In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Reconfigurable optical metasurfaces are rapidly emerging as a major frontier in photonics
research, development and commercialization. They promise compact, lightweight and …

The newly discovered nickelate superconductors so far only exist in epitaxial thin films
synthesized by a topotactic reaction with metal hydrides. This method changes the …

Designing materials with advanced functionalities is the main focus of contemporary solid-
state physics and chemistry. Research efforts worldwide are funneled into a few high-end …

Optical phase change materials (O-PCMs), a unique group of materials featuring
exceptional optical property contrast upon a solid-state phase transition, have found …

Oxygen vacancies play crucial roles in determining the physical properties of metal oxides,
representing important building blocks in many scientific and technological fields due to their …

Metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) behaviors accompanied by a rapid reversible phase
transition in vanadium dioxide (VO2) have gained substantial attention for investigations into …

Designing materials with appropriate crystal and electronic structures to enhance ionic and
electronic transport simultaneously are highly desirable for both electrochromic and …

Solid oxide ionic conductors are employed in a wide range of energy-conversion
applications, such as electrolytes in fuel cells. Typically, conventional ionic conductors …

Optical materials with colour changing abilities have been explored for use in display
devices, smart windows, or in the modulation of visual appearance,–. The efficiency of these …