Science China Materials is proud to present the 2019 Best Paper Award to 13 excellent papers published in 2018. Each of the selected papers will receive a certificate.

Science and technology in high-entropy alloys

Weiran Zhang, Peter K. Liaw, Yong Zhang

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (1), 2-22 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9195-8 

Fabrication of tunable hierarchical MXene@AuNPs nanocomposites constructed by self-reduction reactions with enhanced catalytic performances

Kaikai Li, Tifeng Jiao, Ruirui Xing, Guodong Zou, Jingxin Zhou, Lexin Zhang, Qiuming Peng

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (5), 728-736 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9196-8 

Recent progress on nanostructured conducting polymers and composites: synthesis, application and future aspects

Lin Zhang, Wenya Du, Amit Nautiyal, Zhen Liu, Xinyu Zhang

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (3), 303-352 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9206-4 

Biomass-derived carbon materials with structural diversities and their applications in energy storage

Lili Jiang, Lizhi Sheng, Zhuangjun Fan

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (2), 133-158 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9169-4 

N, P-dual doped carbon with trace Co and rich edge sites as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Dafeng Yan, Lan Guo, Chao Xie, Yanyong Wang, Yunxiao Li, Hao Li, Shuangyin Wang

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (5), 679-685 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9174-1 

Novel Cu₃P/g-C₃N₄ p-n heterojunction photocatalysts for solar hydrogen generation

Zhixiao Qin, Menglong Wang, Rui Li, Yubin Chen

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (6), 861-868 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9171-9 

Recent progress on advanced design for photoelectrochemical reduction of CO₂ to fuels

Ning Zhang, Ran Long, Chao Gao, Yujie Xiong

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (6), 771-805 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9151-y 

Two-dimensional SnO₂/graphene heterostructures for highly reversible electrochemical lithium storage

Youqi Zhu, Tai Cao, Zhi Li, Chen Chen, Qing Peng, Dingsheng Wang, Yadong Li

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (12), 1527-1535 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-018-9324-0 

Hierarchical mesoporous Co₃O₄@ZnCo₂O₄ hybrid nanowire arrays supported on Ni foam for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors

Menggang Li, Weiwei Yang, Yarong Huang, Yongsheng Yu

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (9), 1167-1176 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9231-7 

Topological quantum catalyst: Dirac nodal line states and a potential electrocatalyst of hydrogen evolution in the TiSi family

Jiangxu Li, Hui Ma, Qing Xie, Shaobo Feng, Sami Ullah, Ronghan Li, Junhua Dong, Dianzhong Li, Yiyi Li, Xing-Qiu Chen

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (1), 23-29 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9178-4 

Near UV-pumped yellow-emitting Sr₉MgLi(PO₄)₇:Eu²⁺ phosphor for white-light LEDs

Jianwei Qiao, Zhiguo Xia, Zhichao Zhang, Bintao Hu, Quanlin Liu

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (7), 985-992 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9207-2 

Flexible and transparent capacitive pressure sensor with patterned microstructured composite rubber dielectric for wearable touch keyboard application

Ruilong Shi, Zheng Lou, Shuai Chen, Guozhen Shen

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (12), 1587-1595 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-018-9267-3 

In vitro degradation and biocompatibility of Mg-Li-Ca alloys—the influence of Li content

Lanyue Cui, Lu Sun, Rongchang Zeng, Yufeng Zheng, Shuoqi Li

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 61 (4), 607-618 (2018); 10.1007/s40843-017-9071-y