Understanding water/solid interactions is of great importance in a variety of fundamental and
technological processes, such as photocatalytic water splitting, heterogeneous catalysis …

Bismuth-rich bismuth oxyhalides (Bi–O–X; X= Cl, Br, I) display high photocatalytic reduction
activity due to the promoting conduction band potential. In this work, two Bi5O7I nanosheets …

Efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction are key to realize clean hydrogen
production through water splitting. As an important family of functional materials, transition …

The structure and growth of water films on surfaces is reviewed, starting from single
molecules to two-dimensional wetting layers, and liquid interfaces. This progression follows …

The current challenges (eg, stability, hysteresis, etc.) in organometal halide perovskite solar
cell research are closely correlated with surfaces and interfaces. For instance, efficient …

Long-lived photoinduced conductance changes in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO)
heterostructures enable their use in optoelectronic memory applications. However, it …

Hybrid perovskite crystals have emerged as an important class of semiconductors because
of their remarkable performance in optoelectronics devices. The interface structure and …

Scanning probe microscopy has been extensively applied to probe interfacial water in many
interdisciplinary fields but the disturbance of the probes on the hydrogen-bonding structure …

Crystal nucleation is one of the most fundamental processes in the physical sciences and
almost always occurs heterogeneously with the aid of a nucleating substrate. No example of …

Photocatalytic CO2 methanation is considered a sustainable solution for the effective
utilization of CO2. However, it remains a major challenge for the process to achieve high …