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A review on research progress and prospects of agricultural waste-based activated carbon: preparation, application, and source of raw materials
Agricultural waste is an economically and environmentally beneficial precursor material for the development of activated carbon (AC) due to its low price, wide sources, and large production scale. This makes i...
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Facile fabrication of pufferfish-like structured ZIF-8 on cellulose fibers with superhydrophobicity and anti-bacterial adhesion properties
Recently, papers with superhydrophobic surfaces and unique antibacterial and self-cleaning capabilities have attracted great attention due to its potential applications in cold chain logistics packaging. There...
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Theoretical investigation of fluorescent behavior for p- and n-type atomic-doped graphene quantum dots interacting with Hg (0)
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with heteroatomic do** have emerged as a new type of fluorescent probing nanomaterials. The critical point of the application is the precise recognition of the controlling mechan...
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Effect of clay minerals on polycarboxylate superplasticizer and methods to improve the performance of concrete containing clay: a review
The polycarboxylate superplasticizer (PCE) has been widely used in concrete products, tunnels, bridges and water conservancy projects due to its excellent characteristics. With the rapid development of the con...
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UiO-66 derived nanoporous carbons/electrochemically reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites-based non-enzyme electrochemical sensor towards highly efficient determination of methyl parathion in food samples
Metal–organic framework (UiO-66) derived nanoporous carbon/electrochemically reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite (UiO-66/NPC/ERGO) was developed to fabricate an electrochemical sensor for achieving efficient ...
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Fabrication of tantalum carbide cathode by ball milling processes for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries
Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are considered to be one of the most developed portable secondary battery systems for next-generation energy storage technologies due to their high theoretical capacity and envi...
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Dual-response ratiometric fluorescent probe for visual and colorimetric detection of tetracycline
The massive residues of tetracycline (TC) have caused serious harm to the human body and the environment, so it is urgent to explore a portable, on-site, sensitive and selective method to detect TC. In this st...
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Highly flexible cellulose-based hydrogel electrolytes: preparation and application in quasi solid-state supercapacitors with high specific capacitance
Cellulose has received extensive attention as hydrogel electrolytes in energy storage fields, due to its renewable and environmentally friendly properties. However, it is still difficult to prepare cellulose-b...
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Effect of morphology and stacking on atomic interaction and magnetic characteristics in two-dimensional H-phase VS2 few layers
Recently, the research of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenides has made great progress due to their high potential in advanced electronic devices. In this work, H-phase VS2 atomic layers with ...
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Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose-based gel polymer electrolyte provides a fast migration channel for sodium-ion batteries
Most gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) for sodium-ion batteries developed at present have some problems, such as limited absorption uptake of liquid electrolyte (LE) and low ionic conductivity of corresponding G...
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Strain-induced light emission enhancement in CsPbBr3 microwires
Metal halide perovskites have gained huge research interest within few decades due to their optoelectronic applications. Recently, inorganic metal halide perovskites CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) has shown the improved ...
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Nitrogen-doped biomass-derived porous carbon spheres for supercapacitors with ultrafast charge/discharge rate up to 2.5 V s−1
Biomass-derived carbon materials are often applied in green energy storage systems like supercapacitors due to the abundance, facile access, low cost and nontoxicity. In this work, biomass-derived porous carbo...
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A novel approach to obtain low-dielectric materials: changing curing mechanism of bismaleimide–triazine resin with ZIF-8
A zinc-based metal organic framework containing imidazole (ZIF-8) was prepared by the reflux method and blended with bismaleimide–triazine resin (BT resin) to prepare ZIF-8/BT nanocomposites. The research resu...
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Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production on tin disulfide self-assembled from ultrathin sheets with sulfur vacancies generated by do** indium ions
In consideration of comparable ionic radius between indium ions and tin ions, indium-doped SnS2 (In/SnS2) sample was designed and synthesized by one-pot solvothermal method. Its multi-level structure composed of ...
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Zeolitic imidazolate framework nanoparticles loaded with gadolinium chelate as efficient T1 MRI contrast agent
Gd–chelate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents used in conventional clinical medicine still have some shortcomings, such as their low relaxation rates and poor imaging sensitivity. In this work, a...
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Solvent modification to suppress halide segregation in mixed halide perovskite solar cells
Mixed halide perovskite is essential to construct highly efficient tandem solar cells, whereas halide segregation is a main issue hindering their device efficiency for this kind of perovskite materials. Herein...
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Plasma Induced Addition of Active Functional Groups to Biochar for Elemental Mercury Removal
The mercury removal capacity of biochar can be improved by plasma modification and the functional group is an important factor affecting the mercury removal. This paper examines factors such as discharge volta...
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One-step synthesis of nickel cobalt sulfide nanostructure for high-performance supercapacitor
Bimetallic sulfides are widely used in supercapacitor electrode materials. However, the sample preparation is usually complicated, and the followed performance is not very desirable generally. In this work, we...
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Surfactant-free carbon black@graphene conductive ink for flexible electronics
The capabilities of conductive ink with both excellent conductivity and flexibility properties are extremely important for the construction of next-generation flexible electronic devices. However, the developm...
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Development of a resveratrol–zein–dopamine–lecithin delivery system with enhanced stability and mucus permeation
The development of multi-functional nanoparticles is important in overcoming the poor stability and low mucus permeation of traditional drug delivery systems. Hence, the encapsulation of a model drug, resverat...