Photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) is an up-and-coming technology for generating
sustainable fuel using light energy. Significant progress has been made in the develo** of …

The rechargeable multivalent-ion batteries (MVIBs) that transfer Zn 2+, Mg 2+, Al 3+, Ca 2+
etc. as charge carriers, have become a research hotspot and been emerging as attractive …

Photocatalytic water splitting is attracting enormous interest for the storage of solar energy
but no practical method has yet been identified. In the past decades, various systems have …

Electro-oxidation processes are promising options for the removal of organic pollutants from
water. The major appeal of these technologies is the possibility to avoid the addition of …

Solar light-driven water splitting provides a promising way to store and use abundant solar
energy in the form of gaseous hydrogen which is the cleanest chemical fuel for mankind; …

Highly porous and conductive monolithic electrodes have found various electrochemical
applications in water treatment and energy storage and conversion. In this work we have …

Hybrid supercapacitors can function as both batteries and supercapacitors owing to their
high specific energy and capacitive power, respectively. Transition metal oxide-based …

Transition metal compounds are known to be tricky for ab initio calculations mainly because
of the strongly localized nature of transition metal d electrons. Nonetheless, the bulk of …

This paper deals with a significant family of compounds predicted by simplistic electronic
structure theory to be metals but are, in fact, insulators. This false metallic state has been …

The morphologies of ceria nanocrystals play an essential role in determining their redox and
catalytic performances in many applications, yet the effects of synthesis variables on the …