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Mussakhanuly N, Choi E, L Chin R, Wang Y, Seidel J, Green MA, M Soufiani A, Hao X, Yun JS. Multifunctional Surface Treatment against Imperfections and Halide Segregation in Wide-Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:7961-7972. [PMID: 38290432 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
Abstract
Mixed-halide wide-band gap perovskites (WBPs) still suffer from losses due to imperfections within the absorber and the segregation of halide ions under external stimuli. Herein, we design a multifunctional passivator (MFP) by mixing bromide salt, formamidinium bromide (FABr) with a p-type self-assembled monolayer (SAM) to target the nonradiative recombination pathways. Photoluminescence measurement shows considerable suppression of nonradiative recombination rates after treatment with FABr. However, WBPs still remained susceptible to halide segregation for which the addition of 25% p-type SAM was effective to decelerate segregation. It is observed that FABr can act as a passivating agent of the donor impurities, shifting the Fermi-level (Ef) toward the mid-band gap, while p-type SAM could cause an overweight of Ef toward the valence band. Favorable band bending at the interface could prevent the funneling of carriers toward I-rich clusters. Instead, charge carriers funnel toward an integrated SAM, preventing the accumulation of polaron-induced strain on the lattice. Consequently, n-i-p structured devices with an optimal MFP treatment show an average open-circuit voltage (VOC) increase of about 20 mV and fill factor (FF) increase by 4% compared with the control samples. The unencapsulated devices retained 95% of their initial performance when stored at room temperature under 40% relative humidity for 2800 h.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nursultan Mussakhanuly
- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K
- Dimond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, Oxfordshire, U.K
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
- Advanced Technology Institute, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, U.K
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Han EQ, Lyu M, Choi E, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Lee J, Lee SM, Jiao Y, Ahmad SHA, Seidel J, Yun JS, Yun JH, Wang L. High-Performance Indoor Perovskite Solar Cells by Self-Suppression of Intrinsic Defects via a Facile Solvent-Engineering Strategy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305192. [PMID: 37718499 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
Abstract
Lead halide perovskite solar cells have been emerging as very promising candidates for applications in indoor photovoltaics. To maximize their indoor performance, it is of critical importance to suppress intrinsic defects of the perovskite active layer. Herein, a facile solvent-engineering strategy is developed for effective suppression of both surface and bulk defects in lead halide perovskite indoor solar cells, leading to a high efficiency of 35.99% under the indoor illumination of 1000 lux Cool-white light-emitting diodes. Replacing dimethylformamide (DMF) with N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) in the perovskite precursor solvent significantly passivates the intrinsic defects within the thus-prepared perovskite films, prolongs the charge carrier lifetimes and reduces non-radiative charge recombination of the devices. Compared to the DMF, the much higher interaction energy between NMP and formamidinium iodide/lead halide contributes to the markedly improved quality of the perovskite thin films with reduced interfacial halide deficiency and non-radiative charge recombination, which in turn enhances the device performance. This work paves the way for developing efficient indoor perovskite solar cells for the increasing demand for power supplies of Internet-of-Things devices.
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- E Q Han
- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (St Lucia), Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (St Lucia), Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- College of Physics, Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (St Lucia), Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (St Lucia), Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Air and Environment Energy Nexus Lab, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, Republic of Korea
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- College of Physics, Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (St Lucia), Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET), University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
- Advanced Technology Institute, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (St Lucia), Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- Air and Environment Energy Nexus Lab, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland (St Lucia), Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Mussakhanuly N, Soufiani AM, Bernardi S, Gan J, Bhattacharyya SK, Chin RL, Muhammad H, Dubajic M, Gentle A, Chen W, Zhang M, Nielsen MP, Huang S, Asbury J, Widmer-Cooper A, Yun JS, Hao X. Thermal Disorder-Induced Strain and Carrier Localization Activate Reverse Halide Segregation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2311458. [PMID: 38059415 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
The reversal of halide ions is studied under various conditions. However, the underlying mechanism of heat-induced reversal remains unclear. This work finds that dynamic disorder-induced localization of self-trapped polarons and thermal disorder-induced strain (TDIS) can be co-acting drivers of reverse segregation. Localization of polarons results in an order of magnitude decrease in excess carrier density (polaron population), causing a reduced impact of the light-induced strain (LIS - responsible for segregation) on the perovskite framework. Meanwhile, exposing the lattice to TDIS exceeding the LIS can eliminate the photoexcitation-induced strain gradient, as thermal fluctuations of the lattice can mask the LIS strain. Under continuous 0.1 W cm⁻2 illumination (upon segregation), the strain disorder is estimated to be 0.14%, while at 80 °C under dark conditions, the strain is 0.23%. However, in situ heating of the segregated film to 80 °C under continuous illumination (upon reversal) increases the total strain disorder to 0.25%, where TDIS is likely to have a dominant contribution. Therefore, the contribution of entropy to the system's free energy is likely to dominate, respectively. Various temperature-dependent in situ measurements and simulations further support the results. These findings highlight the importance of strain homogenization for designing stable perovskites under real-world operating conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nursultan Mussakhanuly
- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Division Solar Energy, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Solid State and Elemental Analysis Unit (SSEAU), Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, 2007, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
- School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, China
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
- The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
- Advanced Technology Institute, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, 2052, Australia
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Lim J, Choi E, Kim M, Lee M, Chen D, Green MA, Seidel J, Kim C, Park J, Hao X, Yun JS. Revealing the Dynamics of the Thermal Reaction between Copper and Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:20866-20874. [PMID: 35499459 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c01061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Copper (Cu) is present not only in the electrode for inverted-structure halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) but also in transport layers such as copper iodide (CuI), copper thiocyanate (CuSCN), and copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) alternatives to spiro-OMeTAD due to their improved thermal stability. While Cu or Cu-incorporated materials have been effectively utilized in halide perovskites, there is a lack of thorough investigation on the direct reaction between Cu and a perovskite under thermal stress. In this study, we investigated the thermal reaction between Cu and a perovskite as well as the degradation mechanism by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM). The results show that high temperatures of 100 °C induce Cu to be incorporated into the perovskite lattice by forming "Cu-rich yet organic A-site-poor" perovskites, (CuxA1-x)PbX3, near the grain boundaries, which result in device performance degradation.
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- Jihoo Lim
- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Sundrive Solar, Kirrawee, NSW 2232, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Solar Energy R&D Department, Green Energy Institute, Mokpo, Chonnam 58656, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52849, Republic of Korea
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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Xiong Y, Cao G, Chen X, Yang J, Shi M, Wang Y, Nie F, Huo D, Hou C. One-pot platform for rapid detecting virus utilizing recombinase polymerase amplification and CRISPR/Cas12a. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:4607-4616. [PMID: 35708748 PMCID: PMC9201268 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12015-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The livestock industry has been deeply affected by African swine fever virus (ASFV) and Capripoxvirus (CaPV), which caused an enormous economic damage. It is emergent to develop a reliable detection method. Here, we developed a rapid, ultra-sensitive, and one-pot DNA detection method combining recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and CRISPR/Cas12a for ASFV and CaPV, named one-pot-RPA-Cas12a (OpRCas) platform. It had the virtue of both RPA and CRISPR/Cas12a, such as high amplification efficiency, constant temperature reaction, and strict target selectivity, which made diagnosis simplified, accurate and easy to be operated without expensive equipment. Meanwhile, the reagents of RPA and CRISPR/Cas12a were added to the lid and bottom of tube in one go, which overcame the incompatibility of two reactions and aerosol contamination. To save cost, we only need a quarter of the amount of regular RPA per reaction which is enough to achieve clinical diagnosis. The OpRCas platform was 10 to 100 times more sensitive than qPCR; the limit of detection (LOD) was as low as 1.2 × 10-6 ng/µL (3.07 copies/µL by ddPCR) of ASFV and 7.7 × 10-5 ng/µL (1.02 copies/µL by ddPCR) of CaPV with the portable fluorometer in 40 min. In addition, the OpRCas platform combined with the lateral flow assay (LFA) strip to suit for point-of-care (POC) testing. It showed 93.3% consistency with qPCR for clinical sample analysis. Results prove that OpRCas platform is an easy-handling, ultra-sensitive, and rapid to achieve ASFV and CaPV POC testing. KEY POINTS: • The platform realizes one-pot reaction of RPA and Cas12a. • Sensitivity is 100 times more than qPCR. • Three output modes are suitable to be used to quantitative test or POC testing.
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- Yifan Xiong
- Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cattle Diseases Detection (Chongqing), Chongqing Customs, Chongqing Customs Technology Center, Chongqing, 400020, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cattle Diseases Detection (Chongqing), Chongqing Customs, Chongqing Customs Technology Center, Chongqing, 400020, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cattle Diseases Detection (Chongqing), Chongqing Customs, Chongqing Customs Technology Center, Chongqing, 400020, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cattle Diseases Detection (Chongqing), Chongqing Customs, Chongqing Customs Technology Center, Chongqing, 400020, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory for Biorheological Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Vascular Implants, Bioengineering College of Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, People's Republic of China.
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