A suitable electrode or active material is one of the promising ways to boost supercapacitors'
efficiency. The right properties of the electrode materials will enhance the performance of the …

Zinc air batteries (ZABs) are considered as one of the most promising energy storage and
conversion devices due to their high theoretical energy density and low cost. They generate …

Although high-entropy carbides (HECs) have hardness often superior to that of parent
compounds, their brittleness—a problem shared with most ceramics—has severely limited …

High-entropy ceramics (HECs) have shown great application potential under demanding
conditions, such as high stresses and temperatures. However, the immense phase space …

Bottom-up design of high-entropy ceramics is a promising approach for realizing materials
with unique combination of high hardness and fracture-resistance at elevated temperature …

Tailoring vacancies is a feasible way to improve the mechanical properties of ceramics.
However, high concentrations of vacancies usually compromise the strength (or hardness) …

Many studies on the protection of C/C composites in oxidizing environments have been
carried out. Coating technology has proven to be highly effective in improving the oxidation …

Nano-multilayered films offer a multilayer structure arrangement at several to tens of
nanometers. They have hardness, high-temperature oxidation resistance, and low wear …

Motivated by density functional theory (DFT)-derived ductility indicators for face centered
cubic (fcc, rocksalt) structured TiN/MoN 0.5 superlattices and Ti 0.5 Mo 0.5 N 0.75 solid …

Transition metal nitride (TMN) films with excellent hardness and lubricating performance are
versatile low dimension materials, which are widely used in various fields including …