Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A Review

Precise synthesis of high‐quality, sophisticated heterostructures by ordered assembly of small nanomaterials is a key step to gain advanced materials that have elaborate functionalities, collective properties, and enhanced stabilities for mitigating the energy and environment crisis. Intricating in...

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Main Authors: Ting Shi Zhang, Bi Xia Yang, Ming Xiong Lin, Zan Yong Zhuang, Yan Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley-VCH 2023-06-01
Series:Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202200204
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author Ting Shi Zhang
Bi Xia Yang
Ming Xiong Lin
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Yan Yu
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Bi Xia Yang
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Yan Yu
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description Precise synthesis of high‐quality, sophisticated heterostructures by ordered assembly of small nanomaterials is a key step to gain advanced materials that have elaborate functionalities, collective properties, and enhanced stabilities for mitigating the energy and environment crisis. Intricating in the structure, size, and shape of nanomaterials, ordered assembly of isotropic or anisotropic nanoscale building blocks to create specified heterostructures remains challenging, owing to the extraordinary challenges in design of lattice topology of distinct nanounits and in control of their crystallization, growth, and assembly mechanism/kinetics. Herein, the emerging methodologies to prepare a diversity of ordered heterostructures with strengthened particle–particle interaction are examined and synergistic properties are enhanced. It is aimed to unlock the principles to regulate the geometrical and electronic properties of these intriguing kinds of heterostructures for respective sustainable energy and environmental applications. Current challenges and opportunities in customization of ordered heterostructure at the nanoscale and atomic level are also discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-941397d1d4fb4b73b4514654acdee28d2023-06-08T06:05:46ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced Energy & Sustainability Research2699-94122023-06-0146n/an/a10.1002/aesr.202200204Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A ReviewTing Shi Zhang0Bi Xia Yang1Ming Xiong Lin2Zan Yong Zhuang3Yan Yu4College of Materials Science and Engineering Fuzhou University New Campus Minhou Fujian 350108 ChinaCollege of Materials Science and Engineering Fuzhou University New Campus Minhou Fujian 350108 ChinaCollege of Materials Science and Engineering Fuzhou University New Campus Minhou Fujian 350108 ChinaCollege of Materials Science and Engineering Fuzhou University New Campus Minhou Fujian 350108 ChinaCollege of Materials Science and Engineering Fuzhou University New Campus Minhou Fujian 350108 ChinaPrecise synthesis of high‐quality, sophisticated heterostructures by ordered assembly of small nanomaterials is a key step to gain advanced materials that have elaborate functionalities, collective properties, and enhanced stabilities for mitigating the energy and environment crisis. Intricating in the structure, size, and shape of nanomaterials, ordered assembly of isotropic or anisotropic nanoscale building blocks to create specified heterostructures remains challenging, owing to the extraordinary challenges in design of lattice topology of distinct nanounits and in control of their crystallization, growth, and assembly mechanism/kinetics. Herein, the emerging methodologies to prepare a diversity of ordered heterostructures with strengthened particle–particle interaction are examined and synergistic properties are enhanced. It is aimed to unlock the principles to regulate the geometrical and electronic properties of these intriguing kinds of heterostructures for respective sustainable energy and environmental applications. Current challenges and opportunities in customization of ordered heterostructure at the nanoscale and atomic level are also discussed.https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202200204energy and environmental sustainabilityhierarchical heterostructureslow-dimensional nanomaterialsordered assembliessynthetic methodologies
spellingShingle Ting Shi Zhang
Bi Xia Yang
Ming Xiong Lin
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Yan Yu
Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A Review
Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research
energy and environmental sustainability
hierarchical heterostructures
low-dimensional nanomaterials
ordered assemblies
synthetic methodologies
title Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A Review
title_full Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A Review
title_fullStr Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A Review
title_short Toward Rational Design of Ordered Heterostructures for Energy and Environmental Sustainability: A Review
title_sort toward rational design of ordered heterostructures for energy and environmental sustainability a review
topic energy and environmental sustainability
hierarchical heterostructures
low-dimensional nanomaterials
ordered assemblies
synthetic methodologies
url https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202200204
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