Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) are one of the most ideal candidates for grid‐scale energy
storage applications due to their excellent price and safety advantages. However, formation …

Transparent, superhydrophilic materials are indispensable for their self-cleaning function,
which has become an increasingly popular research topic, particularly in photovoltaic (PV) …

In recent times, the field of biopolymer (BP) blends has been the focus of intensive
fundamental and applied researches. Such BP combinations possess unique properties that …

The work is dedicated to studying the possibility of formation of superhydrophobic zinc
coatings on a steel support and estimating their protective ability and chemical state of the …

The superhydrophobic Zn-based coating with hierarchical structure has good prospects in
metal anticorrosion. However, the practical application of superhydrophobic coating is still …

Superhydrophobic Au–Zn alloy surfaces have been fabricated successfully on a zinc
substrate via chemical substitution deposition and subsequent annealing treatment. The …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) microstructures including the ZnO nanorods (R-ZnO), ZnO nanopillars (C-
ZnO), and multistage microspheres composed of ZnO nanosheets (M-ZnO) have been …

In this research, a simple and economical method was used to fabricate a superhydrophobic
Zn coating with ZnO nanosheets on steel substrates. Electrodeposited Zn coating was firstly …

Large scale ZnO nanowire arrays were grown directly on zinc foils using the thermal
oxidation in air method. The X-ray diffraction and reflectance investigations confirm that the …

Water pollution, such as marine oil spill and organic chemicals pollution, is a worldwide
challenge. To advance this emerging field, Janus membranes with asymmetric wettability …