In ambient atmospheres, aluminum becomes rapidly coated with a compact 2–3 nm thick
oxide layer. This native oxide layer prevents the metal surface from further oxidation …

Anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) has been investigated and utilized in numerous products for
almost a century. But the rapidly increasing interest in nanoscale materials and their …

With the impacts of climate change and impending crisis of clean drinking water, designing
functional materials for water harvesting from fog with large water capacity has received …

Supercapacitors have emerged as an outstanding candidate among numerous energy
storage devices because of their long-term cycle life, high power density, and minimal safety …

Electrochemical energy conversion and storage play crucial roles in meeting the increasing
demand for renewable, portable, and affordable power supplies for society. The rapid …

Utilizing plasmonic nanostructures for efficient and flexible conversion of solar energy into
electricity or fuel presents a new paradigm in photovoltaics and photoelectrochemistry …

Harnessing the energy from hot charge carriers is an emerging research area with the
potential to improve energy conversion technologies. 1− 3 Here we present a novel …

Nanomolding usually refers to a top-down fabrication method by which a formable or
moldable material is shaped using a mold of nanoscale dimensions. Nanomolding is the …

The demand for energy of modern society is constantly increasing. The desire for
environmental-friendly alternative energy resources with the least dependency on fossil …

Several physico-chemical effects and properties in the solid state involve nanoscale
interactions between adjacent materials and morphologies. Arrays of binary nanostructures …