Publications by authors named "Mengyan Cao"

Background: With the rapid advancement of the technology industry, particularly in STEM fields, female professionals have increasingly become key drivers of innovation. Despite this, existing research has seldom examined the psychological impact of informal control on their innovation performance. Therefore, this study distributed questionnaires to female technology professionals in China's STEM field to investigate the effect of informal control on their innovation performance from a psychological perspective.

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  • Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are being explored for energy storage due to sodium's low cost and availability, but their performance is hampered by issues like the loss of Na-ions during battery operation.
  • The study introduces NaCO as a highly efficient sacrificial additive for the battery's cathode, which helps replenish lost sodium and improves the battery's electrochemical performance.
  • NaCO fully decomposes during charging to release Na ions, contributing positively to the battery without leaving any harmful residues, potentially enhancing the energy density and lifespan of secondary batteries.
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  • Fast-charging lithium-ion batteries are essential for electric vehicles to alleviate mileage anxiety, but slow lithium intercalation in graphite anodes poses significant challenges.
  • The study investigates how lithium diffusion varies in different parts of the graphite structure and how factors like particle size and interphase properties affect the speed of these reactions.
  • Key findings indicate that insufficient lithium diffusion leads to high polarization and incomplete intercalation, with interfacial diffusion becoming critical in smaller particles; improvements can be made through specific electrolyte chemistry.
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Low-dimensional hybrid metal halide (LDHMH) materials have attracted considerable attention owing to their intriguing optical properties. To the best of the knowledge, this is the first study to successfully demonstrate both self-trap exciton (STE) and afterglow emissions in Zr-based LDHMH materials. The obtained pure (Ph S) ZrCl crystals showed near-ultraviolet phosphorescence and a green afterglow owing to the organic cation Ph S , while the Bi-doped and Sb-doped crystals exhibited both STE and afterglow emissions.

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Low-dimension perovskite materials have attracted wide attention due to their excellent optical properties and stability. Herein, Sb-doped CsZrCl crystals are synthesized by a coprecipitation method in which Sb ions partially replace Zr ions. The CsZrCl:Sb powder shows blue and orange-red emissions under a 254 and 365 nm light, respectively, due to the [ZrCl] octahedron and [SbCl] octahedron.

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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are semitransparent windows that are able to generate electricity from sunlight absorption. LSCs have shown huge promise for realizing building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). Unfortunately, to date, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of LSCs is still very low which dramatically hampers their practical applications.

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Lead-free perovskites have gained much interest for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications. But instability and low quantum efficiency significantly limit their prospects for future applications. Here, a general route is reported to synthesize highly stable lead-free perovskites on a large scale with remarkably enhanced quantum efficiency.

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Due to the toxicity and instability issues of lead halide perovskites, lead-free perovskites have recently emerged as a viable alternative. However, significant optical band gaps of lead-free perovskites exert influence on their luminescent properties. Fortunately, the addition of dopants becomes an efficacious solution.

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In this work, we report large-scale preparation of stable Sb and Bi codoped CsZrCl microcrystals for highly efficient white light emission using ionic liquids, demonstrating a broad dual-band white emission covering 400-800 nm. The dual emissions originate from the associated self-trapped excitons of the [SbCl] and [BiCl] octahedra. Moreover, the ratio of the dual-emission peaks can be effectively regulated by tuning the excitation wavelength.

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Conventional synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) mostly involves a hydrothermal or solvent-thermal reaction which needs relatively high temperature and pressure. In this work, ionic liquid is used to assist in fast synthesizing CDs with an ultrahigh photoluminescent quantum yield (98.5%) by heating at a low temperature (≤100 °C) and at atmospheric pressure.

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We used N-doped carbon dots and TPFE-Rho aggregation-induced emission (AIE) fluorescent materials to fabricate tandem luminescent solar concentrators. The fluorescence quantum yields of N-CDs and TPFE-Rho are 79.65% and 34.

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