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Nanomaterials, Volume 12, Issue 4

February-2 2022 - 147 articles

Cover Story: Silicon is cost-effective, less toxic than other elements and the second most plentiful element in the Earth's crust, which demonstrates a promising anode material for Li-ion batteries with higher theoretical capacities (4200 mAh·g−1) than that of commercial graphitic anode. However, it suffers huge volume changes during the (de)lithiation process. In this work, we developed a Si/SiC/C nanocomposite as an anode material from industrial wastage of Si-wafers for Li-ion storage via a plasma-assisted discharge process. The Si/SiC/C nanocomposite shows better electrochemical performance than that of commercial pristine Si and without carbon modification of Si-wafer wastage derived anodes. View this paper
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Articles (147)

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,528 Views
32 Pages

Determination of the Transport Efficiency in spICP-MS Analysis Using Conventional Sample Introduction Systems: An Interlaboratory Comparison Study

  • Otmar Geiss,
  • Ivana Bianchi,
  • Guillaume Bucher,
  • Eveline Verleysen,
  • Frédéric Brassinne,
  • Jan Mast,
  • Katrin Loeschner,
  • Lucas Givelet,
  • Francesco Cubadda and
  • Francesca Ferraris
  • + 10 authors

21 February 2022

In single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (spICP-MS), the transport efficiency is fundamental for the correct determination of both particle number concentration and size. In the present study, transport efficiency was systemati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,032 Views
12 Pages

Composite Nanoarchitectonics with CoS2 Nanoparticles Embedded in Graphene Sheets for an Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Tongjun Li,
  • Hongyu Dong,
  • Zhenpu Shi,
  • Hongyun Yue,
  • Yanhong Yin,
  • Xiangnan Li,
  • Huishuang Zhang,
  • Xianli Wu,
  • Baojun Li and
  • Shuting Yang

21 February 2022

Cobalt sulfides are attractive as intriguing candidates for anodes in Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their unique chemical and physical properties. In this work, CoS2@rGO (CSG) was synthesized by a hydrothermal method. TEM showed that CoS2 nanop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
5,786 Views
12 Pages

21 February 2022

Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors have been attracted a lot of attention due to their simple mechanism, easy fabrication, and convenient signal acquisition and analysis. Herein, a new flexible piezoresistive sensor based on microstructured ele...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,507 Views
13 Pages

A Molecular Communication Platform Based on Body Area Nanonetwork

  • Wenxin Pan,
  • Xiaokang Chen,
  • Xiaodong Yang,
  • Nan Zhao,
  • Lingguo Meng and
  • Fiaz Hussain Shah

21 February 2022

With the development of nanotechnology and biotechnology, the nanomachine can be applied to the interior of the human body. In order to achieve the goal of completing complex tasks, measures to connect multiple nanomachines that can complete more sim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,099 Views
11 Pages

An Array of Flag-Type Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Wind Energy

  • Zhiqiang Zhao,
  • Bin Wei,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Xili Huang,
  • Bo Li,
  • Fang Lin,
  • Long Ma,
  • Qianxi Zhang,
  • Yongjiu Zou and
  • Fang Yang
  • + 3 authors

21 February 2022

Harvesting wind energy from the ambient environment is a feasible method for powering wireless sensors and wireless transmission equipment. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have proven to be a stable and promising technology for harvesting ambien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,160 Views
12 Pages

ZnO Electrodeposition Model for Morphology Control

  • Javier Orozco-Messana and
  • Rubens Camaratta

21 February 2022

In this research, a model for electrodeposition of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures over indium-doped tin-oxide (ITO) glass using pulsed current and zinc chloride as source of zinc was proposed. For the model, reactions kinetics rate constants were ev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,445 Views
9 Pages

21 February 2022

Charge transport layers have been found to be crucial for high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). SnO2 has been extensively investigated as an alternative material for the traditional TiO2 electron transport layer (ETL). The challenges facing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,390 Views
6 Pages

21 February 2022

Permanent electric dipole is a key property for effective control of semiconductor quantum-dot-based sources of quantum light. For theoretical prediction of that, complex geometry-dependent quantum simulations are necessary. Here, we use k·p s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,801 Views
12 Pages

High Curie Temperature Achieved in the Ferromagnetic MnxGe1−x/Si Quantum Dots Grown by Ion Beam Co-Sputtering

  • Xiaoxiao Duan,
  • Shuming Ye,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Chen Li,
  • Chunjiang Lu,
  • Xinpeng He,
  • Luran Zhang,
  • Rongfei Wang,
  • Feng Qiu and
  • Jie Yang
  • + 2 authors

21 February 2022

Ferromagnetic semiconductors (FMSs) exhibit great potential in spintronic applications. It is believed that a revolution of microelectronic techniques can take off, once the challenges of FMSs in both the room-temperature stability of the ferromagnet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,090 Views
19 Pages

Elevated Urinary Biomarkers of Oxidative Damage in Photocopier Operators following Acute and Chronic Exposures

  • Yipei Zhang,
  • Anila Bello,
  • David K. Ryan,
  • Philip Demokritou and
  • Dhimiter Bello

21 February 2022

Inhalation exposures to nanoparticles (NPs) from printers and photocopiers have been associated with upper airway and systemic inflammation, increased blood pressure, and cases of autoimmune and respiratory disorders. In this study we investigate oxi...

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