The Nano Research Young Innovators (NR45) Awards in nanoenergy

Gu, Z.; Dai, H. J. The inaugural Nano Research Young Innovators (NR45) Award in nanobiotechnology. Nano Res. 2018, 11, 4931-4935.

Wang, Y. Q.; Ding, Y.; Guo, X. L.; Yu, G. H. Conductive polymers for stretchable supercapacitors. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 1978-1987.

Singh, V.; Kim, S.; Kang, J.; Byon, H. R. Aqueous organic redox flow batteries. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 1988-2001.

Wang, X.; Wang, T. Y.; Borovilas, J.; He, X. D.; Du, S. Y.; Yang, Y. Vertically-aligned nanostructures for electrochemical energy storage. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2002-2017.

Zhao, C. L.; Lu, Y. X.; Chen, L. Q.; Hu, Y. -S. Ni-based cathode materials for Na-ion batteries. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2018-2030.

Bai, S.; Gao, C.; Low, J. X.; Xiong, Y. J. Crystal phase engineering on photocatalytic materials for energy and environmental applications. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2031-2054.

Wang, Y. Q.; Zou, Y. Q.; Tao, L.; Wang, Y. Y.; Huang, G.; Du, S. Q.; Wang, S. Y. Rational design of three-phase interfaces for electrocatalysis. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2055-2066.

Sun, T. T.; Xu, L. B.; Wang, D. S.; Li, Y. D. Metal organic frameworks derived single atom catalysts for electrocatalytic energy conversion. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2067-2080.

Carneiro, J.; Nikolla, E. Nanoengineering of solid oxide electrochemical cell technologies: An outlook. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2081-2092.

Corbin, N.; Zeng, J.; Williams, K.; Manthiram, K. Heterogeneous molecular catalysts for electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2093-2125.

Yazdani, S.; Yarali, M.; Cha, J. J. Recent progress on in situ characterizations of electrochemically intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2126-2139.

Hong, M.; Shi, J. P.; Huan, Y. H.; Xie, Q.; Zhang, Y. F. Microscopic insights into the catalytic mechanisms of monolayer MoS₂ and its heterostructures in hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2140-2149.

Zu, D.; Wang, H. Y.; Lin, S.; Ou, G.; Wei, H. H.; Sun, S. Q.; Wu, H. Oxygen-deficient metal oxides: Synthesis routes and applications in energy and environment. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2150-2163.

Luo, Y.; Zhao, J. Plasmon-exciton interaction in colloidally fabricated metal nanoparticle-quantum emitter nanostructures. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2164-2171.

Gabinet, U. R.; Osuji, C. O. Optical materials and metamaterials from nanostructured soft matter. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2172-2183.

Mouhib, M.; Antonucci, A.; Reggente, M.; Amirjani, A.; Gillen, A. J.; Boghossian, A. A. Enhancing bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cells and biophotovoltaics using nanomaterials. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2184-2199.

Gross, E. Challenges and opportunities in IR nanospectroscopy measurements of energy materials. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2200-2210.

Wu, Y.; Wei, Z. X.; Xu, R.; Gong, Y.; Gu, L.; Ma, J. M.; Yu, Y. Boosting the rate capability of multichannel porous TiO₂ nanofibers with well-dispersed Cu nanodots and Cu²⁺-doping derived oxygen vacancies for sodium-ion batteries. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2211-2217

Li, P. H.; Yang, Y.; Gong, S.; Lv, F.; Wang, W.; Li, Y. J.; Luo, M. C.; Xing, Y.; Wang, Q; Guo, S. J. Co-doped 1T-MoS₂ nanosheets embedded in N, S-doped carbon nanobowls for high-rate and ultra-stable sodium-ion batteries. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2218-2223.

Li, T.; Shi, P.; Zhang, R.; Liu, H.; Cheng, X. -B.; Zhang, Q. Dendrite-free sandwiched ultrathin lithium metal anode with even lithium plating and stripping behavior. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2224-2229.

Yang, J. F.; Zhang, M.; Chen, Z.; Du, X. F.; Huang, S. Q.; Tang, B.; Dong, T. T.; Wu, H.; Yu, Z.; Zhang, J. J. et al. Flame-retardant quasi-solid polymer electrolyte enabling sodium metal batteries with highly safe characteristic and superior cycling stability. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2230-2237.

Chung, H.; Grenier, A.; Huang, R.; Wang, X. F.; Lebens-Higgins, Z.; Doux, J. -M.; Sallis, S.; Song, C. Y.; Ercius, P.; Chapman, K. et al. Comprehensive study of a versatile polyol synthesis approach for cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2238-2249.

Zhu, J. H.; Chen, Z.; Jia, L.; Lu, Y. Q.; Wei, X. R.; Wang, X. N.; Wu, W. D.; Han, N.; Li, Y. G.; Wu, Z. X. Solvent-free nanocasting toward universal synthesis of ordered mesoporous transition metal sulfide@N-doped carbon composites for electrochemical applications. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2250-2258.

Chen, Y. N.; Xu, S. M.; Zhu, S. Z.; Jacob, R. J.; Pastel, G.; Wang, Y. B.; Li, Y. J.; Dai, J. Q.; Chen, F. J.; Xie, H. et al. Millisecond synthesis of CoS nanoparticles for highly efficient overall water splitting. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2259-2267.

Wang, Y. H.; Zhang, L.; Hu, C. L.; Yu, S. N.; Yang, P. P.; Cheng, D. F.; Zhao, Z. -J.; Gong, J. L. Fabrication of bilayer Pd-Pt nanocages with sub-nanometer thin shells for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2268-2274.

Ledendecker, M.; Geiger, S.; Hengge, K.; Lim, J.; Cherevko, S.; Mingers, A. M.; Göhl, D.; Fortunato, G. V.; Jalalpoor, D.; Schüth, F. et al. Towards maximized utilization of iridium for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2275-2280.

Han, L. L.; Guo, L. M.; Dong, C. Q.; Zhang, C.; Gao, H.; Niu, J. Z.; Peng, Z. Q.; Zhang, Z. H. Ternary mesoporous cobalt-iron-nickel oxide efficiently catalyzing oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions and overall water splitting. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2281-2287.

Stevens, M. B.; Enman, L. J.; Korkus, E. H.; Zaffran, J.; Trang, C. D. M.; Asbury, J.; Kast, M. G.; Toroker, M. C.; Boettcher, S. W. Ternary Ni-Co-Fe oxyhydroxide oxygen evolution catalysts: Intrinsic activity trends, electrical conductivity, and electronic band structure. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2288-2295.

Wu, J. C.; Guo, Y. Q.; Liu, H. F.; Zhao, J. Y.; Zhou, H. D.; Chu, W. S.; Wu, C. Z. Room-temperature ligancy engineering of perovskite electrocatalyst for enhanced electrochemical water oxidation. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2296-2301.

Xie, Q. X.; Zhou, D. J.; Li, P. S.; Cai, Z.; Xie, T. H.; Gao, T. F.; Chen, R. D.; Kuang, Y.; Sun, X. M. Enhancing oxygen evolution reaction by cationic surfactants. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2302-2306.

Fritz, K. E.; Yan, Y. C.; Suntivich, J. Influence of 3d transition-metal substitution on the oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis of ternary nitrides in acid. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2307-2312.

Zhang, Z.; Ma, C.; Tu, Y. C.; Si, R.; Wei, J.; Zhang, S. H.; Wang, Z.; Li, J. -F.; Wang, Y.; Deng, D. H. Multiscale carbon foam confining single iron atoms for efficient electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CO. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2313-2317.

Zhong, H. X.; Meng, F. L.; Zhang, Q.; Liu, K. H.; Zhang, X. B. Highly efficient and selective CO₂ electro-reduction with atomic Fe-C-N hybrid coordination on porous carbon nematosphere. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2318-2323.

Kuang, M.; Guan, A. X.; Gu, Z. X.; Han, P.; Qian, L. P.; Zheng, G. F. Enhanced N-doping in mesoporous carbon for efficient electrocatalytic CO₂ conversion. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2324-2329.

Jiang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, X.; Zheng, H. Z.; Wang, X. J.; Liang, Y. Y. Revealing the hidden performance of metal phthalocyanines for CO₂ reduction electrocatalysis by hybridization with carbon nanotubes. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2330-2334.

E, B.; Huang, B. L.; Zhang, N.; Shao, Q.; Li, Y. J.; Huang, X. Q. Enhancing catalytic H₂ generation by surface electronic tuning of systematically controlled Pt-Pb nanocrystals. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2335-2340.

Yan, P. Q.; Guo, W. H.; Liang, Z. B.; Meng, W.; Yin, Z.; Li, S. W.; Li, M. Z.; Zhang, M. T.; Yan, J.; Xiao, D. Q. et al. Highly efficient K-Fe/C catalysts derived from metal-organic frameworks towards ammonia synthesis. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2341-2347.

Wu, H.; Fu, Q.; Li, Y. F.; Cui, Y.; Wang, R.; Su, N.; Lin, L.; Dong, A. Y.; Ning, Y. X.; Yang, F.; Bao, X. H. Controlled growth of uniform two-dimensional ZnO overlayers on Au(111) and surface hydroxylation. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2348-2354.

Meijerink, M. J.; de Jong, K. P.; Zečević, J. Assessment of oxide nanoparticle stability in liquid phase transmission electron microscopy. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2355-2363.

Curto, A.; Sun, Z. Z.; Rodríguez-Fernández, J.; Zhang, L.; Parikh, A.; Tan, T.; Lauritsen, J. V.; Vojvodic, A. Anisotropic iron-doping patterns in two-dimensional cobalt oxide nanoislands on Au(111). Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2364-2372.

Johnson, V. L.; Anilao, A.; Koski, K. J. Pressure-dependent phase transition of 2D layered silicon telluride (Si₂Te₃) and manganese intercalated silicon telluride. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2373-2377.

He, Y. M.; Vanka, S.; Gao, T. Y.; He, D.; Espano, J.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Dong, Q.; Lang, C. C.; Wang, Y. J.; Hamann, T. W.; Mi, Z. T.; Wang, D. W. Dependence of interface energetics and kinetics on catalyst loading in a photoelectrochemical system. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2378-2384.

Wang, X. S.; Zhou, C.; Shi, R.; Liu, Q. Q.; Waterhouse, G. I. N.; Wu, L. Z.; Tung, C. -H.; Zhang, T. R. Supramolecular precursor strategy for the synthesis of holey graphitic carbon nitride nanotubes with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2385-2389.

Fugate, E. A.; Biswas, S.; Clement, M. C.; Kim, M.; Kim, D.; Asthagiri, A; Baker, L. R. The role of phase impurities and lattice defects on the electron dynamics and photochemistry of CuFeO₂ solar photocathodes. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2390-2399.

Bauer, N.; Zhang, Q. Q.; Rech, J. J.; Dai, S. X.; Peng, Z. X.; Ade, H.; Wang, J. Y.; Zhan, X. W.; You, W. The impact of fluorination on both donor polymer and non-fullerene acceptor: The more fluorine, the merrier. Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2400-2405.