Carbon is one of the basic elements for life on Earth. It exists in diverse allotropic forms while
being different in chemical and physical properties. The best well-known natural allotropes …

Carbon nanotube (CNT) aerogels and sponges are macroscopic porous materials with a
unique isotropic structure. CNTs make an interconnected 3D scaffold, therefore the resulting …

Low-density compressible materials enable various applications but are often hindered by
structure-derived fatigue failure, weak elasticity with slow recovery speed and large energy …

Superelastic carbon aerogels have been widely explored by graphitic carbons and soft
carbons. These soft aerogels usually have delicate microstructures with good fatigue …

The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for energy harvesting devices is preferable due to their
unique mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. On the other hand, microbial fuel cells …

Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential in various electrochemical energy conversion
processes, but its sluggish kinetics calls for catalysts made of platinum or its alloys. Although …

We report a carbon nanotube array-encapsulated phase change composite in which the
nanotube distribution (or areal density) could be tailored by uniaxial compression. The n …

Energy storage in a proper form is an important way to meet the fast increase in the demand
for energy. Among the strategies for storing energy, storage of mechanical energy via …

A sulfur cathode with excellent electrochemical performance has been designed based on
hollow PANI spheres, which can suppress the shuttle effect and buffer the volume expansion …

A new sustainable microorganism-based route is reported for the synthesis of carbon-fiber
monolith through using filamentous fungi as feedstock. The fungi are cultured in solution …