The era of water-enabled electricity generation from graphene

Q Tang, P Yang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
With the abundance of traditional energy conversion devices such as solar cells, fuel cells,
lithium batteries and supercapacitors, the integration of graphene with water is an …

A solar cell that is triggered by sun and rain

Q Tang, X Wang, P Yang, B He - … Chemie International Edition, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
All‐weather solar cells are promising in solving the energy crisis. A flexible solar cell is
presented that is triggered by combining an electron‐enriched graphene electrode with a …

Self-floating amphiphilic black TiO2 foams with 3D macro-mesoporous architectures as efficient solar-driven photocatalysts

K Zhang, W Zhou, X Zhang, B Sun, L Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
The recycle and light-harvesting of powder photocatalysts in suspended system are
bottlenecks for practical applications in photocatalysis. Herein, we demonstrate the facile …

Enhanced charge separation and FRET at heterojunctions between semiconductor nanoparticles and conducting polymer nanofibers for efficient solar light harvesting

S Sardar, P Kar, H Remita, B Liu, P Lemmens… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Energy harvesting from solar light employing nanostructured materials offer an economic
way to resolve energy and environmental issues. We have developed an efficient light …

Balancing the electron and hole transfer for efficient quantum dot light-emitting diodes by employing a versatile organic electron-blocking layer

X Jin, C Chang, W Zhao, S Huang, X Gu… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electron-blocking layer (EBL) is important to balance the charge carrier transfer and
achieve highly efficient quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs). Here, we report the …

The effect of positioning cations on acidity and stability of the framework structure of Y zeolite

C Deng, J Zhang, L Dong, M Huang, B Li, G Jin… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
The investigation on the modification of NaY zeolite on LaHY and AEHY (AE refers Ca and
Sr and the molar ratio of Ca and Sr is 1: 1) zeolites was proformed by XRD, N2-physisorption …

Blue quantum dot light-emitting diodes with high luminance by improving the charge transfer balance

D Li, J Bai, T Zhang, C Chang, X Jin, Z Huang… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of blue quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) lags far behind that of
the red and green ones, which hinders the practical commercialization of QLEDs. Balancing …

Top-down strategy toward versatile graphene quantum dots for organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells

Y Qin, Y Cheng, L Jiang, X Jin, M Li, X Luo… - ACS Sustainable …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal oxide nanocrystals have been pursued for various applications in photovoltaics as a
buffer layer. However, it remains a challenging task to adjust their energy levels to achieve a …

Comparison of photocatalytic reaction-induced selective corrosion with photocorrosion: Impact on morphology and stability of Ag-ZnO

X Ma, H Li, T Liu, S Du, Q Qiang, Y Wang, S Yin… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
In previous work, the photocatalytic stability during the recycled degradation is employed to
evaluate the inhibitory effect of photocorrosion. Then, a significant question arises: is the …

An all-weather solar cell that can harvest energy from sunlight and rain

Q Tang, H Zhang, B He, P Yang - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Future solar cells may produce electricity in all weathers. We present here a cost-effective
and high-efficiency graphene based conducting composite tailored all-weather solar cell …