Seung-Eun Choi, Seung-Ju Oh, Jun-Mo Yoon, Jin Woo Bae
{"title":"Dual-Plasticized PVC-Gels with High Dissipation Factor for Smart Wearable Thermotherapy and Sensing Devices","authors":"Seung-Eun Choi, Seung-Ju Oh, Jun-Mo Yoon, Jin Woo Bae","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202505873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202505873","url":null,"abstract":"Multifunctional wearable heaters are widely used from smart healthcare to soft interactive electronics requiring high transparency and stretchability while operating at low voltage. Here, this study presents novel dual-plasticizer strategy by synergistically incorporating dibutyl adipate (DBA) as the primary plasticizer with propylene carbonate (PC) and ethylene carbonate (EC) as high-dielectric secondary plasticizers to polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The dual-plasticized PVC-gel achieves superior dielectric loss and dissipation factor exceeding 3 × 10<sup>3</sup> and 295, facilitating efficient dielectric heating. The heater simultaneously exhibits exceptional stretchability (300%) and optical transparency (>90%) for maintaining visual aesthetics. The heater reaches over 60 °C at an operating voltage (350 V) with rapid heating rate of 0.76 °C s<sup>−1</sup> and exhibits excellent power efficiency (1.015 W cm<sup>−2</sup>). Moreover, it demonstrates uniform heat distribution and achieves saturation temperature within 1 min at every voltage. The heater exhibits remarkable thermal stability with sustained performance during 20000 s and maintains stable heating performance without temperature degradation under stretching. These capabilities enable both therapeutic heating and thermal sensing functionalities, demonstrating adaptive wearable applications while maintaining conformal contact and consistent heating under complex wrist movements. Furthermore, this heater implements thermal sensing system capable of gesture recognition, establishing potential for next-generation wearable electronics.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomass Native Structure Into Functional Carbon-Based Catalysts for Fenton-Like Reactions","authors":"Wenjie Tian, Jingkai Lin, Zhihao Tian, Selusiwe Ncube, Huayang Zhang, Emiliano Cortés, Hongqi Sun, Shaobin Wang","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202508759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202508759","url":null,"abstract":"Advancing biomass-derived carbon materials requires a systematic understanding of how distinct biomass structures influence their properties and functionality. To address this, eight 2D flaky and 1D acicular plant biomasses is systematically compared to synthesize pristine carbon, N-doped carbon, and cobalt/graphitic carbon for Fenton-like peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. Biomass pyrolysis under 5% NH₃ generates surface N-doped amorphous carbon, facilitating a selective electron transfer pathway (ETP), where high N incorporation, specific surface area, and atomic-level control over O groups synergistically enhance its efficiency. While COOH groups contribute positively, excessive defects and C═O groups hinder ETP performance. Notably, compared to 2D biomass, 1D acicular biomass induces tubular carbon with lower C═O content, promoting the ETP regime. 2D flaky biomass facilitates Co nanoparticle incorporation in cobalt/graphitic carbon, where high contents of N, Co, defects, and oxygen groups (C═O/C─O/COOH) enhance sulfate radical (SO<sub>4</sub><sup>•−</sup>)-dominated catalysis, whereas excessive sp<sup>2</sup> C (>75–80 at.%) negatively affects performance. Through structural characterization, mechanistic analysis, and quantitative linear fitting correlations, this study identifies biomass-derived key active site interactions governing electron transfer and SO<sub>4</sub><sup>•−</sup>-driven oxidation mechanisms. These insights establish a framework for sustainable, biomass-structure-driven carbon design for environmental catalysis.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"588 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanbai Chen, Wenxuan He, Jun Li, Yarui Tan, Lin Chen, Hongxing Shi, Shuai He, Yau Kei Chan, Yi Deng
{"title":"Ferroelectric Heterojunction Membrane with Rapid Disinfection Through Coupling Piezoelectric and Pyroelectric Catalysis for Wound Regeneration","authors":"Yanbai Chen, Wenxuan He, Jun Li, Yarui Tan, Lin Chen, Hongxing Shi, Shuai He, Yau Kei Chan, Yi Deng","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202511173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202511173","url":null,"abstract":"Ferroelectric materials with piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties have shown promise for antimicrobial therapy by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) under external stimuli. However, the single catalytic approaches relying on either piezoelectric or pyroelectric effect compel ferroelectric materials to yield inadequate ROS, ultimately dampening the sterilization speed and efficiency. To address the daunting issue, a dual catalytic membrane composed of BaTiO<sub>3</sub>/MgO<sub>2</sub> and electrospun poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanofibers is devised, which integrates both pyroelectric and piezoelectric effects of BaTiO<sub>3</sub> by encapsulating polydopamine. The dual catalytic membrane potentiates polarization charge generation under ultrasound and near-infrared stimulation. Subsequently, the polarized charge participates in the generation of germicidal ·OH by reacting with H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> from MgO<sub>2</sub>, thus achieving rapid antimicrobial activity. More intriguingly, in vitro and in vivo experiments have demonstrated that the dual catalytic membrane substantially facilitates cell proliferation and promotes the regeneration of infected wounds through bacterial slaughter, NF-κB inflammatory pathway inhibition, pro-angiogenesis, as well as collagen deposition. As envisaged, such a proposal provides a bright prospect for ferroelectric materials in addressing acute infections and advancing the remediation of refractory infected wounds.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liuxu Wei, Yupeng Wang, Ruihan Gao, Jiapei Liu, Qi Zhang, Jun Xing, Xiaodan Xia, Zhenyu Xiao, Lei Wang
{"title":"Ksp-Regulated Electrochemically Etching Strategy: BaSO4-Decorated NiCo-LDH with Strong Built-in Electric Field for High-Performance Aqueous Alkaline Zinc Batteries","authors":"Liuxu Wei, Yupeng Wang, Ruihan Gao, Jiapei Liu, Qi Zhang, Jun Xing, Xiaodan Xia, Zhenyu Xiao, Lei Wang","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202510665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202510665","url":null,"abstract":"Although layered double hydroxides (LDHs) provide structural advantages for alkaline zinc-ion battery (AZIB) cathodes via their inherent layered architecture, their intrinsic low electrical conductivity and anisotropic ion transport limits charge transfer kinetics. A <i>Ksp</i>-regulated electrochemical etching strategy is first proposed to solve this challenge by exploiting the dramatic solubility difference between BaSO<sub>4</sub> and Co/NiSO<sub>4</sub>. The thermodynamic selectivity enables the precise construction of BaSO<sub>4</sub> nanodot-anchored NiCo-LDH heterostructures (BS@CN-LDH) within a rapid minute-scale process, achieving atomic-level control over heterointerface architecture. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations coupled with UPS analysis reveal a strong built-in electric field (BEF) at the heterointerface (ΔΦ = 0.70 eV), driving interfacial charge redistribution of 0.013 e from NiCo-LDH to BaSO<sub>4</sub>. The optimized BS@CN-LDH electrode material exhibits a high specific capacity of 450.5 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at a current density of 2 mA cm<sup>−2</sup>, maintaining 83.3% excellent cycling stability after 10 000 cycles. Moreover, the as-fabricated BS@CN-LDH//rGO-Zn AAZB cell achieves a record energy density of 747.9 Wh kg<sup>−1</sup> at a power density of 0.27 kW kg<sup>−1</sup>, surpassing most reported zinc-based energy storage devices. This <i>Ksp</i>-regulated etching strategy provides critical insights into electric field engineering of heterostructured materials to resolve the persistent electron/ions transfer kinetics for dramatically increased energy storage performance.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"167 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nguyen Huu Lam, Md Nurul Huda, Kisung Kang, Jae-Hyeok Ko, Zheng Gai, Yeong Gwang Khim, Young Jun Chang, Youngsu Choi, Kwang-Yong Choi, Ganbat Duvjir, Nguyen-Hoang Dang, Aloysius Soon, Jewook Park, Jungdae Kim
{"title":"Emergence of Local Magnetic Moment in Ternary TaWSe2 Single Crystal via Atomic Clustering","authors":"Nguyen Huu Lam, Md Nurul Huda, Kisung Kang, Jae-Hyeok Ko, Zheng Gai, Yeong Gwang Khim, Young Jun Chang, Youngsu Choi, Kwang-Yong Choi, Ganbat Duvjir, Nguyen-Hoang Dang, Aloysius Soon, Jewook Park, Jungdae Kim","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202507738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202507738","url":null,"abstract":"Ternary transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provide a versatile platform to explore novel electronic and magnetic ground states via compositional substitution and local structural modulations. Using a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/S), magnetic property measurements, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the emergence of local magnetic moments driven by the clustering of Ta atoms in ternary TaWSe<sub>2</sub> single crystals is analyzed. STM topography reveals triangular clusters of Ta atoms embedded within W-rich regions of TaWSe<sub>2</sub>. These clusters exhibit a consistent shape and an orderly arrangement throughout the surfaces. DFT calculations show that these Ta clusters induce local strain, giving rise to localized magnetic moments. The magnetic behavior is further corroborated by temperature-dependent magnetization measurements, which exhibit a magnetic anomaly at ∼50 K. This study offers a pathway to engineer magnetism in TMD systems with potential applications in spintronic and quantum materials.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuyu Deng, Peiming Dai, Weibin Fu, Ling Che, Licheng Miao, Chengyu Chen, Lifang Jiao, Ting Jin
{"title":"Heterostructured Solid Electrolyte Interphase Enables Facilitated Kinetics for Low-Temperature Sodium-Ion Batteries","authors":"Yuyu Deng, Peiming Dai, Weibin Fu, Ling Che, Licheng Miao, Chengyu Chen, Lifang Jiao, Ting Jin","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202502919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202502919","url":null,"abstract":"Ether-based electrolytes demonstrate competitiveness in sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) operating at low temperatures due to their high ionic conductivities and low desolvation energies. However, the accumulation of inorganic components in the inner solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), caused by substantial sodium salt decomposition, impedes the kinetics of Na<sup>+</sup> interphasial transport. Here, a NaF/Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>-rich heterostructured SEI, with significantly improved Na<sup>+</sup> diffusion kinetics, is proposed in a dilute ether-based electrolyte. The heterostructure provides additional Na<sup>+</sup> transport pathways through Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> and along the NaF/Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> interface. The interfacial synergy effect between Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> and NaF effectively reduces the Na<sup>+</sup> diffusion energy barrier and improves the mechanical robustness of SEI, ensuring facilitated interphasial kinetics. Consequently, the hard carbon (HC) anode delivers a high reversible specific capacity of 238 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at −40 °C and an impressive cycling stability at −20 °C with a capacity retention of 89.67% after 1800 cycles at 1 C. Additionally, the Na<sub>0.85</sub>Li<sub>0.12</sub>Ni<sub>0.22</sub>Mn<sub>0.66</sub>O<sub>2</sub>||HC full cells exhibit a high discharge capacity of 85 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at −20 °C (85% of its room-temperature capacity). This work underscores the critical role of engineering SEI with fast Na<sup>+</sup> transport kinetics for SIBs operating under low temperatures.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"588 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chenyi Li, Hanxiao Gao, Guanxiang Zhang, Yutie Gong, Minghai Yao, Zhigao Huang, Xiao Zhang, Junyong Lu, Huamin Zhou, Yang Liu
{"title":"Superior Charge-Discharge Performances in High-Entropy Polymers","authors":"Chenyi Li, Hanxiao Gao, Guanxiang Zhang, Yutie Gong, Minghai Yao, Zhigao Huang, Xiao Zhang, Junyong Lu, Huamin Zhou, Yang Liu","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202510027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202510027","url":null,"abstract":"Polarization and depolarization in response to an external electric field describe the charge and discharge behavior of dielectric materials characterized by high power densities, large discharged energy densities, and fast discharged rates, which finds wide applications in modern electrical and electronic systems. Here a giant power density of 3607.5 MW cm<sup>−3</sup> together with an ultrahigh discharged energy density of 30.1 J cm<sup>−3</sup> and an ultrafast discharge rate of 10.6 ns are achieved in the high-entropy relaxor ferroelectric terpolymers at 500 MV m<sup>−1</sup>, which markedly outperforms dielectric polymers and ceramics under the same load resistance. The superior charge-discharge performance is mainly attributed to the formation of a high-entropy state with greatly enhanced dielectric constant and ultrahigh capacitive ability. This work paves the way for future exploration of high-entropy polymers with enhanced functionalities.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modulating Buried Passivation and Aligned Interface toward High-Performance Perovskite Modules","authors":"Xinxin Li, Songya Wang, Long Zhou, Jiaojiao Zhang, Dazheng Chen, Weidong Zhu, He Xi, Jincheng Zhang, Chunxiang Zhu, Yue Hao, Chunfu Zhang","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202506718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202506718","url":null,"abstract":"The inferior buried film quality and mismatched energy alignment have significantly limited the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), especially for the large area, ambient-condition fabricated perovskite modules (PSMs). The buried interface engineering is considered the most effective strategy for achieving high-performance PSMs. Herein, the organic thiazole molecule 2-Cyaniminothiazolidine (CTH) is introduced, which possesses multiple active sites, to modify the buried interface of PSCs. The introduction of CTH can effectively accelerate the nucleation and delay the crystal growth of perovskite compared to monofunctional group additives. In addition, the multisite functional group in CTH passivates deep energy level defects and shallow energy level defects in the perovskite films. These results can reduce interfacial voids and produce high-quality perovskite films. Consequently, the champion devices prepared under ambient conditions achieve efficiencies of 24.31% for a small area (0.07 cm<sup>2</sup>) and 22.09% for a large area (1 cm<sup>2</sup>), respectively. The inverted PSMs with an aperture area of 48 cm<sup>2</sup> achieve an impressive efficiency of 20.76%, indicating a teeny efficiency loss from 1 to 48 cm<sup>2</sup>. In addition, the PSCs with CTH exhibit better long-term operational stability, maintaining 90% of their initial efficiency after 1200 h under continuous one-sun illumination.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ke Su, Lefu Mei, Zunqi Liu, Xin Pan, Pengfei Shuai, Jiyang Xie, Bin Ma, Qingfeng Guo, Cunjian Lin, Mingxing Chen, Zhijian Peng, Libing Liao, Wanbiao Hu, Guocheng Lv
{"title":"Customized Cr3+-Doped Disordered Structures Enhance Optical Manometry","authors":"Ke Su, Lefu Mei, Zunqi Liu, Xin Pan, Pengfei Shuai, Jiyang Xie, Bin Ma, Qingfeng Guo, Cunjian Lin, Mingxing Chen, Zhijian Peng, Libing Liao, Wanbiao Hu, Guocheng Lv","doi":"10.1002/adfm.202507563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202507563","url":null,"abstract":"Balancing sensitivity and detection range in dynamic pressure monitoring materials remains challenging, with commercial ruby (Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>:Cr<sup>3+</sup>) sensors limited by strong crystal fields, restricting performance under extreme conditions. Here, an innovative strategy utilizing an ordered-to-disordered structural conversion in Cr<sup>3+</sup> doped Ca(Mg,Sc)(Al,Si)O<sub>6</sub> phosphors is introduced. This approach achieves a remarkable blueshift sensitivity of 15.08 nm GPa<sup>−1</sup>–2.8 times higher than ordered structures and 41 times higher than commercial sensors while maintaining a broad detection range up to 7.5 GPa. Moreover, enhanced structural rigidity notably improves luminescence intensity and thermal stability. The findings establish a robust paradigm for designing high-performance optical pressure sensors, significantly addressing the traditional trade-off between sensitivity and detection range, showing promising applications in geological exploration and aerospace fields.","PeriodicalId":112,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Functional Materials","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}