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Expression of concern for 'Optimized Cu-doping in ZnO electro-spun nanofibers for enhanced photovoltaic performance in perovskite solar cells and photocatalytic dye degradation' by Kang Hoon Lee , , 2024, , 15391-15407, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RA01544D.

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  • - Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are a competitive alternative to conventional solar cells, benefiting from low-temperature processing and high power conversion efficiency, but they face challenges with charge transport in their electron transport layer (ETL).
  • - Research shows that copper-doped zinc oxide nanofibers, with 3 wt% Cu, provide the best performance as ETL due to improved charge mobility and electrical efficiency, resulting in enhanced solar cell efficiencies up to 9.79%.
  • - The study also reveals that these Cu-doped ZnO nanofibers exhibit strong antibacterial and photocatalytic activities, achieving 95% dye degradation under visible light and demonstrating significant antibacterial properties through reactive oxygen species production.
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Catechol is a pollutant that can lead to serious health issues. Identification in aquatic environments is difficult. A highly specific, selective, and sensitive electrochemical biosensor based on a copper-polypyrrole composite and a glassy carbon electrode has been created for catechol detection.

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The automobile vehicles must be operated on fuel containing no more than 10% ethanol. Use of fuel having more than 10% ethanol may cause engine malfunction, starting and running issues, and material degradation. These negative impacts could cause irreversible damage to the vehicles.

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As their manufacturing and consumption have increased, pharmaceutical chemicals have increasingly been found in wastewater. It is necessary to look into more effective methods, including adsorption, because current therapies can't completely eliminate these micro contaminants. This investigation aims to assess the diclofenac sodium (DS) adsorption onto an FeO@TAC@SA polymer in a static system.

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In this research paper, aromatic sulfonamide-derived ethyl ester (-TSAE) and its acyl hydrazide (-TSAH) were directly synthesized, characterized, and employed for the first time as prospective anticorrosive agents to protect mild steel in 1.0 M HCl conditions. The corrosion efficiency was probed by electrochemical methods including polarization, impedance, and frequency modulation measurements.

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Two azo derivatives, 4-((4-hydroxy-3-((4-oxo-2-thioxothiazolidin-5-ylidene)methyl)phenyl) diazinyl) benzenesulfonic acid (TODB) and 4-((3-((4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohexylidene) methyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)diazinyl) benzenesulfonic acid (DODB) were synthesized and characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (H-NMR) and mass spectral studies. Gravimetric methods, potentiodynamic polarization (PDP), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), electrochemical frequency modulation (EFM) techniques and inductive coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy were used to verify the above two compounds' ability to operate as mild steel (MS) corrosion inhibitors in 1 M HCl. Tafel data suggest that TODB and DODB have mixed-type characteristics, and EIS findings demonstrate that increasing their concentration not only alters the charge transfer ( ) of mild steel from 6.

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Although tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq), a fluorescent optical organometallic material, is known for its applications in optoelectronics, it has only few and limited applications in the biological field. In this study, the antibacterial activity of Alq micro and nanostructures was investigated. We prepared Alq nanostructures.

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