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Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5 (2020)
Journal Article
Ji, Q., Xu, Z., Gao, X., Cheng, Y.-J., Wan, X., Zuo, X., Chen, G. Z., Hu, B., Zhu, J., Bruce, P. G., & Xia, Y. (2021). Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5. SCIENCE CHINA Materials, 64(5), 1071-1086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1532-0

Intercalation transition metal oxides (ITMO) have attracted great attention as lithium-ion battery negative electrodes due to high operation safety, high capacity and rapid ion intercalation. However, the intrinsic low electron conductivity plagues t... Read More about Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5.

Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Diverse Hydrocarbon Fuels via Molten Salt Electrolysis (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Juboori, O., Sher, F., Rahman, S., Rasheed, T., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Diverse Hydrocarbon Fuels via Molten Salt Electrolysis. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8(51), 19178-19188. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c08209

© 2020 American Chemical Society. In recent decades, the unlimited use of fossil fuels mostly for power generation has emitted a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which in return has led to global warming. Here we use green technology... Read More about Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Diverse Hydrocarbon Fuels via Molten Salt Electrolysis.

P3HT:ZnS Based Photovoltaic Devices with Enhanced Performance Assisted by Oxidised Carbon Nanotubes (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wei, C., T. Bishop, M., Wang, Y., Gao, F., Wang, C., & Chen, G. Z. P3HT:ZnS Based Photovoltaic Devices with Enhanced Performance Assisted by Oxidised Carbon Nanotubes

Photovoltaic devices based of P3HT:ZnS bulk heterojunctions currently produce relatively low efficiencies, limiting the scope these devices have for further development. This work aims to produce a novel photoactive layer, by incorporating oxidised c... Read More about P3HT:ZnS Based Photovoltaic Devices with Enhanced Performance Assisted by Oxidised Carbon Nanotubes.

Quasi-solid-state electrolyte for rechargeable high-temperature molten salt iron-air battery (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Yang, Y., Cheng, L., Sun, J., Wang, X., Nan, P., Xie, C., Yu, H., Xia, Y., Ge, B., Lin, J., Zhang, L., Guan, C., Xiao, G., Peng, C., Chen, G. Z., & Wang, J. Q. (2021). Quasi-solid-state electrolyte for rechargeable high-temperature molten salt iron-air battery. Energy Storage Materials, 35, 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2020.11.014

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Molten salts are a unique type of electrolyte enabling high-temperature electrochemical energy storage (EES) with unmatched reversible electrode kinetics and high ion-conductivities, and hence impressive storage capacity and powe... Read More about Quasi-solid-state electrolyte for rechargeable high-temperature molten salt iron-air battery.

P3HT:ZnS Based Photovoltaic Devices with Enhanced Performance Assisted by Oxidised Carbon Nanotubes (2020)
Journal Article
Wei, C., T. Bishop, M., Wang, Y., Gao, F., Wang, C., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). P3HT:ZnS Based Photovoltaic Devices with Enhanced Performance Assisted by Oxidised Carbon Nanotubes. ECS Transactions, 98(7), 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1149/09807.0225ecst

© 2020 ECS - The Electrochemical Society. Photovoltaic devices based on P3HT:ZnS bulk heterojunctions currently produce relatively low efficiencies. This work aims to produce a novel photoactive layer, by incorporating oxidised carbon nanotubes (CNTs... Read More about P3HT:ZnS Based Photovoltaic Devices with Enhanced Performance Assisted by Oxidised Carbon Nanotubes.

Charge Storage Properties of Aqueous Halide Supercapatteries with Activated Carbon and Graphene Nanoplatelets as Active Electrode Materials (2020)
Journal Article
Akinwolemiwa, B., Wei, C., Yang, Q., & Chen, G. Z. (2021). Charge Storage Properties of Aqueous Halide Supercapatteries with Activated Carbon and Graphene Nanoplatelets as Active Electrode Materials. Energy & Environmental Materials, 4(3), 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.12133

Device level performance of aqueous halide supercapatteries fabricated with equal electrode mass of activated carbon or graphene nanoplatelets has been characterized. It was revealed that the surface oxygen groups in the graphitic structures of the n... Read More about Charge Storage Properties of Aqueous Halide Supercapatteries with Activated Carbon and Graphene Nanoplatelets as Active Electrode Materials.

Enhancing hydrogen production from steam electrolysis in molten hydroxides via selection of non-precious metal electrodes (2020)
Journal Article
Sher, F., Al-Shara, N. K., Iqbal, S. Z., Jahan, Z., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). Enhancing hydrogen production from steam electrolysis in molten hydroxides via selection of non-precious metal electrodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(53), 28260-28271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.07.183

© 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC There are still gaps in the field of reference electrode that is needed to assist electrolysis in high temperature electrolytes (e.g. molten hydroxides) for H2 gas production. This research aims to fill the gap... Read More about Enhancing hydrogen production from steam electrolysis in molten hydroxides via selection of non-precious metal electrodes.

Electrochemical Production of Sustainable Hydrocarbon Fuels from CO2Co-electrolysis in Eutectic Molten Melts (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Juboori, O., Sher, F., Khalid, U., Niazi, M. B., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). Electrochemical Production of Sustainable Hydrocarbon Fuels from CO2Co-electrolysis in Eutectic Molten Melts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8(34), 12877-12890. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03314

© 2020 American Chemical Society. Because of the heavy reliance of people on limited fossil fuels as energy resources, global warming has increased to severe levels because of huge CO2 emission into the atmosphere. To mitigate this situation, a green... Read More about Electrochemical Production of Sustainable Hydrocarbon Fuels from CO2Co-electrolysis in Eutectic Molten Melts.