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Graphene-based technologies for energy applications, challenges and perspectives
Etienne Quesnel, Frédéric Roux, Fabrice Emieux +26
Here we report on technology developments implemented into the Graphene Flagship European project for the integration of graphene and graphene-related materials (GRMs) into energy…
Permanent Lattice Compression of Lead-Halide Perovskite for Persistently Enhanced Optoelectronic Properties
Karunakara Moorthy Boopathi, Beatriz Martín-García, Aniruddha Ray +8
Under mild mechanical pressure, halide perovskites show enhanced optoelectronic properties. However, these improvements are reversible upon decompression, and permanent enhancement…
Functionalization of reduced graphite oxide sheets with a zwitterionic surfactant
Beatriz Martín-García, M. Mercedes Velázquez, Francesco Rossella +7
Films of a few layers in thickness of reduced graphite oxide, RGO, sheets functionalized by the zwitterionic surfactant N-dodecyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate, DDPS, a…
Photoluminescence Dynamics of CdSe QD/polymer Langmuir-Blodgett Thin Films: Morphology Effects
Beatriz Martín-García, Pedro M. R. Paulo, Sílvia M. B. Costa +1
Thin films of colloidal semiconductor CdSe quantum-dots (QDs) and a styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer were prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique and their photoluminescence…
Tailoring Photoluminescence by Strain-Engineering in Layered Perovskite Flakes
Davide Spirito, María Barra-Burillo, Francesco Calavalle +6
Strain is an effective strategy to modulate the optoelectronic properties of 2D materials, but it has been almost unexplored in layered hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovs…
Magnetic properties of layered hybrid organic-inorganic metal-halide perovskites: transition metal, organic cation and perovskite phase effects
Yaiza Asensio, Sergio Marras, Davide Spirito +6
Understanding the structural and magnetic properties in layered hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites (HOIPs) is key for their design and integration in spin-electronic…
Percolating Superconductivity in Air-Stable Organic-Ion Intercalated MoS2
Jose M. Pereira, Daniel Tezze, Iris Niehues +12
When doped into a certain range of charge carrier concentrations, MoS2 departs from its pristine semiconducting character to become a strongly correlated material characterized by…
Gate-tunable spin Hall effect in an all-light-element heterostructure: graphene with copper oxide
Haozhe Yang, Maider Ormaza, Zhendong Chi +10
Graphene is a light material for long-distance spin transport due to its low spin-orbit coupling, which at the same time is the main drawback to exhibit a sizeable spin Hall effect…
Exchange bias in molecule/Fe3GeTe2 van der Waals heterostructures via spinterface effects
Junhyeon Jo, Francesco Calavalle, Beatriz Martín-García +4
The exfoliation of layered magnetic materials generates atomically thin flakes characterized by an ultrahigh surface sensitivity, which makes their magnetic properties tunable via…
Graphene-Based Electrodes in a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Produced by Rapid Low-Pressure Combined Gas Plasma Treatments
Sebastiano Bellani, Leyla Najafi, Mirko Prato +13
The development of high-power density vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) with high energy efficiencies (EEs) is crucial for the widespread dissemination of this energy storage t…
Giant-Shell CdSe/CdS Nanocrystals: Exciton Coupling to Shell Phonons Investigated by Resonant Raman Spectroscopy
Miao-Ling Lin, Mario Miscuglio, Anatolii Polovitsyn +5
The interaction between excitons and phonons in semiconductor nanocrystals plays a crucial role in the exciton energy spectrum and dynamics, and thus in their optical properties. W…
Solution-processed GaSe nanoflake-based films for photoelectrochemical water splitting and photoelectrochemical-type photodetectors
Marilena Isabella Zappia, Gabriele Bianca, Sebastiano Bellani +10
Gallium selenide (GaSe) is a layered compound, which has been exploited in nonlinear optical applications and photodetectors due to its anisotropic structure and pseudo-direct opti…
Planar Aperiodic Arrays as Metasurfaces for Optical Near-Field Patterning
Mario Miscuglio, Nicholas J. Borys, Davide Spirito +5
Plasmonic metasurfaces have spawned the field of flat optics using nanostructured planar metallic or dielectric surfaces that can replace bulky optical elements and enhance the cap…
Angle and Polarization Selective Spontaneous Emission in Dye-doped Metal/Insulator/Metal Nanocavities
Vincenzo Caligiuri, Giulia Biffi, Milan Palei +4
Directing and polarizing the emission of a fluorophore is of fundamental importance in the perspective of novel photonic sources based on emerging nano-emitter technologies. These…
Composition, Size, and Surface Functionalization dependent Optical Properties of Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals
Palvasha Ijaz, Muhammad Imran, Márcio M. Soares +6
The photoluminescence (PL), color purity, and stability of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals depend critically on the surface passivation. We present a study on the temperature d…
Core/Shell CdSe/CdS Bone-Shaped Nanocrystals with a Thick and Anisotropic Shell as Optical Emitters
Andrea Castelli, Balaji Dhanabalan, Anatolii Polovitsyn +11
Colloidal core/shell nanocrystals are key materials for optoelectronics, enabling control over essential properties via precise engineering of the shape, thickness, and crystal lat…
Flexible Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Electrochemical Double-Layer Capacitors with Ultrahigh Areal Performance
Valentino Romano, Beatriz Martin-Garcia, Sebastiano Bellani +10
The fabrication of electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) with high areal capacitance relies on the use of elevated mass loadings of highly porous active materials. Herein…
Extending the colloidal transition metal dichalcogenide library to ReS2 nanosheets for application in gas sensing and electrocatalysis
Beatriz Martin-Garcia, Davide Spirito, Sebastiano Bellani +12
Among the large family of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), recently ReS2 has stood out due to its nearly layer-independent optoelectronic and physicochemical properties. T…
Octapod-shaped CdSe nanocrystals hosting Pt with high-mass activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction
Leyla Najafi, Sebastiano Bellani, Andrea Castelli +8
The design of efficient electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting with minimal amount of precious metal is crucial to attain renewable and sustainable energy conversion.…
Niobium disulphide (NbS)-based (heterogeneous) electrocatalysts for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction
Leyla Najafi, Sebastiano Bellani, Reinier Oropesa-Nuñez +8
The design of efficient and cost-effective catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is the key for molecular hydrogen (H2) production from electrochemical water splittin…
Scalable production of graphene inks via wet-jet milling exfoliation for screen-printed micro-supercapacitors
Sebastiano Bellani, Elisa Petroni, Antonio Esau Del Rio Castillo +5
The miniaturization of energy storage units is pivotal for the development of next-generation portable electronic devices. Micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) hold a great potential to wo…
MoS2 Quantum Dot/Graphene Hybrids for Advanced Interface Engineering of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cell with Efficiency over 20%
Leyla Najafi, Babak Taheri, Beatriz Martin-Garcia +11
Interface engineering of organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) plays a pivotal role in achieving high power conversion efficiency (PCE). Graphene and related two-d…
Solution-processed hybrid graphene flake/2H-MoS2 quantum dot heterostructures for efficient electrochemical hydrogen evolution
Leyla Najafi, Sebastiano Bellani, Beatriz Martin-Garcia +5
We designed solution-processed, flexible hybrid graphene flake/2H-MoS2 quantum dot (QD) heterostructures, showing enhanced electrocatalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reac…