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capacitance; cobalt; detection limit; durability; electrical conductivity; electrochemical capacitors; electrodes; electrolytes; energy density; ferrimagnetic materials; glucose; graphene; graphene oxide; hot water treatment; iron; nanowires; nickel; oxidation; permeability; pyrolysis; sensors (equipment); signal-to-noise ratio; surface area
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... Binary transition metal oxides as electroactive materials have continuously aroused grumous attention due to their high theoretical specific capacitance, high valtage window, and multiple oxidation states. However, the tiny specific surface area, poor conductivity and unsatisfactory cycle stability limit their practical application. Hence, a synthetic strategy is designed to fabricate a dual-taski ...
... Herein, multi-core-shell structure Co/FeC@N-doped hollow carbon (Co/FeC@NHC) with tunable carbon shell thickness is well crafted by a novel and simple strategy. Novel core-shell structure consisting of polydopamine (PDA) shell with different thickness and bimetal-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) Co/Fe core with cubic morphology are first prepared, followed by a thermal and etching treatments ...
air; cement; compression strength; durability; flue gas desulfurization; magnesium; magnesium chloride; magnesium oxide; microstructure; phosphogypsum; politics; porosity; China
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... Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC) prepared by using magnesium chloride and light calcined magnesia has been widely used as decorative materials, refractory materials and adsorbing materials. But its poor water resistance restricts the application in construction and building. More importantly, the disposition of abundant waste gypsums is becoming a social issue, even a political issue in China. T ...
... The effectiveness of instream restoration measures in improving habitats has been extensively examined; however, the evidence is inadequate to infer that these measures have positive effects on benthic macroinvertebrates. In this study, we compared the effects of the instream wetland (IW), groin (GR), artificial drop (AD) and boulder placement (BP) measures on the physical habitat and benthic macr ...
... Although soil bioengineering is increasingly used worldwide, the measures being used today are still based on an empirical approach. Most of the existing literature has primarily focused on mechanical soil reinforcement provided by plant roots and the search for available indigenous plant species, whereas wooden structures and aboveground habitat improvements have been poorly addressed in the lite ...
... The use of high electrochemical active binary nickel–cobalt sulfides/phosphides/selenides (Ni–Co–X, X = S, P, Se) as electrochemical energy storage materials still has a space for improvement because they become electrochemically unstable during long-term use. Herein, a facile and cost-effective dual-ligand synergistic modulation tactic is described to substantially improve the durability of Ni–Co ...
Raman spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; active sites; air; catalysts; catalytic activity; desorption; durability; furnaces; hot water treatment; manganese; manganese oxides; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; oxidation; scanning electron microscopes; scanning electron microscopy; streams; surface area; temperature; transmission electron microscopy
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... Hydrothermal aging tests are important to carry out when evaluating the hydrothermal durability of heterogeneous catalysts in vehicle exhaust emission. Here, we explored the effect of aging on an efficient Mn-based mullite catalyst (SmMn₂O₅) of NO oxidation. The mullite catalyst was prepared via the hydrothermal method and was subsequently aged in air with a 10% H₂O stream at 750 °C for 16 hours. ...
... Global freshwater shortage has become one of the essential issues and many countries are suffering increasing pressure on their environment. Recently, a large-area graphene nanomesh with microsize pores of 0.45–0.55 nm has been found to achieve a nearly 100% desalination efficacy; however, the development of nanoporous structures with excellent cycling, mechanical and electrical properties remains ...
alkalinity; carbon; density functional theory; dissociation; durability; electric potential difference; electrochemistry; electrodes; energy conversion; hydrogen; hydrogen production; nanoparticles; oxygen production; porous media; water
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... Water splitting provides a clean and renewable way to produce high-purity hydrogen; the current bottlenecks of which are the slow kinetics and poor stability of the available electrocatalysts. Herein, we report a class of open hollow Co–Pt bimetallic nanoclusters embedded in mesoporous N-doped carbon nanoflake arrays grown on flexible carbon cloth (Co–Pt/C NAs, 2.5 wt% Pt), which demonstrate outst ...
... For lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), searching for highly efficient host that allows for high sulfur loading and excellent lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) trapping capability is extremely important. Herein, a systematical study with regard to both experimental and theoretical of N/S heteroatoms co-doped polar surface (denoted as NSHC) is conducted to demonstrate the significance of rational structure ...
... Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) pollution is a serious threat to human health, so the preparation of electret films with high efficiency and low resistance capturing particulate has attracted wide attention. Herein, a strategy for the fabrication of all-polymer hybrid electret fiber membranes by electrospinning is reported based on the ethyl cellulose (EC) and polystyrene (PS). The preparation ...
... Layered Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene is a two-dimensional (2D) metal carbide based material with high adsorption capacity and hydrophilicity, which is beneficial for oil/water separation. Herein, the Ti₃C₂Tₓ (T represents O, OH, and/or F) MXene membrane was obtained by depositing Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene 2D nanosheets carbides onto porous polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes by vacuum filtration. The as-prepared Ti₃C₂T ...
cathodes; durability; electrochemistry; energy; energy density; microstructure; reaction kinetics
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... Pristine δ-MnO₂ as the typical cathode for rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) suffers from sluggish reaction kinetics, which is the key issue to prepare high-performance manganese-based materials. In this work, Na⁺ incorporated into layered δ-MnO₂ (NMO) was prepared for ZIB cathodes with high capacity, high energy density, and excellent durable stability. By an effective fabricated strategy of ...