Themed collection Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy

This review offers a detailed exploration of synthesis methods, design strategies, and the electrochemical performance of MoS₂-based materials as LIB anodes, with a focus on defect engineering, doping, composite development, and structural enhancements.

Elevated temperatures enhance Li migration kinetics and suppress interfacial side reactions, but excessive temperature increase induces Li concentration polarization near the interface, increasing interfacial resistance and destabilizing Li plating.

A phosphorus (P)-doped (Ni,Co)-MoO₄ electrode with an inflorescence-like architecture with an atomically thin coating of Co₃O₄ to improve the electronic conductivity boosting the electrochemical performance.

InAs-based quantum dots (QDs) are promising heavy-metal-free semiconductors for infrared emission technologies, offering tunable bandgaps via quantum confinement and excellent charge-carrier transport properties.

Trimethylgallium, as a monomeric Ga precursor, promotes Ga incorporation into In_1−xGa_xP quantum dots, achieving efficient blue emission with the potential for electroluminescent applications.

Monolithic green-sensitive photodetectors (PDs) showed superior green sensitivity over single heterojunction-based PDs. The spectral-filtering effect significantly enhanced sensitivity, resulting in a 98-fold improvement.

Decoupling the internal electron transfer space from the external active sites maximizes the reaction while keeping Ni as a single atom. Also, the catalyst core's superhydrophobic characteristics maintain the inner aerophilic environment.