Construction of Multifunctional Conductive Carbon-Based Cathode Additives for Boosting LiPSCl-Based All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries.

The electrochemical performance of all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) can be prominently enhanced by minimizing the detrimental degradation of solid electrolytes through their undesirable side reactions with the conductive carbon additives (CCAs) inside the composite cathodes. Herein, the well-defined MoNiN nanosheets embedded onto the N-doped porous carbons (NPCs) substrate are successfully synthesized (Mo-Ni@NPCs) as CCAs inside LiCoO for LiPSCCl (LPSCl)-based ASSLBs. This nano-composite not only makes it difficult for hydroxide groups (-OH) to survive on the surface but also allows the in situ surface reconstruction to generate the ultra-stable MoS-MoNiN heterostructures after the initial cycling stage.

Ionic-Liquid Synthesis of Atomic Molybdenum Nitride Clusters as Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Zn-Air Battery.

Transition-metal nitrides (TMNs) have garnered considerable attention for energy conversion applications owing to their exceptional electronic structures and high catalytic activities. However, the scarcity of active sites in TMNs impedes their large-scale application. This study describes the use of wetness impregnation and ionic-liquid methods to enhance the electrocatalytic efficiency of molybdenum nitride (MoN) atomic clusters finely dispersed on nitrogen-doped carbon (MoN@NC) substrates.

Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting microvascular invasion and evaluating the efficacy of postoperative adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization.

Background And Aim: Accurately predicting microvascular invasion (MVI) before surgery is beneficial for surgical decision-making, and some high-risk hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients may benefit from postoperative adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (PA-TACE). The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a novel nomogram for predicting MVI and assessing the survival benefits of selectively receiving PA-TACE in HCC patients.

Methods: The 1372 HCC patients who underwent hepatectomy at four medical institutions were randomly divided into training and validation datasets according to a 7:3 ratio.

Research Progress on Ni-Based Electrocatalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia.

The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to synthesize ammonia (NH) is considered as a promising method due to its approvable advantages of zero-pollution emission, feasible reaction proceedings, good safety and easy management. The multiple efforts have been devoted to the exploration of earth-abundant-element-based nanomaterials as high-efficiency electrocatalysts for realizing their industrial applications. Among these, the Ni-based nanomaterials is prioritized as an attractive non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for catalyzing NRR because they are earth-abundance and exceedingly easy to synthesize as well as also delivers the potential of high electrocatalytic activity and durability.

Synergy of a CuO/CN interface and CuO nanoparticles in the ethynylation of formaldehyde for 1,4-butynediol synthesis.

Catalysts made of CuO/BiO nanoparticles supported on g-CN were synthesized using a MOF-derived strategy. The activation of CuO to CuCCCu species and stabilization of the catalyst were facilitated by the synergistic effect of the CuO/CN interface and CuO nanoparticles, resulting in enhanced catalytic efficacy in the ethynylation of formaldehyde.

Bi Nanospheres Embedded in N-Doped Carbon Nanowires Facilitate Ultrafast and Ultrastable Sodium Storage.

Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are considered as the ideal candidates for the next generation of electrochemical energy storage devices. The major challenges of anode lie in poor cycling stability and the sluggish kinetics attributed to the inherent large Na size. In this work, Bi nanosphere encapsulated in N-doped carbon nanowires (Bi@N-C) is assembled by facile electrospinning and carbonization.

Development and validation of nomograms to evaluate the survival outcome of HCC patients undergoing selective postoperative adjuvant TACE.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to develop and validate a novel prognostic nomogram to evaluate the survival benefit of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients receiving postoperative adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (PA-TACE).

Materials And Methods: Clinical data of HCC patients who underwent hepatectomy at four medical centers were retrospectively analyzed, including those who received PA-TACE and those who did not. These two categories of patients were randomly allocated to the development and validation cohorts in a 7:3 ratio.

Risk Models for Predicting the Recurrence and Survival in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Radio-Frequency Ablation.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients have a poor prognosis after radio-frequency ablation (RFA), and investigating the risk factors affecting RFA and establishing predictive models are important for improving the prognosis of HCC patients.

Methods: Patients with HCC undergoing RFA in Shenzhen People's Hospital between January 2011 and December 2021 were included in this study. Using the screened independent influences on recurrence and survival, predictive models were constructed and validated, and the predictive models were then used to classify patients into different risk categories and assess the prognosis of different categories.

Survival effects of postoperative adjuvant TACE in early-HCC patients with microvascular invasion: A multicenter propensity score matching.

The presence of microvascular invasion (MVI) significantly worsens the surgical outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of this research was to investigate the survival benefit of adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with MVI after hepatectomy. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 1372 HCC patients who underwent curative liver resection in four medical institutions.

Niobium Modification of CeO Tuning Electron Density of Nickel-Ceria Interfacial Sites for Enhanced CO Methanation.

CO methanation has attracted considerable attention as a promising strategy for recycling CO and generating valuable methane. This study presents a niobium-doped CeO-supported Ni catalyst (Ni/NbCe), which demonstrates remarkable performance in terms of CO conversion and CH selectivity, even when operating at a low temperature of 250 °C. Structural analysis reveals the incorporation of Nb species into the CeO lattice, resulting in the formation of a Nb-Ce-O solid solution.

Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Postoperative Early Relapse and Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Background: Early relapse after hepatectomy presents a significant challenge in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to construct and validate a novel nomogram model for predicting early relapse and survival after hepatectomy for HCC.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a large-scale, multicenter retrospective analysis of 1,505 patients with surgically treated HCC from 4 medical centers.

Zn(002)-preferred and pH-buffering triethanolamine as electrolyte additive for dendrite-free Zn anodes.

Zn anodes of aqueous batteries face severe challenges from side reactions and dendrite growth. Here, triethanolamine (TEOA) is developed as an electrolyte additive to address these challenges. It enhances the exposure of Zn(002) and diminishes the change in pH.

Research Progress of Prussian Blue and Its Analogs as High-Performance Cathode Nanomaterials for Sodium-Ion Batteries.

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are investigated as promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) on account of the economical abundance and reliable availability of sodium, as well as its analogous chemical properties compared to lithium. Nevertheless, the performance of SIBs is severely restricted by the availability of satisfactory cathode nanomaterials with stable frameworks to accommodate the transportation of large-sized Na ions. These challenges can be effectively resolved when exploiting Prussian blue (PB) and its analogs (PBAs) as SIB cathodes.

The imbalance of circulating monocyte subgroups with a higher proportion of the CD14+CD16+CD163+ phenotype in patients with preeclampsia.

Background: Preeclampsia is a major cause of increased maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, which is closely related to the abnormal maternal immune response. The skew of decidual macrophage polarization toward M1 phenotype has been proved to promote the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. However, it's not easy to monitor the change of decidual macrophage subtypes.

Phase transition in V-doped cobalt hydroxide for a superior alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction.

Herein, V-doped cobalt hydroxides grown on carbon cloth (V-Co(OH)/CC) were prepared hydrothermal method. The incorporation of V can trigger phase transition and tune the local electronic structure of Co(OH), thereby improving the intrinsic alkaline HER activity. We find that the V-Co(OH) dominated by β-Co(OH) exhibits excellent HER activity with only 83 mV overpotential at a current density of 10 mA cm, which outperforms most reported hydroxide-based catalysts and even surpasses the commercial Pt/C at large current density (>160 mA cm).

Application of Psyllium Husk as a Friendly Filtrate Reducer for High-Temperature Water-Based Drilling Fluids.

Aiming at the challenge that environmental protection and high-temperature fluid loss reduction performance of the traditional water-based drilling fluid treatment agent are difficult to balance, our studies added psyllium husk as a high-temperature-resistant and environmentally friendly filtrate reducer to a water-based drilling fluid. The composition, physical and chemical properties, and microstructure of psyllium husk are characterized. Then, the effects of psyllium husk after hot rolling at different temperatures on the rheological properties and fluid loss properties of bentonite-based slurry are evaluated.

Boosting CO methanation on ceria supported transition metal catalysts via chelation coupled wetness impregnation.

The incipient wetness impregnation (IWI) method is widely used in the preparation of supported transition metal catalysts for its high throughput and cost-effective synthesis, yet suffers from poor metal-support interaction, restricting its further application at an industrial scale. Herein, a universal strategy of chelation coupled impregnation (CCI) is presented. The as-prepared Ni/CeO(CCI) showed superior catalytic performance for CO conversion (84.

N, P Codoped Hollow Carbon Nanospheres Decorated with MoSe Ultrathin Nanosheets for Efficient Potassium-Ion Storage.

Potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) are gradually being considered as an alternative for lithium-ion batteries because of their non-negligible advantages such as abundance and low expenditure of K, as well as higher electrochemical potential than another alternative─sodium-ion batteries. Nevertheless, when the electrode materials are inserted and extracted with large-sized K ions, the tremendous volume change will cause the collapse of the microstructures of electrodes and make the charging/discharging process irreversible, thus disapproving their extended application. In response to this, we put forward a feasible strategy to realize the in situ assembly of layered MoSe nanosheets onto N, P codoped hollow carbon nanospheres (MoSe/NP-HCNSs) through thermal annealing and heteroatom doping strategies, and the resulting nanoengineered material can function well as an anode for KIBs.

Mesoporous structure and amorphous Fe-N sites regulation in Fe-g-CN for boosted visible-light-driven photo-Fenton reaction.

Heterogeneous photo-Fenton catalysts prepared by doping metal ions in g-CN are promising alternatives to traditional homogeneous Fenton catalysts, but are restricted by poor mesoporous structure and agglomerate of metal species. Recently, the highly uniformly dispersed metal-N active sites in various photocatalysts have been proved to be the critical reason for their enhanced catalytic activity. In this study based on reasonable control of mesoporous structure and metal-N active sites, mesoporous Fe-g-CN was synthesized using a simple one-step thermal shrinkage polymerization method using ferrous oxalate as iron source and pore-forming agent.

Sulfur dynamics in forest soil profiles developed on granite under contrasting climate conditions.

Sulfur (S) dynamics in soils formed from granite remain poorly understood despite its importance as an essential plant macronutrient and component of soil organic matter. We used stable S isotope ratios to trace the sources and biogeochemical processes of S in four forest soil profiles developed on granite under contrasting climate conditions. The soil S is derived mainly from decomposing litter; no significant geogenic contribution to its content is noted as a result of the low S concentration of the granite (~ 5 μg/g).

Engineering of anatase/rutile TiO heterophase junction via in-situ phase transformation for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Constructing effective interphase boundary is one of the efficient approaches for improving photocatalytic performances of semiconductor materials. In this work, an anatase/rutile-TiO (AR-TiO) heterophase junction with appropriate carbon content was successfully fabricated via an in-situ phase transformation process. The phase transformation started from the inner core of the nanoparticles and the area of phase interface between anatase and rutile was carefully controlled by regulating the activation temperature.

Construction of hierarchically porous biomass carbon using iodine as pore-making agent for energy storage.

High specific surface area, hierarchical porosity, high conductivity and heteroatoms doping have been considered as the dominating factors of high-performance carbon-based supercapacitors. Inspired by the blue phenomenon of combination of starch and iodine, iodine is employed firstly as pore-making agent to create micropores for the starch-derived carbon in this study. Based on this mechanism, the hierarchically porous carbon is synthesized through simple solvent heating and high-temperature (1000 °C) carbonization, which achieves high specific surface area of 2989 m g (an increase of 39.