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  1. Reviving the lithium metal anode for high-energy batteries (2017)
    Dingchang Lin, Yayuan Liu et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  2. Nanowire Nanosensors for Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Biological and Chemical Species (2001)
    Yi Cui, Hongkun Park et al. Science
  3. The path towards sustainable energy (2016)
    Steven Chu, Yi Cui et al. Nature Materials
  4. Indium phosphide nanowires as building blocks for nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices (2001)
    Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang et al. Nature
  5. Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries (2019)
    Jun Liu, Zhenan Bao et al. Nature Energy
  6. Functional Nanoscale Electronic Devices Assembled Using Silicon Nanowire Building Blocks (2001)
    Yi Cui, Charles M. Lieber Science
  7. Designing high-energy lithium–sulfur batteries (2016)
    Zhi Wei Seh, Yongming Sun et al. Chemical Society Reviews
  8. A pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes (2014)
    Nian Liu, Zhenda Lu et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  9. Synthesis of MoS2 and MoSe2 Films with Vertically Aligned Layers (2013)
    Desheng Kong, Haotian Wang et al. Nano Letters
  10. Graphene-Wrapped Sulfur Particles as a Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathode Material with High Capacity and Cycling Stability (2011)
    Hailiang Wang, Yuan Yang et al. Nano Letters
  11. Designing nanostructured Si anodes for high energy lithium ion batteries (2012)
    Hui Wu, Yi Cui Nano Today
  12. Selective deposition and stable encapsulation of lithium through heterogeneous seeded growth (2016)
    Kai Yan, Zhenda Lu et al. Nature Energy
  13. Nanostructured sulfur cathodes (2013)
    Yuan Yang, Guangyuan Zheng et al. Chemical Society Reviews
  14. Mn3O4−Graphene Hybrid as a High-Capacity Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries (2010)
    Hailiang Wang, Lifeng Cui et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  15. A Yolk-Shell Design for Stabilized and Scalable Li-Ion Battery Alloy Anodes (2012)
    Nian Liu, Hui Wu et al. Nano Letters
  16. Logic Gates and Computation from Assembled Nanowire Building Blocks (2001)
    Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan et al. Science
  17. High Performance Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistors (2003)
    Yi Cui, Zhaohui Zhong et al. Nano Letters
  18. Layered reduced graphene oxide with nanoscale interlayer gaps as a stable host for lithium metal anodes (2016)
    Dingchang Lin, Yayuan Liu et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  19. Highly Polarized Photoluminescence and Photodetection from Single Indium Phosphide Nanowires (2001)
    Jianfang Wang, Mark S. Gudiksen et al. Science
  20. Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes (2014)
    Guangyuan Zheng, Seok Woo Lee et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  21. Promises and challenges of nanomaterials for lithium-based rechargeable batteries (2016)
    Yongming Sun, Nian Liu et al. Nature Energy
  22. High-efficiency oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide catalysed by oxidized carbon materials (2018)
    Zhiyi Lu, Guangxu Chen et al. Nature Catalysis
  23. Energy storage: The future enabled by nanomaterials (2019)
    Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Francesco Bonaccorso et al. Science
  24. The synergetic effect of lithium polysulfide and lithium nitrate to prevent lithium dendrite growth (2015)
    Weiyang Li, Hong‐Bin Yao et al. Nature Communications
  25. Challenges and opportunities towards fast-charging battery materials (2019)
    Yayuan Liu, Yangying Zhu et al. Nature Energy
  26. Printable Thin Film Supercapacitors Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (2009)
    M. Kaempgen, Candace K. Chan et al. Nano Letters
  27. Silicon Nanotube Battery Anodes (2009)
    Mi‐Hee Park, Min Gyu Kim et al. Nano Letters
  28. Stretchable, Porous, and Conductive Energy Textiles (2010)
    Liangbing Hu, Mauro Pasta et al. Nano Letters
  29. A phosphorene–graphene hybrid material as a high-capacity anode for sodium-ion batteries (2015)
    Jie Sun, Hyun‐Wook Lee et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  30. Materials for lithium-ion battery safety (2018)
    Kai Liu, Yayuan Liu et al. Science Advances
  31. Balancing surface adsorption and diffusion of lithium-polysulfides on nonconductive oxides for lithium–sulfur battery design (2016)
    Xinyong Tao, Jianguo Wang et al. Nature Communications
  32. Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy (2017)
    Yuzhang Li, Yanbin Li et al. Science
  33. Hollow Carbon Nanofiber-Encapsulated Sulfur Cathodes for High Specific Capacity Rechargeable Lithium Batteries (2011)
    Guangyuan Zheng, Yuan Yang et al. Nano Letters
  34. Bifunctional non-noble metal oxide nanoparticle electrocatalysts through lithium-induced conversion for overall water splitting (2015)
    Haotian Wang, Hyun‐Wook Lee et al. Nature Communications
  35. Catalytic oxidation of Li 2 S on the surface of metal sulfides for Li−S batteries (2017)
    Guangmin Zhou, Yang Jin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  36. Solution-Processed Graphene/MnO2 Nanostructured Textiles for High-Performance Electrochemical Capacitors (2011)
    Guihua Yu, Liangbing Hu et al. Nano Letters
  37. Hierarchical nanostructured conducting polymer hydrogel with high electrochemical activity (2012)
    Lijia Pan, Guihua Yu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  38. Polarization-sensitive broadband photodetector using a black phosphorus vertical p–n junction (2015)
    Hongtao Yuan, Xiaoge Liu et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  39. Flexible and Stretchable Energy Storage: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives (2016)
    Wei Liu, Min‐Sang Song et al. Advanced Materials
  40. Crystalline-Amorphous Core−Shell Silicon Nanowires for High Capacity and High Current Battery Electrodes (2008)
    Riccardo Ruffο, Candace K. Chan et al. Nano Letters
  41. Rechargeable Batteries for Grid Scale Energy Storage (2022)
    Zhengxin Zhu, Taoli Jiang et al. Chemical Reviews
  42. Enhancing the Supercapacitor Performance of Graphene/MnO2 Nanostructured Electrodes by Conductive Wrapping (2011)
    Guihua Yu, Liangbing Hu et al. Nano Letters
  43. Colloidal nanocrystal heterostructures with linear and branched topology (2004)
    Delia J. Milliron, Steven M. Hughes et al. Nature
  44. Highly conductive paper for energy-storage devices (2009)
    Liangbing Hu, Jang Wook Choi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  45. Ultrathin, flexible, solid polymer composite electrolyte enabled with aligned nanoporous host for lithium batteries (2019)
    Jiayu Wan, Jin Xie et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  46. Robust and conductive two-dimensional metal−organic frameworks with exceptionally high volumetric and areal capacitance (2017)
    Dawei Feng, Ting Lei et al. Nature Energy
  47. Radiative human body cooling by nanoporous polyethylene textile (2016)
    Po‐Chun Hsu, Yu Song et al. Science
  48. Molecular design for electrolyte solvents enabling energy-dense and long-cycling lithium metal batteries (2020)
    Zhiao Yu, Hansen Wang et al. Nature Energy
  49. Hybrid nanostructured materials for high-performance electrochemical capacitors (2012)
    Guihua Yu, Xing Xie et al. Nano Energy
  50. Nickel Hexacyanoferrate Nanoparticle Electrodes For Aqueous Sodium and Potassium Ion Batteries (2011)
    Colin Wessells, Robert A. Huggins et al. Nano Letters
  51. Enhancing ionic conductivity in composite polymer electrolytes with well-aligned ceramic nanowires (2017)
    Wei Liu, Seok Woo Lee et al. Nature Energy
  52. Carbon−Silicon Core−Shell Nanowires as High Capacity Electrode for Lithium Ion Batteries (2009)
    Lifeng Cui, Yuan Yang et al. Nano Letters
  53. An Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase with High Li‐Ion Conductivity, Mechanical Strength, and Flexibility for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes (2016)
    Yayuan Liu, Dingchang Lin et al. Advanced Materials
  54. Electrochemical tuning of vertically aligned MoS 2 nanofilms and its application in improving hydrogen evolution reaction (2013)
    Haotian Wang, Zhiyi Lu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  55. Diameter-controlled synthesis of single-crystal silicon nanowires (2001)
    Yi Cui, Lincoln J. Lauhon et al. Applied Physics Letters
  56. High Ionic Conductivity of Composite Solid Polymer Electrolyte via In Situ Synthesis of Monodispersed SiO2 Nanospheres in Poly(ethylene oxide) (2015)
    Dingchang Lin, Wei Liu et al. Nano Letters
  57. Copper hexacyanoferrate battery electrodes with long cycle life and high power (2011)
    Colin Wessells, Robert A. Huggins et al. Nature Communications
  58. Ionic Conductivity Enhancement of Polymer Electrolytes with Ceramic Nanowire Fillers (2015)
    Wei Liu, Nian Liu et al. Nano Letters
  59. A Highly Reversible Room-Temperature Sodium Metal Anode (2015)
    Zhi Wei Seh, Jie Sun et al. ACS Central Science
  60. Lithium-coated polymeric matrix as a minimum volume-change and dendrite-free lithium metal anode (2016)
    Yayuan Liu, Dingchang Lin et al. Nature Communications
  61. Superconductivity in an infinite-layer nickelate (2019)
    Danfeng Li, Kyuho Lee et al. Nature
  62. Formation of Stable Phosphorus–Carbon Bond for Enhanced Performance in Black Phosphorus Nanoparticle–Graphite Composite Battery Anodes (2014)
    Jie Sun, Guangyuan Zheng et al. Nano Letters
  63. Monolithic solid–electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization (2019)
    Xia Cao, Xiaodi Ren et al. Nature Energy
  64. Composite lithium metal anode by melt infusion of lithium into a 3D conducting scaffold with lithiophilic coating (2016)
    Zheng Liang, Dingchang Lin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  65. Improving the Performance of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Conductive Polymer Coating (2011)
    Yuan Yang, Guihua Yu et al. ACS Nano
  66. Growth of conformal graphene cages on micrometre-sized silicon particles as stable battery anodes (2016)
    Yuzhang Li, Kai Yan et al. Nature Energy
  67. Gallium Nitride Nanowire Nanodevices (2002)
    Yu Huang, Xiangfeng Duan et al. Nano Letters
  68. Practical Challenges and Future Perspectives of All-Solid-State Lithium-Metal Batteries (2018)
    Shuixin Xia, Xinsheng Wu et al. Chem
  69. Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light (2016)
    Chong Liu, Desheng Kong et al. Nature Nanotechnology
  70. Controlled Growth and Structures of Molecular-Scale Silicon Nanowires (2004)
    Yue Wu, Yi Cui et al. Nano Letters
  71. Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures (2014)
    Mark L. Brongersma, Yi Cui et al. Nature Materials
  72. Designing polymers for advanced battery chemistries (2019)
    Jeffrey Lopez, David G. Mackanic et al. Nature Reviews Materials
  73. In Situ TEM of Two-Phase Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Nanospheres (2013)
    Matthew T. McDowell, Seok Woo Lee et al. Nano Letters
  74. Doping and Electrical Transport in Silicon Nanowires (2000)
    Yi Cui, Xiangfeng Duan et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  75. Nanodome Solar Cells with Efficient Light Management and Self-Cleaning (2009)
    Jia Zhu, Ching-Mei Hsu et al. Nano Letters
  76. Thin, Flexible Secondary Li-Ion Paper Batteries (2010)
    Liangbing Hu, Hui Wu et al. ACS Nano
  77. Formulating energy density for designing practical lithium–sulfur batteries (2022)
    Guangmin Zhou, Hao Chen et al. Nature Energy
  78. Physical and chemical tuning of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2014)
    Haotian Wang, Hongtao Yuan et al. Chemical Society Reviews
  79. Controlled Growth of High-Quality Monolayer WS2 Layers on Sapphire and Imaging Its Grain Boundary (2013)
    Yù Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang et al. ACS Nano
  80. Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals as Stable Interfacial Layer for Improvement of Lithium Metal Anode (2014)
    Kai Yan, Hyun‐Wook Lee et al. Nano Letters
  81. Engineering Empty Space between Si Nanoparticles for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes (2012)
    Hui Wu, Guangyuan Zheng et al. Nano Letters
  82. Strong Sulfur Binding with Conducting Magnéli-Phase TinO2n–1 Nanomaterials for Improving Lithium–Sulfur Batteries (2014)
    Xinyong Tao, Jianguo Wang et al. Nano Letters
  83. MoSe2 and WSe2 Nanofilms with Vertically Aligned Molecular Layers on Curved and Rough Surfaces (2013)
    Haotian Wang, Desheng Kong et al. Nano Letters
  84. New Nanostructured Li2S/Silicon Rechargeable Battery with High Specific Energy (2010)
    Yuan Yang, Matthew T. McDowell et al. Nano Letters
  85. Symmetrical MnO2–Carbon Nanotube–Textile Nanostructures for Wearable Pseudocapacitors with High Mass Loading (2011)
    Liangbing Hu, Wei Chen et al. ACS Nano
  86. Electrochemical Tuning of MoS2 Nanoparticles on Three-Dimensional Substrate for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution (2014)
    Haotian Wang, Zhiyi Lu et al. ACS Nano
  87. Surface chemistry and morphology of the solid electrolyte interphase on silicon nanowire lithium-ion battery anodes (2009)
    Candace K. Chan, Riccardo Ruffο et al. Journal of Power Sources
  88. Studying the Kinetics of Crystalline Silicon Nanoparticle Lithiation with In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy (2012)
    Matthew T. McDowell, Seok Woo Lee et al. Advanced Materials
  89. Two-dimensional layered transition metal disulphides for effective encapsulation of high-capacity lithium sulphide cathodes (2014)
    Zhi Wei Seh, Jung Ho Yu et al. Nature Communications
  90. A high-rate and long cycle life aqueous electrolyte battery for grid-scale energy storage (2012)
    Mauro Pasta, Colin Wessells et al. Nature Communications
  91. Lithium Metal Anodes with an Adaptive “Solid-Liquid” Interfacial Protective Layer (2017)
    Kai Liu, Allen Pei et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  92. Prelithiated Silicon Nanowires as an Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries (2011)
    Nian Liu, Liangbing Hu et al. ACS Nano
  93. Light-Weight Free-Standing Carbon Nanotube-Silicon Films for Anodes of Lithium Ion Batteries (2010)
    Lifeng Cui, Liangbing Hu et al. ACS Nano
  94. Impedance Analysis of Silicon Nanowire Lithium Ion Battery Anodes (2009)
    Riccardo Ruffο, Seung Sae Hong et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  95. Polymer Nanofiber-Guided Uniform Lithium Deposition for Battery Electrodes (2015)
    Zheng Liang, Guangyuan Zheng et al. Nano Letters
  96. Improved lithium–sulfur batteries with a conductive coating on the separator to prevent the accumulation of inactive S-related species at the cathode–separator interface (2014)
    Hong‐Bin Yao, Kai Yan et al. Energy & Environmental Science
  97. Solution-Grown Silicon Nanowires for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes (2010)
    Candace K. Chan, Reken N. Patel et al. ACS Nano
  98. Self-healing SEI enables full-cell cycling of a silicon-majority anode with a coulombic efficiency exceeding 99.9% (2017)
    Yang Jin, Sa Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science
  99. Full open-framework batteries for stationary energy storage (2014)
    Mauro Pasta, Colin Wessells et al. Nature Communications
  100. Highly Reversible Open Framework Nanoscale Electrodes for Divalent Ion Batteries (2013)
    Richard Y. Wang, Colin Wessells et al. Nano Letters
  101. The Effect of Insertion Species on Nanostructured Open Framework Hexacyanoferrate Battery Electrodes (2011)
    Colin Wessells, Matthew T. McDowell et al. Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  102. A high tap density secondary silicon particle anode fabricated by scalable mechanical pressing for lithium-ion batteries (2015)
    Dingchang Lin, Zhenda Lu et al. Energy & Environmental Science
  103. Concentrated mixed cation acetate “water-in-salt” solutions as green and low-cost high voltage electrolytes for aqueous batteries (2018)
    Maria R. Lukatskaya, Jeremy I. Feldblyum et al. Energy & Environmental Science

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