PVDF-HFP via Localized Iodization as Interface Layer for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries with LiPSCl Films.

All-solid lithium (Li) metal batteries (ASSLBs) with sulfide-based solid electrolyte (SEs) films exhibit excellent electrochemical performance, rendering them capable of satisfying the growing demand for energy storage systems. However, challenges persist in the application of SEs film owing to their reactivity with Li metal and uncontrolled formation of lithium dendrites. In this study, iodine-doped poly(vinylidenefluoride-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) as an interlayer (PHI) to establish a stable interphase between Li metal and LiPSCl (LPSCl) films is investigated.

Syntheses, Structures and Properties of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Diamond-Like Compounds LiMgMSe (M = Ge, Sn).

Two new diamond-like (DL) chalcogenides, LiMgGeSe and LiMgSnSe, have been successfully synthesized using a conventional high-temperature solid-state method. The two compounds crystallize in the non-centrosymmetric space group 2 with = 8.402 (14) Å, = 7.

Synthesis, characterization and theoretical investigation of a new chalcohalide, BaGaSF.

A new fluorine-containing chalcohalide, Ba4GaS4F3, has been synthesized by conventional high-temperature solid-state reaction. The compound crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group I41/a with a = b = 16.628 (5) Å, c = 17.

Multifunctional property exploration: BiOI with high visible light photocatalytic performance and a large nonlinear optical effect.

Exploration of the versatility of materials is very important for increasing the utilization of materials. Herein, we successfully prepared BiOI powders a facile solvothermal method. The BiOI photocatalyst exhibited significantly higher photocatalytic activity as compared to the common BiOI photocatalyst in the degradation of methyl orange, methylene blue and rhodamine B under visible light irradiation.

Cube-shaped theranostic paclitaxel prodrug nanocrystals with surface functionalization of SPC and MPEG-DSPE for imaging and chemotherapy.

As one of nanomedicine delivery systems (NDSs), drug nanocrystals exhibited an excellent anticancer effect. Recently, differences of internalization mechanisms and subcellular localization of both drug nanocrystals and small molecular free drug have drawn much attention. In this paper, paclitaxel (PTX) as a model anticancer drug was directly labeled with 4-chloro-7-nitro-1, 2, 3-benzoxadiazole (NBD-Cl) (a drug-fluorophore conjugate Ma et al.

Synergistic modification of electronic and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 nanotubes by implantation of Au and N atoms.

The structural and electronic properties of N-doped, Au-adsorbed, and Au/N co-implanted TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) were investigated by performing first-principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations. For all the possible implanted configurations, the radius and bond length do not change significantly relative to the clean NTs. Our results indicate that the introduction of N into NTs is in favor of implantation of Au, and Au pre-adsorption on the NTs can also enhance the N concentration in NTs.