Recent studies on polyhedral semiconductor nanocrystals and semiconductor wafers have
revealed that their electronic and photocatalytic properties are highly facet-dependent. For …

Broadband photodetection is widely used in commercial and military fields. However, most
semiconductor-based detectors face the constraint of light absorption, needing external bias …

Zn-based materials represent a class of low-cost, promising electrocatalysts for CO2
reduction but the tuning of catalytic activity and selectivity by varying composition and …

The development of metal oxide based high-performance methane (CH 4) sensors working
at room temperature remains a challenge. In this work, we present a novel visible light …

Morphological forms of ZnO nanostructures play a vital role in deciding properties such as
high internal surface area, efficient light scattering and harvesting, lowest charge transfer …

Highlights•Recent progress of ZnTe-based nanocatalysts for CO 2 reduction are
highlighted.•Different approaches for improving catalytic efficiency are introduced.• …

Nowadays, the high temperature low infrared emissivity problem has been of increasing
significance and attracting more attention owing to the widespread applications for high …

The work involves the preparation of TiO2/ZnO heterojunction nanotree arrays by a three-
step: hydrothermal, sol–gel, and secondary hydrothermal method, and then modification of …

Water splitting is widely regarded as one of the promising technologies for hydrogen fuel
production and foreshadowed to assist in meeting the global energy demand as a …

To prepare high-performance ZnO/C nanocomposite anode materials, dodecahedral ZIF-8
was first deposited on exfoliated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by precipitation from …