Wei Weng, D. Zhou, Gaozhan Liu, Lin Shen, Mengqi Li, Xinshuang Chang, X. Yao
{"title":"Air exposure towards stable Li/Li10GeP2S12 interface for all-solid-state lithium batteries","authors":"Wei Weng, D. Zhou, Gaozhan Liu, Lin Shen, Mengqi Li, Xinshuang Chang, X. Yao","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac66f5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac66f5","url":null,"abstract":"Moist air is a great challenge for manufacturing sulfide-based all-solid-state lithium batteries as the water in air will lead to severe decomposition of sulfide electrolytes and release H2S gas. However, different with direct reaction with water, short-period air exposure of Li10GeP2S12 sulfide electrolyte with controlled humidity can greatly enhance the stability of Li10GeP2S12 against lithium metal, thus realizing stable Li10GeP2S12 based all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. During air exposure, partial hydrolysis reaction occurs on the surface of Li10GeP2S12 pellets, rapidly generating a protective decomposition layer of Li4P2S6, GeS2 and Li2HPO3 in dozens of seconds. This ionically conductive but electronically insulation protecting layer can effectively prevent the severe interface reaction between Li10GeP2S12 and lithium metal during electrochemical cycling. The Li/40s-air-exposed Li10GeP2S12/Li cell shows long cycling stability for 1000 h. And the LiCoO2/40s-air-exposed Li10GeP2S12/Li batteries present good rate capability and long cyclic performances, showing capacity retention of 80% after 100 cycles.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114144523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao Wu, Jing Zhang, B. Cui, S. A. Razavi, X. Che, Quanjun Pan, Di Wu, Guoqiang Yu, Xiufeng Han, Kang L. Wang
{"title":"Field-free approaches for deterministic spin-orbit torque switching of the perpendicular magnet","authors":"Hao Wu, Jing Zhang, B. Cui, S. A. Razavi, X. Che, Quanjun Pan, Di Wu, Guoqiang Yu, Xiufeng Han, Kang L. Wang","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac6577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac6577","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 All-electrical driven magnetization switching attracts much attention in next-generation spintronic memory and logic devices, particularly in magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) based on the spin-orbit torque (SOT), i.e., SOT-MRAM, due to its advantages of low power consumption, fast write/read speed, and improved endurance, etc. For conventional SOT-driven switching of the magnet with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), an external assisted magnetic field is needed to break the inversion symmetry of the magnet, which not only induces the additional power consumption but also makes the circuit more complicated. Over the last decade, significant effort has been devoted to field-free magnetization manipulation by using SOT. In this review, we introduce the basic concepts of SOT. After that, we mainly focus on several approaches to realize the field-free deterministic SOT switching of the perpendicular magnet. The mechanisms mainly include mirror symmetry breaking, chiral symmetry breaking, exchange bias, and interlayer exchange coupling. Furthermore, we show the recent progress on the study of SOT with unconventional origin and symmetry. The final section is devoted to the industrial-level approach for potential applications of field-free SOT switching in SOT-MRAM technology.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129149605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Properties and Processing Technologies of High-entropy Alloys","authors":"Xue-Hui Yan, Y. Zou, Yong Zhang","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac5e0c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac5e0c","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are emerging materials that are developed based on entropy and draw significant attention for designing their chemical disorders to bring different structural and physical characteristics. Over the past two decades, significant salient efforts have been conducted to explore many unique and useful properties of HEAs, such as overcoming the strength-ductile trade off, outstanding thermal stability, and excellent low temperature plasticity. Here, we review the key research topic of HEAs from the following three aspects: (i) performance advantages and composition design, (ii) performance-driven HEAs and (iii) fabrication process-driven HEAs. Towards their industrial applications, our article reviews a large range of methods to synthesis, fabricate and process HEAs. We also discuss the current challenges and future opportunities, mainly focusing on performance breakthroughs in HEAs.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133037136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Strauss, S. Payandeh, A. Kondrakov, T. Brezesinski
{"title":"On the role of surface carbonate species in determining the cycling performance of all-solid-state batteries","authors":"F. Strauss, S. Payandeh, A. Kondrakov, T. Brezesinski","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac5b7d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac5b7d","url":null,"abstract":"This short perspective summarizes recent findings on the role of residual lithium present on the surface of layered Ni-rich oxide cathode materials in liquid- and solid-electrolyte based batteries, with emphasis placed on the carbonate species. Challenges and future research opportunities in the development of carbonate-containing protective nanocoatings for inorganic solid-state battery applications are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"73 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130968433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Wen, Linfeng Zhang, Han Wang, W. E, D. Srolovitz
{"title":"Deep Potentials for Materials Science","authors":"T. Wen, Linfeng Zhang, Han Wang, W. E, D. Srolovitz","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac681d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac681d","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 To fill the gap between accurate (and expensive) ab initio calculations and efficient atomistic simulations based on empirical interatomic potentials, a new class of descriptions of atomic interactions has emerged and been widely applied; i.e., machine learning potentials (MLPs). One recently developed type of MLP is the Deep Potential (DP) method. In this review, we provide an introduction to DP methods in computational materials science. The theory underlying the DP method is presented along with a step-by-step introduction to their development and use. We also review materials applications of DPs in a wide range of materials systems. The DP Library provides a platform for the development of DPs and a database of extant DPs. We discuss the accuracy and efficiency of DPs compared with ab initio methods and empirical potentials.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"1999 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130435220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interface and surface engineering of black phosphorus: a review for photonic and optoelectronic applications","authors":"Haoran Mu, Wenzhi Yu, Jianping Yuan, Shenghuang Lin, Guangyu Zhang","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac49e3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac49e3","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Since being rediscovered as an emerging 2D material, BP with extraordinary energy structure and unusually strong interlayer interactions offer new opportunities for optoelectronics and photonics. However, due to the thin atomic body and the ease of degradation with water and oxides, BP is highly sensitive to the surrounding environment. Therefore, high-quality engineering of interfaces and surfaces plays an essential role in BP-based applications. In this review, begun with a review of properties of BP, different strategies of interface and surfaces engineering for high ON-OFF ratio, enhanced optical absorption, and fast optical response are reviewed and highlighted, and recent state-of-the-art advances on optoelectronic and photonic devices are demonstrated. Finally, the opportunities and challenges are outlooked for future BP-related research.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128521247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yong Yang, Jingyang Zhang, Ziqing Zhou, Zhibo Zhang, Minhyuk Park, Qing Yu, Z. Li, Jiang Ma, Anding Wang, H. Huang, Min Song, B. Guo, Qing Wang
{"title":"Recent development of chemically complex metallic glasses:From accelerated compositional design, additive manufacturing to novel applications","authors":"Yong Yang, Jingyang Zhang, Ziqing Zhou, Zhibo Zhang, Minhyuk Park, Qing Yu, Z. Li, Jiang Ma, Anding Wang, H. Huang, Min Song, B. Guo, Qing Wang","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac4558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac4558","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Metallic glasses or amorphous alloys are an important engineering material that has a history of research of about 80-90 years. While different fast cooling methods were developed for multi-component metallic glasses between 1960s and 1980s, 1990s witnessed a surge of research interest in the development of bulk metallic glasses. Since then, one central theme of research in the metallic-glass community has been compositional design that aims to search for metallic glasses with a better glass forming ability, a larger size and/or more interesting properties, which can hence meet the demands from more important applications. In this review article, we focus on the recent development of chemically complex metallic glasses, such as high entropy metallic glasses, with new tools that were not available or mature yet until recently, such as the state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technologies, high throughput materials design techniques and the methods for big data analyses (e.g. machine learning and artificial intelligence). We also discuss the recent use of metallic glasses in a variety of novel and important applications, from personal healthcare, electric energy transfer to nuclear energy that plays a pivotal role in the battle against global warming.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133683837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoling Zang, Yuqian Jiang, Yuqiao Chai, Fengwang Li, J. Ji, Mianqi Xue
{"title":"Tunable Metallic-Like Transport in Polypyrrole","authors":"Xiaoling Zang, Yuqian Jiang, Yuqiao Chai, Fengwang Li, J. Ji, Mianqi Xue","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac44ab","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac44ab","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Conjugated polymers (CPs), organic macromolecules with linear backbone of alternating C–C and C=C bonds, possess unique semiconductive properties, providing new opportunities for organic electronics, photonics, information, and energy devices. Seeking the metallic or metallic-like, even superconducting properties beyond semiconductivity in CPs is always one of the ultimate goals in polymer science and condensed matter. Only two metallic and semi-metallic transport cases – aniline-derived polyaniline (PANI) and thiophene-derived poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) – have been reported since the development of CPs for four decades. Controllable synthesis is a key challenge in discovering more cases. Here we report the metallic-like transport behavior of another CP, polypyrrole (PPy). We observe that the transport behavior of PPy changes from semiconductor to insulator-metal transition, and gradually realizes metallic-like performance when the crystalline degree increases. Using a generalized Einstein relation model, we rationalized the mechanism behind the observation. The metallic-like transport in PPy demonstrates electron strong correlation and phonon-electron interaction in soft condensation matter, and may find practical applications of CPs in electrics and spintronics.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"27 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125687294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microfluidic 3D printing polyhydroxyalkanoates-based bionic skin for wound healing","authors":"Wentai Guo, Xiaocheng Wang, Chaoyu Yang, R. Huang, Hui Wang, Yuanjin Zhao","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac446b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac446b","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Biomimetic scaffolds with extracellular matrix (ECM)-mimicking structure have been widely investigated in wound healing applications, while insufficient mechanical strength and limited biological activity remain major challenges. Here, we present a microfluidic 3D printing biomimetic polyhydroxyalkanoates-based scaffold with excellent mechanical properties and hierarchical porous structures for enhanced wound healing. This scaffold is composed of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-4-hydroxybutyrate) (P34HB) and polycaprolactone (PCL), endowing it with excellent tensile strength (2.99 MPa) and degradability (80% of weight loss within 7 days). The ECM-mimicking hierarchical porous structure allows bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) to proliferate and adhere on the scaffolds. Besides, anisotropic composite scaffolds loaded with BMSCs and HUVECs can significantly promote re-epithelization, collagen deposition and capillary formation in rat wound defects, indicating their satisfactory in vivo tissue regenerative activity. These results indicate the feasibility of polyhydroxyalkanoates-based biomimetic scaffolds for skin repair and regeneration, which also provide a promising therapeutic strategy in diverse tissue engineering applications.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117309309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent advances and future perspectives for aqueous zinc-ion capacitors","authors":"Zhaodong Huang, Rong Zhang, Shaoce Zhang, Peiyuan Li, Chuan Li, Chunyi Zhi","doi":"10.1088/2752-5724/ac4263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5724/ac4263","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The ion hybrid capacitor is expected to combine the high specific energy of battery-type materials and the superior specific power of capacitor-type materials, being considered as a promising energy storage technique. Particularly, the aqueous zinc-ion capacitors (ZIC) possessing merits of high safety, cost-efficiency and eco-friendliness, have been widely explored with various electrode materials and electrolytes to obtain excellent electrochemical performance. In this review, we first summarized the research progress on enhancing the specific capacitance of capacitor-type materials and reviewed the research on improving the cycling capability of battery-type materials under high current densities. Then, we looked back on the effects of electrolyte engineering on the electrochemical performance of ZIC. Finally, the research challenges and development directions of ZIC have been proposed. This review provides a guidance for the design and construction of the high-performance ZIC.","PeriodicalId":221966,"journal":{"name":"Materials Futures","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132617061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}