has been used for the treatment of digestive system disorders for thousands of years in China and other regions. Modern research have revealed its therapeutic efforts in digestive system tumors. Thus, to review the updated progress of and its main flavonoids in the treatment of digestive system tumors in the past 10 years, this article summarized the therapeutic effect and molecular mechanisms of and its 5 flavonoids on tumors in oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, pancreas by inhibiting tumor cell proliferation, inducing autophagy, stimulating immune response, and increasing drug sensitivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerovskite solar modules (PSMs) show outstanding power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), but long-term operational stability remains problematic. We show that incorporating -dimethylmethyleneiminium chloride into the perovskite precursor solution formed dimethylammonium cation and that previously unobserved methyl tetrahydrotriazinium ([MTTZ]) cation effectively improved perovskite film. The in situ formation of [MTTZ] cation increased the formation energy of iodine vacancies and enhanced the migration energy barrier of iodide and cesium ions, which suppressed nonradiative recombination, thermal decomposition, and phase segregation processes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAqueous Zn-ion batteries are an attractive electrochemical energy storage solution for their budget and safe properties. However, dendrites and uncontrolled side reactions in anodes detract the cycle life and energy density of the batteries. Grain boundaries in metals are generally considered as the source of the above problems but we present a diverse result.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe preparation of atom-thick porous lattice hosting Å-scale pores is attractive to achieve a large ion-ion selectivity in combination with a large ion flux. Graphene film is an ideal selective layer for this if high-precision pores can be incorporated, however, it is challenging to avoid larger non-selective pores at the tail-end of the pore size distribution which reduces ion-ion selectivity. Herein, we develop a strategy to overcome this challenge using an electrochemical repair strategy that successfully masks larger pores in large-area graphene.
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August 2024
In this study, a flexible, free-standing Fe-doped CoP nanoarrays electrode for superior lithium-ion storage has been successfully fabricated. The electrode combines the advantages of a Fe-doping and a flexible carbon cloth (CC) support, resulting in a high specific capacity (1356 mAh/g at 0.2 A/g) and excellent cycling stability (1138 mAh/g after 100 cycles).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUlcerative colitis (UC) is a nonspecific inflammatory bowel disease characterized by abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, weight loss, and colon shortening. However, UC is difficult to cure due to its high drug resistance rate and easy recurrence. Moreover, long-term inflammation and increased disease severity can lead to the development of colon cancer in some patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have gained significant attentions for their inherent safety and cost-effectiveness. However, challenges, such as dendrite growth and anodic corrosion at the Zn anode, hinder their commercial viability. In this paper, an organic-inorganic coating layer (Nafion-TiO) was introduced to protect the Zn anode and electrolyte interface.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPorous graphene films are attractive as a gas separation membrane given that the selective layer can be just one atom thick, allowing high-flux separation. A favorable aspect of porous graphene is that the pore size, essentially gaps created by lattice defects, can be tuned. While this has been demonstrated for postsynthetic, top-down pore etching in graphene, it does not exist in the more scalable, bottom-up synthesis of porous graphene.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZero-dimensional pores spanning only a few angstroms in size in two-dimensional materials such as graphene are some of the most promising systems for designing ion-ion selective membranes. However, the key challenge in the field is that so far a crack-free macroscopic graphene membrane for ion-ion separation has not been realized. Further, methods to tune the pores in the Å-regime to achieve a large ion-ion selectivity from the graphene pore have not been realized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) are common in young adults, and the link between chronotype profile and TMDs is unclear.
Objective: This study examined TMD prevalence and chronotype distribution and explored the relationship between chronotype and TMDs in young adults.
Materials And Methods: A total of 663 students from Sichuan University completed questionnaires.
The aqueous zinc-ion battery is promising as grid scale energy storage device, but hindered by the instable electrode/electrolyte interface. Herein, we report the lean-water ionic liquid electrolyte for aqueous zinc metal batteries. The lean-water ionic liquid electrolyte creates the hydrophobic tri-layer interface assembled by first two layers of hydrophobic OTF and EMIM and third layer of loosely attached water, beyond the classical Gouy-Chapman-Stern theory based electrochemical double layer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdvanced battery electrodes require a cautious design of microscale particles with built-in nanoscale features to exploit the advantages of both micro- and nano-particles relative to their performance attributes. Herein, the dynamic behavior of nanosized Sn clusters and their host pores in carbon nanofiber) during sodiation and desodiation is revealed using a state-of-the-art 3D electron microscopic reconstruction technique. For the first time, the anomalous expansion of Sn clusters after desodiation is observed owing to the aggregation of clusters/single atoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastric cancer (GC) is a global public health concern that poses a serious threat to human health owing to its high morbidity and mortality rates. Due to the lack of specificity of symptoms, patients with GC tend to be diagnosed at an advanced stage with poor prognosis. Therefore, the development of new treatment methods is particularly urgent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPorcine circovirus type 3 (PCV3) is a newly described circovirus that has been identified in pig populations across the globe. The virus is associated with multiple diseases including reproductive and systemic diseases. As effective vaccines are lacking, surveillance is crucial for PCV3 control, but there are currently, few side-by-side comparisons of the efficacy of different samples for the detection of PCV3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTiO is a widely recognized intercalation anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), yet its practical capacity is kinetically constrained due to sluggish lithium-ion diffusion, leading to a lithiation number of less than 1.0 Li (336 mAh g). Here, the growth of TiO crystallites is restrained by integrating Si into the TiO framework, thereby enhancing the charge transfer and creating additional active sites potentially residing at grain boundaries for Li storage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZinc metal batteries are strongly hindered by water corrosion, as solvated zinc ions would bring the active water molecules to the electrode/electrolyte interface constantly. Herein, we report a sacrificial solvation shell to repel active water molecules from the electrode/electrolyte interface and assist in forming a fluoride-rich, organic-inorganic gradient solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer. The simultaneous sacrificial process of methanol and Zn(CFSO) results in the gradient SEI layer with an organic-rich surface (CHOC- and C product) and an inorganic-rich (ZnF) bottom, which combines the merits of fast ion diffusion and high flexibility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFast and uniform ion transport within the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is considered a crucial factor for ensuring the long-term stability of metal electrodes. In this study, we present the fabrication of ultrathin artificial interphases consisting of a zinc phosphate nanofilm with pure amorphous characteristics and a surfactant overlayer. The thickness of the interphases can be precisely controlled within the range of a few tens of nanometers.
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November 2023
Research and development of flexible electrodes with high performance are crucial to largely determine the performance of flexible lithium-ion batteries (FLIBs) to a large extent. In this work, a flexible anode (TiO NRs-MoS NSFs/CC) is rationally designed and successfully constructed, in which TiO nanorods arrays (NRs) vertically grown on CC as a supporting backbone for MoS nanosheets flowers (NSFs) to form a TiO NRs-MoS NSFs heterostructure. The backbone can not only serve as a mechanical support MoS and improve its electronic conductivity, but also limit the dissolution of polysulfides issue during cycling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWadsley-Roth phase titanium niobium oxides have received considerable interest as anodes for lithium ion batteries. However, the volume expansion and sluggish ion/electron transport kinetics retard its application in grid scale. Here, fast and durable lithium storage in entropy-stabilized Fe Ti Nb O (FTNO) is enabled by tuning entropy via Fe substitution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPremise: Understanding the drivers of the growth in long-lived woody trees is the key to predicting their responses to and maintaining their populations under global change. However, the role of tree sex and differential investment to reproduction are often not considered in models of individual tree growth, despite many gymnosperm and angiosperm species having separate male and female sexes. Thus, better models of tree growth should include tree sex and life stage along with the abiotic and biotic neighborhoods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDendrite growth and side reactions of Zn metal anodes remain unresolved obstacles for practical application of aqueous Zn ion batteries. Herein, a two-dimensional (2D) organic-inorganic heterostructure with controlled thickness was constructed as a protective layer for a Zn metal anode. The reduction of uniformly distributed polyoxometalate in the layer causes a negative charge density gradient, which can accelerate zinc ion transfer, homogenize zinc deposition, and shield sulfates at the electrode interface, while the exposed hydrophobic alkyl chain of the layer can isolate the direct contact of water with the Zn anode.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnviron Sci Pollut Res Int
March 2023
Particulate air pollution is a serious threat to human health, especially in urban areas, and trees can act as biological filters and improve air quality. However, studies on greening tree species selection are rare. We measured three particular matter adsorption metrics (PM, PM, and PM captured per leaf area) and six functional traits for each of fourteen species and estimated their minimum light requirements based on field surveys.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAqueous zinc metal batteries with mild acidic electrolytes are considered promising candidates for large-scale energy storage. However, the Zn anode suffers from severe Zn dendrite growth and side reactions due to the unstable interfacial pH and the absence of a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) protective layer. Herein, a novel and simple mixed electrolyte strategy is proposed to address these problems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPotassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have attracted enormous attention due to the increasing lithium battery cost, but their development is still in the pre-mature stage due to the limited selection of electrodes. Herein, a free-standing current-collector-integrated electrode, composed of mixed-phase WS nanosheets with nitrogen-doped multichannel carbon nanofibers (N-MCNFs) membrane, is reported for high-performance potassium ion batteries anode. Benefiting the unique multichannel carbon nanostructure as a current collector-integrated electrode as well as mixed-phase lamellar structure WS for enhanced potassium ion entry, the 1T/2H-WS/N-MCNFs hybrid current-collector-free anode delivers an outstanding areal capacity of 2.
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September 2022
The proton, as the cationic form of the lightest element-H, is regarded as most ideal charge carrier in "rocking chair" batteries. However, current research on proton batteries is still at its infancy, and they usually deliver low capacity and suffer from severe acidic corrosion. Herein, electrochemically activated metallic HMoO nanobelts are developed as a stable electrode for proton storage.
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