Regulating the zinc ion transport kinetics of MnO through copper doping towards high-capacity aqueous Zn-ion battery.

High working voltage, large theoretical capacity and cheapness render MnO promising cathode candidate for aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs). Unfortunately, poor electrochemical activity and bad structural stability lead to low capacity and unsatisfactory cycling performance. Herein, MnO material was fabricated through a facile precipitation reaction and divalent copper ions were introduced into the crystal framework, and ultra-small Cu-doped MnO nanocrystalline cathode materials with mixed valence states of Mn, Mn and Mn were obtained via post-calcination.

Highly Graphitized Coal Tar Pitch-Derived Porous Carbon as High-Performance Lithium Storage Materials.

Because of its high specific capacity and superior rate performance, porous carbon is regarded as a potential anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, porous carbon materials with wide pore diameter distributions suffer from low structural stability and low electrical conductivity during the application process. During this study, the calcium carbonate nanoparticle template method is used to prepare coal tar pitch-derived porous carbon (CTP-X).

Research progress of acupuncture and moxibustion for the enhanced synergism of chemotherapy.

The application of acupuncture and moxibustion in alleviating the adverse effects of chemotherapy drugs has been widely recognized at home and abroad, but the studies have been rarely summarized for the enhanced anti-tumor effect and its mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion to synergize the chemotherapy drugs. This paper reviewed the clinical and basic studies on the synergism of chemotherapy with acupuncture and moxibustion in recent years. It was found that chemotherapy synergized with acupuncture and moxibustion can suppress cancer to a certain extent and improve the quality of life in patients.

Berlin Green with tunable iron content as ultra-high rate host for efficient aqueous ammonium ion storage.

Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are regarded as promising cathode materials for ammonium-ion batteries (AIBs) because of their low cost and superb theoretical capacity. However, its inherently poor conductivity and structural collapse can significantly limit the enhancement of rate property and cycling stability. In this work, Berlin Green (BG) electrode materials with similar wool-like clusters were constructed by direct precipitation method to accelerate the kinetic, which realizes outstanding cycling stability.

High-Energy SiO-Sulfur Battery with Preloaded LiN in a Cathode as a Lithiation Reagent.

The practical use of lithium-sulfur batteries faces the "shuttle effect" and lithium dendrite growth. Employing SiO instead of Li metal can fundamentally solve the above problems. Nevertheless, selecting a convenient prelithiation method is essential for normal operation of the battery system.

Rational construction of graphitic carbon nitride composited Li-rich Mn-based oxide cathode materials toward high-performance Li-ion battery.

Li-rich Mn-based oxides (LRMOs) are considered as one of the most-promising cathode materials for next generation Li-ion batteries (LIBs) because of their high energy density. Nevertheless, the intrinsic shortcomings, such as the low first coulomb efficiency, severe capacity/voltage fade, and poor rate performance seriously limit its commercial application in the future. In this work, we construct successfully g-CN coating layer to modify LiMnNiCoO (LMNC) via a facile solution.

In-situ-grown multidimensional Cu-doped CoS@MoS on N-doped carbon nanofibers as anode materials for high-performance alkali metal ion batteries.

Transition metal sulfides with the high theoretical capacity and low cost have been considered as advanced anode candidate for alkali metal ion batteries, but suffered from unsatisfactory electrical conductivity and huge volume expansion. Herein, a multidimensional structure Cu-doped CoS@MoS in-situ-grown on N-doped carbon nanofibers (denoted as Cu-CoS@MoS NCNFs) have been elaborately constructed for the first time. The bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate framework CuCo-ZIFs were encapsulated in the one-dimensional (1D) NCNFs through an electrospinning route and then on which the two-dimensional (2D) MoS nanosheets were in-situ grown via a hydrothermal process.

Durable lithium-ion insertion/extraction and migration behavior of LiF-encapsulated cobalt-free lithium-rich manganese-based layered oxide cathode.

Lithium-rich manganese-based cathode has made a subject of intense scrutiny for scientists and application researchers due to their exceptional thermal stability, high specific capacity, high operating voltage, and cost-effectiveness. However, the inclusion of cobalt, as a crucial component in lithium-rich manganese-based cathode materials, has become a cause for concern due to its limited availability and non-renewable nature, which eventually limits the growth of the battery industry and increase costs. Considering the poor stability of cobalt-free cathode, this work proposes a coating strategy of LiF through a simple high-temperature melting method.

Approaching high-performance lithium storage materials of CoNiO microspheres wrapped coal tar pitch-derived porous carbon.

Ternary transition metal oxides (TMOs) are deemed as promising anode materials of Li-ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their large theoretical capacity and rich redox reaction. Nevertheless, the inherent semiconductor characteristic and enormous volume variation of TMOs during cycling bring about sluggish reaction kinetics, fast capacity fading, and poor rate capability. In this study, three-dimensional (3D) porous CoNiO@CTP architectures, , CoNiO microspheres combined with coal tar pitch-derived porous carbon, were designed and synthesized through a one-step hydrothermal method followed by a heat treatment process for the first time.

Recent Advances of ZnCo O -based Anode Materials for Li-ion Batteries.

ZnCo O has been attracted wide research attention as a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in recent years based on its high theoretical specific capacity, low toxicity as well as stable chemical properties. However, the further large-scale application of pristine ZnCo O anode have been impeded because of its undesirable Li ion conductivity, low electronic conductivity, and finite stability of electrolytes at high potentials. Recently, optimizing the micro/nano structure, modification with carbonaceous materials, incorporation with metal oxides and constructing a binder-free structure on conductive substrate for ZnCo O -based materials have been verified as promising effective routes for solving the above problems.

Effects of Ru doping on the structural stability and electrochemical properties of LiMoO cathode materials for Li-ion batteries.

The LiMoO (LMO) material is one promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its high specific capacity and absence of oxygen release. However, its surface instability in air and poor conductivity have limited its application. To solve these problems, the Ru element has been successfully introduced into the LMO lattice with the aid of the molten salt method.

Asthma susceptibility in prenatal nicotine-exposed mice attributed to β-catenin increase during CD4 T cell development.

Cigarette smoke is a common global environmental pollutant. Asthma, the most frequent allergic airway disease, is related to maternal exposure to cigarette smoke. Our previous studies demonstrated that prenatal exposure to nicotine (PNE), the major active product of smoking, impairs fetal thymopoiesis and CD4 T cell development after birth.

High-performance Li-ion battery driven by a hybrid Li storage mechanism in a three-dimensional architectured ZnTiO-CeO microsphere anode.

ZnTiO and ZnTiO-CeO microspheres with particle sizes of about 100-300 nm were synthesized for the first time by a simple solvothermal process followed by calcination. The results indicate that CeO modification does not alter the morphology of the microspheres. ZnTiO-CeO (0, 3, 6, and 9 wt%) show an initial charge (discharge) capacity of 171.

Highly uniform platanus fruit-like CuCoS microspheres as an electrode material for high performance lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors.

Platanus fruit-like CuCoS microspheres were fabricated by using a facile hydrothermal method followed by a sulfidation process. As a lithium storage material, they deliver an outstanding initial specific capacity of 1119.3 mA h g at 0.

Construction of Carbon-Coated LiMnFePO@LiLaTiO Nanorod Composites for High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries.

The carbon-coated LiMnFePO@LiLaTiO nanorod composites (denoted as C/LMFP@LLTO) have been successfully obtained according to a common hydrothermal synthesis following a post-calcination treatment. The morphology and particle size of LiMnFePO (denoted as LMFP) are not changed by the coating. All electrode materials exhibit nanorod morphology; they are 100-200 nm in length and 50-100 nm in width.

Boosting the lithium storage performance of NaLiTiO anodes by g-CN modification.

Na2Li2Ti6O14 particles were prepared by a simple solid-state process, and then g-C3N4-coated Na2Li2Ti6O14 composites were constructed by a facile solution route for the first time. The g-C3N4-coated Na2Li2Ti6O14 multicomponent composites because of their unique architecture as negative materials for Li-ion batteries can be expected to exhibit a significantly improved cycling stability and reversible capacity even at high rates. g-C3N4 (5 wt%)-coated Na2Li2Ti6O14 shows a discharge (charge) capacity of 184.

Assessing the International Transferability of a Machine Learning Model for Detecting Medication Error in the General Internal Medicine Clinic: Multicenter Preliminary Validation Study.

Background: Although most current medication error prevention systems are rule-based, these systems may result in alert fatigue because of poor accuracy. Previously, we had developed a machine learning (ML) model based on Taiwan's local databases (TLD) to address this issue. However, the international transferability of this model is unclear.

Augmented autophagy suppresses thymocytes development via Bcl10/p-p65 pathway in prenatal nicotine exposed fetal mice.

Tobacco smoke is a common global environmental pollutant. Maternal tobacco smoke/nicotine exposure has long-term toxic effects on immune organs. We previously found that prenatal nicotine exposure (PNE)-induced programmed immune diseases caused by fetal thymic hypoplasia, but the mechanism still unknown.

Porous spherical NiO@NiMoO@PPy nanoarchitectures as advanced electrochemical pseudocapacitor materials.

In this work, a rational design and construction of porous spherical NiO@NiMoO wrapped with PPy was reported for the application of high-performance supercapacitor (SC). The results show that the NiMoO modification changes the morphology of NiO, and the hollow internal morphology combined with porous outer shell of NiO@NiMoO and NiO@NiMoO@PPy hybrids shows an increased specific surface area (SSA), and then promotes the transfer of ions and electrons. The shell of NiMoO and PPy with high electronic conductivity decreases the charge-transfer reaction resistance of NiO, and then improves the electrochemical kinetics of NiO.

Improving the structural stability and electrochemical performance of NaLiTiO nanoparticles MgF coating.

To improve their electrochemical performance and structural stability, NaLiTiO (NLTO) nanoparticles were synthesized and then coated with a very thin MgF layer. Microscopy confirmed that the MgF-NLTO particles are about 150-250 nm in size, and that the thickness of the MgF layer for the MgF-NLTO-5 sample is ∼5 nm. Electrochemical measurements showed that the charge-discharge specific capacities of the five samples under a current density of 50 mA g after 100 cycles are 110.

Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of α-FeO/C using acid-pickled iron oxide red for Li-ion batteries.

To recycle the waste and meet the demand for anode materials for Li-ion battery, α-FeO/C for use as anode material is successfully prepared via a simple hydrothermal process using acid-pickled iron oxide red as raw material. The techniques of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are used to characterize the product. The synthesis conditions, including temperature and time, are optimized by orthogonal experimental design.

Effect of Radix isatidis polysaccharide on alleviating insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus cells and rats.

Objectives: The objective of this paper was to explore the effects of Radix isatidis polysaccharide (RIP) extracted from Radix isatis on alleviating insulin resistance.

Methods: The insulin resistance models of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and type 2 diabetic rats were established to evaluate the insulin resistance activity of RIP.

Key Findings: Radix isatidis polysaccharide within the concentration range of 25-100 μg/ml could reduce cell supernatant glucose and TNF-α levels (P < 0.