang  and  Dong-Liang PengAbstract: Silicon (Si) has been regarded as a promising alternative a...

Title: Highly Reversible O2 Conversions by Coupling LiO2 Intermediate through a Dual‐Site Catalyst in Li‐O2 BatteriesAuthors: Xiaodong Lin, Zongqiang Sun, Chun Tang, Yuhao Hong, Pan Xu, Xueyang Cui, Ruming Yuan, Zhiyou Zhou, Mingsen Zheng, Quanfeng DongAbstract: The reduction of O2 to solid Li2O2 on discharge and the reverse oxidation of Li2O2 to O2 on recharge are the essential processes to ...

Title: Construction of Highly Active Metal‐Containing Nanoparticles & FeCo‐N4 Composite Sites for Acid Oxygen Reduction ReactionAuthors: Shu-Hu Yin, Jian Yang, Yu Han, Gen Li, Li-Yang Wan, You-Hu Chen, Chi Chen, Xi-Ming Qu, Yan-Xia Jiang, Shi-Gang SunAbstract: Metal‐containing nanoparticles (M‐NPs) in metal/nitrogen‐doped carbon (M‐N‐C) catalysts have been considered hostile to acid oxyg...

Title: Tailoring the Chemical Potential of Crystal Growth Units to Tune the Bulk Structure of NanocrystalsAuthors: Jiawei Zhang, Guifen Du, Huiqi Li, Qiaoli Chen, Qin Kuang, Zhiyuan Jiang, Zhaoxiong XieAbstract: The intrinsic factors affecting the bulk structures of nanocrystallites are not well explored during crystallization. In this study, it is demonstrated that the chemical potential of gr...

Title: Surface Coordination Chemistry of Atomically Dispersed Metal CatalystsAuthors: Ruixuan Qin, Kunlong Liu, Qingyuan Wu, and Nanfeng Zheng*Abstract: Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion nature of the catalytic metal centers makes them an ideal system for ...

Title: Anomalies of Ionic/Molecular Transport in Nano and Sub-Nano ConfinementAuthors: Miao Wang, Yaqi Hou, Lejian Yu, and Xu Hou*Abstract: Understanding and exploring the transport behaviors of ions and molecules in the nano and sub-nano confinement has great meaning in the fields of nanofluidics and basic transport physics. With the rapid progress in nanofabrication technology and effective c...

Title: Micro-Heterogeneous Annihilation Dynamics of Self-Trapped Excitons in Hematite Single CrystalsAuthors: Hongyan Liao, Yunyan Fan, Yumei Lin, Kang Wang, Renfu Li, Xueyuan Chen, Kelvin H. L. Zhang*, and Ye Yang*Abstract: The Auger recombination in bulk semiconductors can quickly depopulate the charge carriers in a nonradiative way, which, fortunately, only has a detrimental impact on optoel...

Title: Transition Metal-Catalyzed Tandem Reactions of Ynamides for Divergent N-Heterocycle SynthesisAuthors: Feng-Lin Hong and Long-Wu Ye*Abstract: Ynamides are electron-rich heteroatom-substituted alkynes with a C–C triple bond directly attached to the amide group. Importantly, this amide group is able to impose an electronic bias, thus resulting in the highly regioselective attack of this po...