Vanadium oxides with multioxidation states and various crystalline structures offer unique
electrical, optical, optoelectronic and magnetic properties, which could be manipulated for …

Electrochemical energy storage systems, specifically lithium and lithium-ion batteries, are
ubiquitous in contemporary society with the widespread deployment of portable electronic …

Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Popularization of portable electronics and electric vehicles worldwide stimulates the
development of energy storage devices, such as batteries and supercapacitors, toward …

Nanomaterials are of much interest and are considered as efficient adsorbents for
wastewater treatment because of their small particle sizes, large specific surface areas …

Nanosized metal oxides (NMOs), including nanosized ferric oxides, manganese oxides,
aluminum oxides, titanium oxides, magnesium oxides and cerium oxides, provide high …

Nanostructured materials are advantageous in offering huge surface to volume ratios,
favorable transport properties, altered physical properties, and confinement effects resulting …

Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

One of the greatest challenges for our society is providing powerful electrochemical energy
conversion and storage devices. Rechargeable lithium‐ion batteries and fuel cells are …

Hollow nanostructures offer promising potential for advanced energy storage and
conversion applications. In the past decade, considerable research efforts have been …