Yang Zhou, Yiqi He, Sisi Zhao, Simeng Qi, Lulu Wang, Yingchun Niu, Quan Xu, Chunming Xu, Juncheng Wang
{"title":"Multi-gradient energy-saving smart windows with thermo-response and multimodal thermal energy storage.","authors":"Yang Zhou, Yiqi He, Sisi Zhao, Simeng Qi, Lulu Wang, Yingchun Niu, Quan Xu, Chunming Xu, Juncheng Wang","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01259c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01259c","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Buildings, especially installed windows, account for a large proportion of global energy consumption. The research trend of smart windows leans towards multi-functional integration, concurrently achieving solar modulation and thermal management. However, sometimes a one-time performance switch cannot meet demands, making the design of multi-gradient adjustable smart windows particularly important. The combination of the temperature-responsive optical properties of hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), the high specific heat capability of water (sensible heat storage) and the solid-liquid phase transition of κ-carrageenan (latent heat storage) is proposed first and can be used to prepare the thermo-responsive hydrogel and multi-gradient energy-saving smart window with thermo-response and multimodal thermal energy storage (MGES smart window) quickly without long-term polymerization. The MGES smart window has excellent solar modulation capability (Δ<i>T</i><sub>lum</sub> = 82.72% and Δ<i>T</i><sub>sol</sub> = 68.65%) together with outstanding specific heat absorption ability (<i>c</i> = 4.2 kJ kg<sup>-1</sup> K<sup>-1</sup>) and phase transition heat (Δ<i>H</i> = 1.23 kJ kg<sup>-1</sup>), showing superior energy saving and conserving performance. In demonstrations, the MGES smart windows can reduce the surface and indoor temperature by more than 15 °C and 10.6 °C compared with normal windows. Simulations suggest that they can cut off 45.1% of building energy consumption. To sum up, the MGES smart windows realize multi-aspect adjustment of energy, opening up a new avenue for green buildings.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142811418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solution-processed spin organic light-emitting diodes based on antisolvent-treated 2D chiral perovskites with strong spin-dependent carrier transport.","authors":"Lan-Sheng Yang, Chun-Yao Huang, Chin-An Hsu, Sih-Tong Lin, Yun-Shan Hsu, Chia-Hsiang Chuang, Pei-Hsuan Lo, Yu-Chiang Chao","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01371a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01371a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chiral perovskites, which are applied to spin organic light-emitting diodes as a spin-induced spin selectivity (CISS) layer, have attracted increasing amounts of attention. A device based on a thicker perovskite CISS layer leads to strongly spin-polarized EL emission. However, chiral perovskite films suffer from poor device performance due to difficulties in carrier injection and film quality. The effects of antisolvent dripping on the chiroptical properties of chiral perovskite films were investigated. The rapid crystallization of chlorobenzene (CB)-treated films generated a high-quality film with fewer halide vacancies and a much greater strength of asymmetric hydrogen bonding. Accordingly, the inorganic structural distortion is greater, resulting in greater chiroptical activity. The chiral perovskite thickness affects the circularly polarized electroluminescence (CP-EL) of spin-OLEDs. The statistics relating device performance and thickness are presented. The spin current polarization degree of chiral perovskites reaches approximately 86%. The maximum CP-EL asymmetry factor (<i>g</i> CP-EL) is 2.6 × 10<sup>-2</sup> and maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of the spin-OLED device is 3.68%. Spin OLED devices based on chiral perovskites can be manipulated and controlled by thickness and antisolvent treatment. <i>g</i><sub>CPEL</sub> intensities for devices based on CB-treated chiral perovskite films can be increased by about 1.75 times compared with devices based on untreated films.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142811539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isaac Y Miranda-Valdez, Tero Mäkinen, Sebastian Coffeng, Axel Päivänsalo, Luisa Jannuzzi, Leevi Viitanen, Juha Koivisto, Mikko J Alava
{"title":"Accelerated design of solid bio-based foams for plastics substitutes.","authors":"Isaac Y Miranda-Valdez, Tero Mäkinen, Sebastian Coffeng, Axel Päivänsalo, Luisa Jannuzzi, Leevi Viitanen, Juha Koivisto, Mikko J Alava","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01464b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01464b","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biobased substitutes for plastics are a future necessity. However, the design of substitute materials with similar or improved properties is a known challenge. Here we show an example case of optimizing the mechanical properties of a fully biobased methylcellulose-fiber composite material. We tackle the process-structure-property paradigm using Bayesian optimization with Gaussian process regression to map the processed material composition to the final mechanical properties of new bio-based solid foams. We exploited the fast-to-measure rheological properties of the liquid biofiber suspensions processed into foams to show how these collapse to an auxiliary sub-space of low dimensionality for design. The optimal compositions for methylcellulose-fiber foams shown here correspond to two distinct cases: high methylcellulose content for the formation of strong closed-cell foams, and high fiber contents with approximately equal amounts of methylcellulose for the formation of methylcellulose-bound fiber networks. The novel approach is transferable to other biobased foam compositions with different fibers and additives. This new approach allows the rational design of bio-based plastics replacements by encompassing desired final material properties, descriptors of materials processed, and knowledge of the process.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142811413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florian Mayer, Dominik Laa, Thomas Koch, Jürgen Stampfl, Robert Liska, Katharina Ehrmann
{"title":"Rapid 3D printing of unlayered, tough epoxy-alcohol resins with late gel points <i>via</i> dual-color curing technology.","authors":"Florian Mayer, Dominik Laa, Thomas Koch, Jürgen Stampfl, Robert Liska, Katharina Ehrmann","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01261e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01261e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Additive manufacturing technologies and, in particular, vat photopolymerization promise complex structures that can be made in a fast and easy fashion for highly individualized products. While the technology has upheld this promise many times already, some polymers are still out of reach or at least problematic to print reliably. High-performance epoxide-based resins, which are regulated by chain transfer <i>via</i> multifunctional alcohols, are a typical example of resins with late gel points, which require long irradiation times and high light intensities to print. Therefore, we have developed a dual-colour printing approach where rapid radical curing of a soft, wide-meshed polymer network facilitates fast and easy 3D structuring of the subsequently slow curing step-growth formulation at an orthogonal initiation-wavelength regime. Thereby the methacrylate system acts as a scaffold for an uncured epoxide alcohol system during the printing process, which is then cured with UV light post-printing. This way tough alcohol-regulated epoxy-systems become accessible to vat photopolymerization achieving outstanding high-resolution 3D printed parts without significant layering effects. The demonstrated wide-meshed matrix-assisted printing approach has the potential to make a multitude of slowly curing resins accessible to vat photopolymerization techniques, at low irradiation intensities and high curing speeds.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142811534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proton-controlled Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and topological Hall effect in hydrogenated strontium ruthenate.","authors":"Ya-Ting Xu, Xu Niu, Yi-Feng Zhao, Yu-Ke Zhang, Yu Cai, Meng-Yao Fu, Min Feng, Ke Qu, Xing Deng, Bo-Wen Wang, Ya-Qiong Wang, Zhao Guan, Zhen-Zhong Yang, Bin-Bin Chen, Ni Zhong, Chun-Gang Duan, Ping-Hua Xiang","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01265h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01265h","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Topological Hall effect (THE) is a fascinating physical phenomenon related to topological spin textures, serving as a powerful electrical probe for detecting and understanding these unconventional magnetic orders and skyrmions. Recently, the THE has been observed in strontium ruthenate (SrRuO<sub>3</sub>, SRO) thin films and its heterostructures, which originates from the disruption of interfacial inversion symmetry and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Here, we demonstrate a practically pure proton doping effect for controlling the DMI and THE in the SRO epitaxial films using the Pt electrode-assisted hydrogenation method. The hydrogenation process can realize approximately 0.8 protons per unit cell incorporating into the SRO films (thickness >10 nm) without causing significant lattice expansion and oxygen vacancies. Consistent with first-principles calculations, atomic-scale observations confirm that the proton doping induces a vertical displacement of Ru and O atoms in hydrogenated SRO (H-SRO), which remarkably enhances the DMI and leads to the emergence of the THE. More importantly, the proton doping drives two distinct topological signals in the ferromagnetic H-SRO, exhibiting greater THE values but no occurrence of structural transition. Our study has demonstrated that catalysis-assisted hydrogenation is an efficient strategy for manipulating the emerging THE and magnetic textures in correlated oxide thin films.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142805634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Menisha S Karunarathna, Md Anisur Rahman, Guang Yang, Catalin Gainaru, Zoriana Demchuck, Christopher C Bowland, Harry M Meyer, Natasha Ghezawi, Tomonori Saito
{"title":"Tough and circular glass fiber composites <i>via</i> a tailored dynamic boronic ester interface.","authors":"Menisha S Karunarathna, Md Anisur Rahman, Guang Yang, Catalin Gainaru, Zoriana Demchuck, Christopher C Bowland, Harry M Meyer, Natasha Ghezawi, Tomonori Saito","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01452a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01452a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites are valued for their strength and cost-effectiveness. However, traditional GFRPs often face challenges for end-of-life recycling due to their non-depolymerizable thermoset matrices, and long-term performance due to inadequate interfacial adhesion, which can lead to fiber-matrix delamination. Here, we have designed dynamic fiber-matrix interfaces to allow tough and closed-loop recyclable GFRPs by utilizing a vitrimer, derived from upcycled polystyrene-<i>b</i>-poly(ethylene-<i>co</i>-butylene)-<i>b</i>-polystyrene (SEBS) with boronic ester (S-Bpin) and amine-based diol crosslinker. The boronic ester groups in S-Bpin form dynamic covalent bonds with the naturally present hydroxyl groups on the unsized GF surface, which eliminates the need for fiber sizing and enables facile closed-loop recyclability of both the fibers and the vitrimer matrix. The resulting strong fiber-matrix interface, depicted by the Raman mapping, leads to a 552% increase in-plane shear toughness (6.2 ± 0.3 MJ m<sup>-3</sup>) and 27% ultimate tensile strength (361 ± 89.2 MPa) compared to those of the conventional epoxy-based matrix (0.95 ± 0.05 MJ m<sup>-3</sup> and 264 ± 59.7 MPa, respectively). The network rearrangement through dynamic boronic ester exchange enables fast thermoformability and repairability of micro-cracks at elevated temperatures. Additionally, both the matrix and composite demonstrate strong adhesion to various surfaces including steel and glasses exhibiting ≥6 MPa lap shear strength, which expands their suitability for diverse industrial applications. The readily created dynamic interface between boronic ester functionalized vitrimer and neat GFs presents a promising strategy for developing closed-loop recyclable, multifunctional structural materials, offering a sustainable alternative to non-recyclable thermoset GFRPs and contributes to a circular economy in composite materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142805640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ou Xu, Hui Peng, Qilin Wei, Linghang Kong, Xiao Wang, Heng Zhang, Jialong Zhao, Bingsuo Zou
{"title":"Large-scale preparation of Sb<sup>3+</sup>-activated hybrid metal halides with efficient tunable emission from visible to near-infrared regions for advanced photonic applications.","authors":"Ou Xu, Hui Peng, Qilin Wei, Linghang Kong, Xiao Wang, Heng Zhang, Jialong Zhao, Bingsuo Zou","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01197j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01197j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Zero-dimensional metal halides with diverse structures and rich photophysical properties have been reported. However, achieving multimode dynamic luminescence and efficient near-infrared (NIR) emission under blue light excitation in a single system is a great challenge. Herein, Sb<sup>3+</sup>-doped hybrid Cd(II) halides were synthesized by a large scale synthesis process at room temperature. Compared with the poor emission of (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CdX<sub>4</sub> (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N = tetrapropylammonium; X = Cl and Br) and single steady-state visible light emission of (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>SbX<sub>5</sub>, (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CdX<sub>4</sub>:Sb<sup>3+</sup> exhibits efficient tunable emission from visible to NIR regions. More specifically, (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CdCl<sub>4</sub>:Sb<sup>3+</sup> exhibits distinct excitation wavelength-dependent luminescence characteristics, which can change from green to white and orange emission. Parallelly, halogen substitution can regulate the optical properties of Sb<sup>3+</sup>-doped (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CdCl<sub>4-<i>x</i></sub>Br<sub><i>x</i></sub> (<i>x</i> = 0-1), which enables the excitation and emission bands to exhibit a significant redshift. Thus, the efficient broad NIR emission upon 450 nm excitation was realized in (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CdBr<sub>4</sub>:Sb<sup>3+</sup>. In addition, we demonstrated the use of (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CdCl<sub>4</sub>:Sb<sup>3+</sup> phosphors in solid state lighting, and an advanced NIR light source was fabricated by coating (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>28</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>CdBr<sub>4</sub>:Sb<sup>3+</sup> on a commercial blue chip (450 nm), which exhibits the most advanced photoelectric efficiency (14.67%) and output power (32.84 mW) in hybrid metal halides. Finally, we also demonstrated the use of Sb<sup>3+</sup>-activated phosphors in four-level fluorescence anti-counterfeiting and information encryption.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142805631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyun-Woo Kim, Eunyoung Cho, Myung-Jun Kwak, Jeongin Lee, Hosik Lee, Chihyun Hwang, Hyun-Kon Song
{"title":"Porphyrinic N<sub>4</sub> channels of zinc ions for the electrochemical reversibility of zinc plating/stripping.","authors":"Hyun-Woo Kim, Eunyoung Cho, Myung-Jun Kwak, Jeongin Lee, Hosik Lee, Chihyun Hwang, Hyun-Kon Song","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01088d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01088d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A Zn<sup>2+</sup>-coordinated porphyrinic artificial solid-electrolyte interphase (αSEI) layer, named [Zn]PP-4COO-(Zn), was developed to improve the reversibility of zinc metal plating/stripping in aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs). Inspired by nitrogen-terminating sites of biological molecules coordinating and transporting zinc in zinc metabolic processes, the αSEI layer was designed with zinc ions connecting porphyrinic building blocks to form two-dimensional clathrate sheets and stacking <i>xy</i>-plane sheets along the <i>z</i>-axis to allow N<sub>4</sub> cages to align and form porphyrinic N<sub>4</sub> channels for zinc transport. The [Zn]PP-4COO-(Zn) αSEI layer was Zn<sup>2+</sup>-conductive and structurally durable during repeated stripping/plating. Zinc ions traveled through the porphyrinic αSEI layer along the N<sub>4</sub> channels <i>via</i> (1) desolvation, (2) coordination to two nitrogens of the first clathrate sheet, (3) passing through distorted N<sub>4</sub> cages, (4) moving to inter-plane N<sub>4</sub> (two nitrogens from the first sheet and two nitrogens from the second sheet), (5) consecutive transport to next inter-plane N<sub>4</sub>, and (6) metal nucleation on zinc metal foil during plating. Zinc ions coming from electrolytes along the N<sub>4</sub> channels were plated preferentially along the (002) plane, ensuring the non-dendritic growth of zinc metal for supporting plating/stripping reversibility to guarantee cycling durability. The porphyrinic N<sub>4</sub> zinc-ion channels kept the zinc symmetric cells healthy even after 1500 times repeated plating/stripping during 3000 h operation.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142805632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-powered composites by bioinspired device-to-material integration.","authors":"Guojiang Wen, Zhiwei Zhu, Wenrui Cai, Zhongfeng Ji, Hua Li, Chengye Ma, Ziyu Zhao, Shanshan Lv, Jiarui Yang, Xuewei Fu, Wei Yang, Yu Wang","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01297f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01297f","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The booming Internet of Things will generate diverse requirements for specialized power sources featuring customizable mechanical properties and shapes. However, these features are usually challenging to achieve with traditional batteries. Here, we report the design of self-powered composites (SPCs) by a bioinspired device-to-material integration (DTMI) strategy to break the above shackles. Specifically, commercially cheap small coin cells are employed as functional cell fillers for polymer composites, which are united by bioinspired conductive connections. Meanwhile, the polymer host is 3D printed with a bioinspired configuration to increase the energy density and achieve customizable shapes. The results show that commercial small coin cells (CR927) can work as reinforcement and functional fillers for polymer composites with a high electrochemical compression strength of 158 MPa, as revealed by <i>in situ</i> electrochemical mechanical testing. <i>Via</i> the DTMI strategy, SPCs have been successfully fabricated with either high mechanical strength or stretchability. Enabled by these features, SPCs are further demonstrated to be promising building blocks for self-powered electrical vehicles and wearable electronics. Moreover, a stretchable SPC with slidable cell-connection is demonstrated as a smart sensor for stretching rate due to an electrochemistry-polymer relaxation coupling process. This study may open an avenue for self-powered materials for electrical vehicles, robotics, wearable electronics, and beyond.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142805635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geng Chen, Tao Zhang, Limin Zhang, Kai Tao, Qiang Chen, Hongjing Wu
{"title":"Dual relaxation behaviors driven by a homogeneous and stable dual-interface charge layer based on an EGaIn absorber.","authors":"Geng Chen, Tao Zhang, Limin Zhang, Kai Tao, Qiang Chen, Hongjing Wu","doi":"10.1039/d4mh01564a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mh01564a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interface engineering, by modulating defect distribution and impedance at interfaces and inducing interfacial polarization, has proven to be an effective strategy for optimizing dielectric properties. However, the inherent incompatibility between heterogeneous phases presents a significant challenge in constructing multi-heterointerfaces and understanding how their distribution influences dielectric performance. Herein, we constructed an EGaIn@Ni/NiO/Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> composite structure by employing a low-intensity ultrasound-assisted galvanic replacement reaction followed by high-temperature annealing. The controlled addition of Ni salts allowed for the fine-tuning of Ni, NiO, and In concentrations and their spatial distribution within the interfacial architecture. Annealing treatment induced a transition from amorphous to crystalline phases, triggering dual relaxation behaviors between EGaIn/Ni and NiO/Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>. Additionally, significant charge accumulation was observed at the NiO/Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> interface, likely due to the substantial work function difference between Ni and NiO, coupled with the low barrier height between EGaIn and Ni, which facilitates electron migration. Consequently, the optimized samples exhibited a maximum absorption bandwidth of 7.92 GHz, which is the highest among the EGaIn-based absorbers reported in the literature. This work not only elucidates the mechanism by which multi-heterogeneous interfacial distributions regulate the dielectric properties but also provides an effective approach for modulating the electromagnetic wave performance of liquid metals.</p>","PeriodicalId":87,"journal":{"name":"Materials Horizons","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142805629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}