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Suppressing interfacial structure failure of Ni-rich cathode materials under high work voltage towards improved cycling stability enabled via Li2MnO3-based surface construction
In the present study, an ammonia complexation-oxidation-homogeneous precipitation-assisted high-temperature solid phase approach was used to constructing evenly connected Li2MnO3 surface on LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.09Al0....
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An Organic Small Molecule as a Solid Additive in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency and Operational Stability
The use of additive is an effective approach to optimize the active layer morphology and improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, residual solvent additives always ...
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Suppressing the Mn dissolution in LiMn2O4 positive materials toward long-life lithium ion battery through Gd2O3 surface modification
As one of the most potential positive materials for cobalt-free lithium ion batteries, the lithium manganate cathode materials are extremely attractive because of their low-cost and low toxicity compared to ot...
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High Strength Electrospun Single Copolyacrylonitrile (coPAN) Nanofibers with Improved Molecular Orientation by Drawing
High-performance carbon nanofibers are highly dependent on the performance of their precursors, especially polyacrylonitrile (PAN). In this work, the copolymer of PAN (coPAN) was synthesized for electrospinnin...
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Spray drying–assisted recycling of spent LiFePO4 for synthesizing hollow spherical LiFePO4/C
With the booming of new energy storage and power battery industries, sustainable recycling of retired lithium batteries has become an urgent issue in today’s society. This work develops a spray drying–assisted...
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Enolic Schiff Base Zinc Amide Complexes: Highly Active Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide and ε-Caprolactone
A series of zinc silylamido complexes based upon NNO tridentate enolic Schiff base framework have been synthesized and characterized. These complexes were tested for the ring opening polymerization of lactide and...
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Synthesis and characterization of D-/L-methionine grafted PEDOTs for selective recognition of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine enantiomers
Two pairs of amino-acid functionalized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) derivatives, namely, poly(N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-L-methionyl (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-2’-yl)methylamide) (L-PEDOT-Boc-Met) and p...
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Trichlorozirconium η 2-hydrazonides: Synthesis, characterization and their catalytic behavior toward ethylene polymerization
The trichlorozirconium η 2-hydrazonides (R=H, A; R=CH3, B) were synthesized through the finely controlled stoichiometrical reactions of anhydrous zirconium tetrachloride with the l...
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Electrosynthesis and characterization of aminomethyl functionalized PEDOT with electrochromic property
We herein report the electrosynthesis of an aminomethyl functionalized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) derivative, poly(2′-aminomethyl-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT-MeNH2), in CH2Cl2-Bu4NPF6 (0.1 mo...
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A simple fabrication of Ag-nanowires@TiO2 core-shell nanostructures for the construction of mediator-free biosensor
One-dimensional Ag-nanowires@TiO2 core-shell nanostructures (ANTNs) have been synthesized via a simple solvent thermal method and employed to immobilize hemoglobin (Hb) in order to fabricate a mediator-free biose...
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Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene methanol)/ascorbate oxidase/nafion-single-walled carbon nanotubes biosensor for voltammetric detection of Vitamin C
Vitamin C (VC) content in commercial juices was voltammetrically determined using a highly selective and sensitive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene methanol)/ascorbate oxidase/Nafion-single-walled carbon nanotu...