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Open AccessFe3O4-doped mesoporous carbon cathode with a plumber’s nightmare structure for high-performance Li-S batteries
Shuttling of lithium polysulfides and slow redox kinetics seriously limit the rate and cycling performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. In this study, Fe3O4-dopped carbon cubosomes with a plumber’s nightmare stru...
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Open AccessSustainable thermal regulation improves stability and efficiency in all-perovskite tandem solar cells
Mixed Sn-Pb perovskites have emerged as promising photovoltaic materials for both single- and multi-junction solar cells. However, achieving their scale-up and practical application requires further enhancemen...
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Open AccessSustainable upcycling of mixed spent cathodes to a high-voltage polyanionic cathode material
Sustainable battery recycling is essential for achieving resource conservation and alleviating environmental issues. Many open/closed-loop strategies for critical metal recycling or direct recovery aim at a si...
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Open AccessA locally solvent-tethered polymer electrolyte for long-life lithium metal batteries
Solid polymer electrolytes exhibit enhanced Li+ conductivity when plasticized with highly dielectric solvents such as N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). However, the application of DMF-containing electrolytes in solid-...
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Open AccessChlorine bridge bond-enabled binuclear copper complex for electrocatalyzing lithium–sulfur reactions
Engineering atom-scale sites are crucial to the mitigation of polysulfide shuttle, promotion of sulfur redox, and regulation of lithium deposition in lithium–sulfur batteries. Herein, a homonuclear copper dual...
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Open AccessDeciphering the contributing motifs of reconstructed cobalt (II) sulfides catalysts in Li-CO2 batteries
Develo** highly efficient catalysts is significant for Li-CO2 batteries. However, understanding the exact structure of catalysts during battery operation remains a challenge, which hampers knowledge-driven opti...
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Open AccessSubtractive transformation of cathode materials in spent Li-ion batteries to a low-cobalt 5 V-class cathode material
Adding extra raw materials for direct recycling or upcycling is prospective for battery recycling, but overlooks subtracting specific components beforehand can facilitate the recycling to a self-sufficient mod...
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Open AccessAn extended substrate screening strategy enabling a low lattice mismatch for highly reversible zinc anodes
Aqueous zinc batteries possess intrinsic safety and cost-effectiveness, but dendrite growth and side reactions of zinc anodes hinder their practical application. Here, we propose the extended substrate screeni...
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Open AccessOptimized design and in vivo application of optogenetically functionalized Drosophila dopamine receptors
Neuromodulatory signaling via G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) plays a pivotal role in regulating neural network function and animal behavior. The recent development of optogenetic tools to induce G protein-me...
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Open AccessPrognostic and risk factor analysis of cancer patients after unplanned ICU admission: a real-world multicenter study
To investigate the occurrence and 90-day mortality of cancer patients following unplanned admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), as well as to develop a risk prediction model for their 90-day prognosis. W...
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Open AccessCollaborative and privacy-preserving retired battery sorting for profitable direct recycling via federated machine learning
Unsorted retired batteries with varied cathode materials hinder the adoption of direct recycling due to their cathode-specific nature. The surge in retired batteries necessitates precise sorting for effective ...
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Open AccessHomogenizing out-of-plane cation composition in perovskite solar cells
Perovskite solar cells with the formula FA1−xCsxPbI3, where FA is formamidinium, provide an attractive option for integrating high efficiency, durable stability and compatibility with scaled-up fabrication. Despi...
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Open AccessChemical features and machine learning assisted predictions of protein-ligand short hydrogen bonds
There are continuous efforts to elucidate the structure and biological functions of short hydrogen bonds (SHBs), whose donor and acceptor heteroatoms reside more than 0.3 Å closer than the sum of their van der...
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Open AccessA recyclable biomass electrolyte towards green zinc-ion batteries
The operation of traditional aqueous-electrolyte zinc-ion batteries is adversely affected by the uncontrollable growth of zinc dendrites and the occurrence of side reactions. These problems can be avoided by t...
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Open AccessDirect regeneration of degraded lithium-ion battery cathodes with a multifunctional organic lithium salt
The recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries is an effective approach to alleviating environmental concerns and promoting resource conservation. LiFePO4 batteries have been widely used in electric vehicles and en...
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Open AccessEffective prediction of short hydrogen bonds in proteins via machine learning method
Short hydrogen bonds (SHBs), whose donor and acceptor heteroatoms lie within 2.7 Å, exhibit prominent quantum mechanical characters and are connected to a wide range of essential biomolecular processes. Howeve...
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Open AccessShape-changing chains for morphometric analysis of 2D and 3D, open or closed outlines
Morphometrics is a multivariate technique for shape analysis widely employed in biological, medical, and paleoanthropological applications. Commonly used morphometric methods require analyzing a huge amount of...
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Open AccessIntegrated cooling (i-Cool) textile of heat conduction and sweat transportation for personal perspiration management
Perspiration evaporation plays an indispensable role in human body heat dissipation. However, conventional textiles tend to focus on sweat removal and pay little attention to the basic thermoregulation functio...
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Open AccessBiPOLES is an optogenetic tool developed for bidirectional dual-color control of neurons
Optogenetic manipulation of neuronal activity through excitatory and inhibitory opsins has become an indispensable experimental strategy in neuroscience research. For many applications bidirectional control of...
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Open AccessElectrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets
Manipulating liquids with tunable shape and optical functionalities in real time is important for electroactive flow devices and optoelectronic devices, but remains a great challenge. Here, we demonstrate elec...
