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Open AccessSolar-driven highly selective conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone using surface atom engineered BiVO4 photoanodes
Dihydroxyacetone is the most desired product in glycerol oxidation reaction because of its highest added value and large market demand among all possible oxidation products. However, selectively oxidative seco...
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Process Design and Economic Assessment of Biomass-Based Hydrogen Production Processes
The development of hydrogen energy is in progress as one of the key paths for achieving net-zero and carbon–neutral society. Significant attention is currently being paid to pathways for biomass-based hydrogen...
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Open AccessNear-strain-free anode architecture enabled by interfacial diffusion creep for initial-anode-free quasi-solid-state batteries
Anode-free (or lithium-metal-free) batteries with garnet-type solid-state electrolytes are considered a promising path in the development of safe and high-energy-density batteries. However, their practical imp...
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Progress in design and preparation of multi-atom catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction
Photocatalytic CO2 reduction towards various fuels is of significant interest under the background of mitigating the global warming induced by CO2 emission and lowering the depletion of fossil fuels. However, sta...
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Open AccessElectro-assisted methane oxidation to formic acid via in-situ cathodically generated H2O2 under ambient conditions
Direct partial oxidation of methane to liquid oxygenates has been regarded as a potential route to valorize methane. However, CH4 activation usually requires a high temperature and pressure, which lowers the feas...
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Open AccessUltrahigh loading dry-process for solvent-free lithium-ion battery electrode fabrication
The current lithium-ion battery (LIB) electrode fabrication process relies heavily on the wet coating process, which uses the environmentally harmful and toxic N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent. In addition...
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Open AccessSelf-cycled photo-Fenton-like system based on an artificial leaf with a solar-to-H2O2 conversion efficiency of 1.46%
Millions of families around the world remain vulnerable to water scarcity and have no access to drinking water. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are an effective way towards water purification with qualifie...
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Open AccessPrecise control of surface oxygen vacancies in ZnO nanoparticles for extremely high acetone sensing response
ZnO has been studied intensely for chemical sensors due to its high sensitivity and fast response. Here, we present a simple approach to precisely control oxygen vacancy contents to provide significantly enhan...
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Influence of dynamic neck motion on the clinical usefulness of multi-positional MRI in cervical degenerative spondylosis
The purpose of this study was to find out additional indications for multi-positional MRI in cervical degenerative spondylosis (CDS) patients.
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A new nomenclature system for the surgical treatment of cervical spine deformity, develo**, and validation of SOF system
To develop and assess the reliability of new nomenclature system that systematically organizes osteotomy techniques and briefly describes the surgical approach, the surgical sequence, and the fixation techniqu...
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Open AccessBlack phosphorene as a hole extraction layer boosting solar water splitting of oxygen evolution catalysts
As the development of oxygen evolution co-catalysts (OECs) is being actively undertaken, the tailored integration of those OECs with photoanodes is expected to be a plausible avenue for achieving highly effici...
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Open AccessSupercritical Carbon Dioxide-Assisted Process for Well-Dispersed Silicon/Graphene Composite as a Li ion Battery Anode
The silicon (Si)/graphene composite has been touted as one of the most promising anode materials for lithium ion batteries. However, the optimal fabrication method for this composite remains a challenge. Here,...
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Open AccessUnassisted photoelectrochemical water splitting exceeding 7% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency using photon recycling
Various tandem cell configurations have been reported for highly efficient and spontaneous hydrogen production from photoelectrochemical solar water splitting. However, there is a contradiction between two mai...
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Open AccessSurface-Engineered Graphene Quantum Dots Incorporated into Polymer Layers for High Performance Organic Photovoltaics
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs), a newly emerging 0-dimensional graphene based material, have been widely exploited in optoelectronic devices due to their tunable optical and electronic properties depending on th...
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Open AccessOrigin of White Electroluminescence in Graphene Quantum Dots Embedded Host/Guest Polymer Light Emitting Diodes
Polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) using quantum dots (QDs) as emissive materials have received much attention as promising components for next-generation displays. Despite their outstanding properties, tox...
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Efficient photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from bismuth vanadate-decorated tungsten trioxide helix nanostructures
Tungsten trioxide/bismuth vanadate heterojunction is one of the best pairs for solar water splitting, but its photocurrent densities are insufficient. Here we investigate the advantages of using helical nanost...
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Statistical properties of effective drought index (EDI) for Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Mokpo in South Korea
Time series of drought indices has been considered mostly in view of temporal and spatial distributions of a drought index so far. Here we investigate the statistical properties of a daily Effective Drought In...
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Open AccessDye molecules in electrolytes: new approach for suppression of dye-desorption in dye-sensitized solar cells
The widespread commercialization of dye-sensitized solar cells remains limited because of the poor long-term stability. We report on the influence of dye-molecules added in liquid electrolyte on long-term stab...
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Enhanced dissolution of celecoxib by supersaturating self-emulsifying drug delivery system (S-SEDDS) formulation
A supersaturating self-emulsifying drug delivery system (S-SEDDS) was prepared and evaluated for enhanced dissolution of celecoxib (CXB), a poorly water-soluble drug. The selected CXB-dissolved SEDDS formulati...
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Heat transfer characteristics of high temperature molten salt for storage of thermal energy
The heat transfer characteristics of molten salt for the storage of thermal energy were investigated. The temperature profiles and heat transfer coefficients during the storage and discharge stages were obtain...
