Robust superhydrophobicity: mechanisms and strategies

W Zhang, D Wang, Z Sun, J Song… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces hold great prospects for extremely diverse applications owing to
their water repellence property. The essential feature of superhydrophobicity is micro-/nano …

Porous Janus materials with unique asymmetries and functionality

L Yan, X Yang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Z Cheng, SB Darling… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Porous Janus materials have attracted widespread attention due to their asymmetry in
wettability, charge, pore size or structure, thermal/electrical conductivity, and chemical …

Improved liquid collection on a dual‐asymmetric superhydrophilic origami

H Bai, X Wang, Z Li, H Wen, Y Yang, M Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating fluid with an open channel provides a promising strategy to simplify the current
systems. Nevertheless, spontaneous on‐surface fluid transport with large flux, high speed …

Bubble engineering on micro-/nanostructured electrodes for water splitting

M Li, P Xie, L Yu, L Luo, X Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bubble behaviors play crucial roles in mass transfer and energy efficiency in gas evolution
reactions. Combining multiscale structures and surface chemical compositions, micro …

Recent advances in femtosecond laser-structured Janus membranes with asymmetric surface wettability

Z Wu, K Yin, J Wu, Z Zhu, JA Duan, J He - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Janus wettability membranes have received much attention because of their asymmetric
surface wettability. On the basis of this distinctiveness from traditional symmetrical …

Superwettable Surface-Dependent efficiently electrocatalytic water splitting based on their excellent liquid adsorption and gas desorption

F Zhang, R Zhao, Y Wang, L Han, J Gu, Z Niu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Superwettable surfaces has been applied for electrocatalytic water splitting, however, in this
phase conversion reaction, the relationship between wettability and electrochemical …

High‐Performance Liquid‐Repellent and Thermal–Wet Comfortable Membranes Using Triboelectric Nanostructured Nanofiber/Meshes

X Gong, M Ding, P Gao, X Liu, J Yu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Skin‐like functional membranes with liquid resistance and moisture permeability are in
growing demand in various applications. However, the membranes have been facing a long …

Ultrahigh‐current‐density and long‐term‐durability electrocatalysts for water splitting

Q Wen, Y Zhao, Y Liu, H Li, T Zhai - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen economy is imagined where excess electric energy from renewable sources
stored directly by electrochemical water splitting into hydrogen is later used as clean …

Direct photo-curing 3D printing of nickel-based electrocatalysts for highly-efficient hydrogen evolution

Z Han, G Wang, J Zhang, Z Tang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
It is of great significance to develop cost-effective electrocatalysts for efficient and durable
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in alkaline media to meet the increasing demand of …

Designing a slippery/superaerophobic hierarchical open channel for reliable and versatile underwater gas delivery

X Wang, H Bai, Z Li, Y Tian, T Zhao, M Cao - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Achieving long-term and stable gas manipulation in an aqueous environment is necessary
to improve multiphase systems relating to gas/liquid interaction. Inspired by the Pitcher plant …