Browsing by Author "Nicolosi, Valeria"
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0D-1D hybrid silicon nanocomposite as lithium-ion batteries anodes
(2020)Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are the enabling technology for many of the societal changes that are expected to happen in the following years. Among all the challenges for which LIBs are the key, vehicle electrification is ... -
2D nanosheets from fool's gold by LPE: High performance lithium-ion battery anodes made from stone
(2021)Recently, it has been shown that it is possible to apply liquid-phase exfoliation to non-layered materials, yielding quasi-2D nanosheets. It has been proposed that even a slight bonding anisotropy in the starting crystal ... -
3D MXene Architectures for Efficient Energy Storage and Conversion
(2020)2D transition metal carbides and/or nitrides (MXenes), by virtue of high electrical conductivity, abundant surface functional groups and excellent dispersion in various solvents, are attracting increasing attention and ... -
Additive-free MXene inks and direct printing of micro-supercapacitors
(2019)Direct printing of functional inks is critical for applications in diverse areas including elec-trochemical energy storage, smart electronics and healthcare. However, the available prin-table ink formulations are far from ... -
Advanced materials of printed wearables for physiological parameter monitoring
(2020)The consumer demand for flexible wearables has increased rapidly with the advent of recent commercial health monitoring systems. The progress in wearable electronics for monitoring physiological parameters in the healthcare ... -
A comprehensive analysis of extrusion behavior, microstructural evolution, and mechanical properties of 6063 Al–B4C composites produced by semisolid stir casting
(2018)In this study, composites of aluminum alloy 6063 reinforced with 10 wt.% boron carbide microparticles were successfully fabricated by a combination of spark plasma sintering and stir casting methods, followed by hot ... -
Edge and confinement effects allow in situ measurement of size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets
(2014)Two-dimensional nanomaterials such as MoS2 are of great interest both because of their novel physical properties and their applications potential. Liquid exfoliation, an important production method, is limited by our ... -
Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Bi-Sb-Te/Sb2O3 nanocomposites by energy filtering effect
(2018)Engineering of thermoelectric materials through hybridization with nanoparticles has been proved effective to boost their thermoelectric efficiency by providing the means to decouple thermal and electrical transport ... -
Extra lithium-ion storage capacity enabled by liquid-phase exfoliated indium selenide nanosheets conductive network
(2020)As a recent addition to the family of van der Waals layered crystals, indium selenide (InSe) possesses unique optoelectronic and photonic properties, enabling high-performance electronic devices for broad applications. ... -
Graphene and MXene-based transparent conductive electrodes and supercapacitors
(2019)The great popularity of portable, smart electronics has intensively stimulated the development of energy storage devices and other cutting-edge products, such as displays and touch panels. Interactive devices such as smart ... -
High Areal Capacity Battery Electrodes Enabled by Segregated Nanotube Networks
(2019)Increasing the energy storage capability of lithium-ion batteries necessitates maximization of their areal capacity. This requires thick electrodes performing at near-theoretical specific capacity. However, achievable ... -
High capacity silicon anodes enabled by MXene viscous aqueous ink
(2019)The ever-increasing demands for advanced lithium-ion batteries have greatly stimulated thequest for robust electrodes with a high areal capacity. Producing thick electrodes from a high-performance active material would ... -
High mobility solution processed MoS2 thin film transistors
(2019)A simple wet-chemical synthesis of layered MoS2 thin films on sapphire is reported. The gap in understanding solution processed MoS2 deposition needs to be closed to exploit all its excellent properties for low-cost ... -
Improving stability of organometallic-halide perovskite solar cells using exfoliation two-dimensional molybdenum chalcogenides
(2020)Organometallic-halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are emerging as the most promising next generation solar cell devices. However, the stability is still the main bottleneck of their further development. Here, we introduce ... -
Investigation of process by-products during the Selective Laser Melting of Ti6AL4V powder
(2020)This paper investigates the formation of process by-products during the laser processing of titanium alloy powders by Selective Laser Melting (SLM). The study was carried out during the printing of Ti6AL4V parts using a ... -
Ionic liquid pre-intercalated MXene films for ionogel-based flexible micro-supercapacitors with high volumetric energy density
(2019)MXenes are emerging as a very promising electrode material of high-performance micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) for microscale electronics. However, MXene based MSCs (M-MSCs) reported so far exhibit low areal (≤10 μW h cm−2) ... -
Layered double hydroxide as a potent non-viral vector for nucleic acid delivery using gene-activated scaffolds for tissue regeneration applications
(2020)Nonviral vectors offer a safe alternative to viral vectors for gene therapy applications, albeit typically exhibiting lower transfection efficiencies. As a result, there remains a significant need for the development of a ... -
Liquid Exfoliated SnP<inf>3</inf> Nanosheets for Very High Areal Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries
(2021)ncreasing the energy density of lithium‐ion batteries requires the discovery of new electrode materials capable of achieving very high areal capacity. Here, liquid phase exfoliation is used to produce nanosheets of SnP3, ... -
Liquid phase exfoliation of MoO<inf>2</inf> nanosheets for lithium ion battery applications
(2019)Molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) is a layered material which shows promise for a number of applications in the electrochemical energy storage arena. Mostly studied as a bulk layered material, MoO2 has not previously been exfoliated ...
