Themed collection 2023 Materials Chemistry Frontiers Most Popular Articles

MOF/COF composites constructed by heterojunction, functionalization, or integration show enhanced performance in photo-, thermo-, and electrocatalysis. This review is informative for rational design and mechanism understanding of MOF/COF catalysts.

This review focuses on fused-ring carbazole derivatives, their molecular design, electronic and photophysical properties, and their applications as the emitter and/or the host material in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are wonderful interfacial modification materials for adjusting the energy level and passivating the defects.

This review provides an overview of the recent advances in heterogeneous catalysis using COFs, primarily from 2020 to 2023, covering the fundamentals, advantages, current challenges, and future perspectives.

Triplet–triplet annihilation mediated solar energy harvesting systems for a global transition toward carbon-neutral energy technologies.

This review will systematically summarize and discuss in detail the latest developments in electrochromic camouflage materials and devices from the two aspects of color camouflage and thermal camouflage.

In this review, recent advancement of MOF based materials and their role towards OER is explored. Tuning of structures by adopting various synthetic strategical techniques are discussed for the first time.

The methods for the preparation and modification of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) in recent years are reviewed in this paper. In addition, their electrochemical properties and applications in the field of supercapacitors are demonstrated.

Solid-state electrolytes attract great attention due to their advantages in safety, electrochemical stability and battery packaging. High-voltage cathode materials and the Li metal anode further increase the energy density and electrochemical cycling properties.

Lithium-ion batteries have been widely used in recent decades.

A comprehensive summary on the developments and status of anode catalysts towards proton exchange membrane water electrolysis technology.

This review provides current research progress on rare earth MOFs, including synthesis methods and photocatalytic and electrocatalytic applications of rare earth MOFs.

The high-performance self-supported electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction are systematically summarized.

This review summarizes the applications of multifunctional nanomaterials for synergistic photothermal antibacterial therapy and discusses the mechanism of the two treatment methods in antibacterial therapy.

The various potential sensing application by luminescent MOFs.

FeNi₃ alloy is adopted for catalyzing nitrate and carbon dioxide reduction to produce urea at ambient conditions. The catalyst delivers a larger urea yield rate and faradaic efficiency in comparison with the counterparts.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture and conversion into valuable chemicals is a promising and sustainable way to mitigate the adverse effects of anthropogenic CO₂ and climate change.

A universal plasma-assisted strategy is proposed for the fabrication of rare earth-doped FeP as a kind of potential electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

Versatile synthesis for all rare earth oxysulfides (RE₂O₂S) and evaluation of the potential of ultrasmall Gd_0.8Nd_1.2O₂S as a multimodal contrast agent.

Small molecule dopant-free HTL with the ability to self-assemble shows a dual performance that leads to very similar efficiencies in p–i–n and n–i–p perovskite solar cells.

Schematic illustration of the amphiphilic BODIPY-based photosensitizers for multimodal imaging-guided phototherapy through J-aggregation.

A series of multi-color (TEA)₂InCl₅ : Sb³⁺ hybrids were designed, and the effects of replacing [InCl₅]²⁻ square pyramids by [SbCl₅]²⁻ square pyramids on the crystal structure and luminescence properties were investigated.

Raspberry-like CuCo₂S₄@ZnS hollow particles encapsulated with reduced graphene oxide are synthesized for hybrid supercapacitors.

Viologen groups as a strong electron transfer mediator are inserted in Por(Co)-Vg-COF to improve the electronic conductivity and thus showed highly efficient electroreduction of CO₂ in neutral/acidic/alkaline electrolytes.

A NH₂-MXene/PLLA nerve conduit with a conductive network structure is constructed by laser additive manufacturing, which can generate electrical signals driven by electromagnetic induction, and the generated electrical signals can promote the differentiation of nerve cells.

2D Al-TCPP MOF nanosheets were prepared via a simple solvothermal synthesis method without the need for any surfactants and were found to be an effective sonosensitizer for sonodynamic cancer therapy.

Tetraazaanthraquinodimethanes can exhibit various colours and emissions depending on their multiple conformations, such as not only folded and twisted forms but also intermediate structures, e.g., planar and twisted-folded forms, in pseudopolymorphs.

A novel sulfur–oleylamine copolymer as a promising sorbent to selectively recover Cu²⁺ ions from a mixture of metal ions in acidic pH and its potential applications in battery recycling.

Vapochromic π-conjugated polymer thin films showing a reversible color change were prepared. Reversible coordination-number control of hypervalent tin(IV)-fused azobenzene moieties between five and six triggered tuning of the electronic properties.

A high-performance NiSe₂–CoSe₂ aerogel was prepared via facile gelation and selenium vapor deposition for efficient water splitting. Its heterostructure and aerogel morphology provided high intrinsic activity and abundant active sites, respectively.

A universal exciplex platform was reported to construct multifunctional luminescent materials, including thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), persistent room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) and mechanoluminescence (ML).

Supercapacitors (SCs) coupled with redox materials have been extensively investigated to maximize the energy density of SCs.

The synthesis and study of the lanthanide luminescent 2,3-bis(1,2,3- triazol-4-yl)picolinamide (btp) based hydrogels F1 and F2 is described where Tb(III) or Eu(III) are also used to crosslink the btp units within the polymers.

Molecular encapsulation is a promising strategy to reduce non-radiative losses and enhance stability of organic solar cells, via reduced aggregation in the polymer phase. Encapsulated polymers demonstrated enhanced electroluminescence and better donor–acceptor intermixing.

X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy is a powerful tool for identifying the interactions of additives or surface treatments with components in lead halide perovskites.