Proceedings of nanoGe Fall Meeting 2021 (NFM21)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nfm.2021.033
Publication date: 23rd September 2021
We present a synthesis of highly durable and active electrocatalysts based on ordered fct-PtFe nanoparticles and FeP nanoparticles coated with N-doped carbon shell (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15478; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 14190; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6669). We report on the design and synthesis of highly active and stable Co-N4(O) moiety incorporated in nitrogen-doped graphene (Co1-NG(O)) that exhibits a record-high kinetic current density (2.84 mA cm-2 at 0.65 V vs. RHE) and mass activity (277.3 A g-1 at 0.65 V vs. RHE) with unprecedented stability (>110 h) for electrochemical hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production (Nature Mater. 2020, 19, 436). We report on the design and synthesis of highly active TiO2 photocatalysts incorporated with site-specific single copper atoms (Cu/TiO2) that exhibit reversible & cooperative photoactivation process, and enhancement of photocatalytic hydrogen generation activity (Nature Mater. 2019, 18, 620). We synthesized multigrain nanocrystals consisting of Co3O4 nanocube cores and Mn3O4 shells. At the sharp edges of the Co3O4 nanocubes, we observed that tilt boundaries of the Mn3O4 grains exist in the form of disclinations, and we obtained a correlation between the defects and the resulting electrocatalytic behavior for the oxygen reduction reaction (Nature 2020, 359, 577).
We fabricated ultraflexible and/or stretchable soft-electronic and optoelectronic devices integrated with various functional nanomaterials and their applications to wearable and implantable medical and healthcare devices. We introduced electromechanical cardioplasty using an epicardial mesh made of electrically conductive and elastic Ag/Au nanowire-rubber composite material to resemble the innate cardiac tissue and confer cardiac conduction system function (Science Transl. Med. 2016, 8, 344ra86; Nature Nanotech. 2018, 13, 1048). We fabricated highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics (Science 2021, abh4357). We reported graphene-hybrid electrochemical devices integrated with thermo-responsive micro-needles for the sweat-based diabetes monitoring and feedback therapy (Nature Nanotech. 2016, 11, 566).