Structure design and composition engineering of carbon‐based nanomaterials for lithium energy storage

H Geng, Y Peng, L Qu, H Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐based nanomaterials have significantly pushed the boundary of electrochemical
performance of lithium‐based batteries (LBs) thanks to their excellent conductivity, high …

Wetting ridge‐guided directional water self‐transport

L Wang, K Yin, Q Deng, Q Huang, J He… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Directional water self‐transport plays a crucial role in diverse applications such as
biosensing and water harvesting. Despite extensive progress, current strategies for …

The promising solar‐powered water purification based on graphene functional architectures

Y Hu, H Yao, Q Liao, T Lin, H Cheng, L Qu - EcoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered water purification is able to gain freshwater from nonedible water by
harnessing inexhaustible and pollution‐free sunlight energy, which is undergoing booming …

Efficient Water Transport and Solar Steam Generation via Radially, Hierarchically Structured Aerogels

W Xu, Y Xing, J Liu, H Wu, Y Cui, D Li, D Guo, C Li… - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
A nature-inspired water-cycling system, akin to trees, to perform effective water and solar
energy management for photosynthesis and transpiration is considered to be a promising …

High-strength, self-healable, temperature-sensitive, MXene-containing composite hydrogel as a smart compression sensor

Y Zhang, KX Chen, Y Li, J Lan, B Yan… - ACS applied materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
As a new two-dimensional material similar to graphene, MXene has attracted extensive
attention in the field of electrochemical materials such as supercapacitors because of its …

Electrostatic tweezer for droplet manipulation

Y Jin, W Xu, H Zhang, R Li, J Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Various physical tweezers for manipulating liquid droplets based on optical, electrical,
magnetic, acoustic, or other external fields have emerged and revolutionized research and …

Plant leaves inspired sunlight-driven purifier for high-efficiency clean water production

H Geng, Q Xu, M Wu, H Ma, P Zhang, T Gao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Natural vascular plants leaves rely on differences in osmotic pressure, transpiration and
guttation to produce tons of clean water, powered by sunlight. Inspired by this, we report a …

Efficient Surfactant‐Mediated Photovoltaic Manipulation of fL‐Scale Aqueous Microdroplets for Diverse Optofluidic Applications on LiNbO3 Platform

Z Gao, J Yan, L Shi, X Liu, M Wang, C Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrodeless biocompatible manipulation of femtoliter‐scale aqueous microdroplets
remains challenging. The appropriate isolation of electrostatic charges from femtoliter‐scale …

Magnetic responsive on‐site switching of the directional droplet self‐transport in shape memory slippery tube

R Wang, F Jin, Y Li, J Gong, H Lai… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The phenomenon of controlled droplet transport has promising application prospects in
various fields. Active droplet transport mode is controllable through continuous external …

External-field-induced directional droplet transport: A review

C Liu, Y Sun, J Huanng, Z Guo, W Liu - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Directional transport of fluids is crucial for vital activities of organisms and numerous
industrial applications. This process has garnered widespread research attention due to the …