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Xiong HJ, Luo YL, Deng DR, Zhu CW, Song JX, Weng JC, Fan XH, Li GF, Zeng Y, Li Y, Wu QH. In-situ synthesis Fe 3C@C/rGO as matrix for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries at room and low temperatures. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 668:448-458. [PMID: 38691955 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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People have been focusing on how to improve the specific capacity and cycling stability of lithium-sulfur batteries at room temperature, however, on some special occasions such as cold cities and aerospace fields, the operating temperature is low, which dramatically hinders the performance of batteries. Here, we report an iron carbide (Fe3C)/rGO composite as electrode host, the Fe3C nanoparticles in the composite have strong adsorption and high catalytic ability for polysulfide. The rGO makes the distribution of Fe3C nanoparticles more disperse, and this specific structure makes the deposition of Li2S more uniform. Therefore, it realizes the rapid transformation and high performance of lithium-sulfur batteries at both room and low temperatures. At room temperature, after 100 cycles at 1C current density, the reversible specific capacity of the battery can be stabilized at 889 ± 7.1 mAh/g. Even at -40 °C, in the first cycle battery still emits 542.9 ± 3.7 mAh/g specific capacity. This broadens the operating temperature for lithium-sulfur batteries and also provides a new idea for the selection of host materials for sulfur in low-temperature lithium-sulfur batteries.
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- Hai-Ji Xiong
- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China.
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jiangsu Key Lab of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- Jimei University, College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China.
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Lu B, Zhang C, Deng DR, Weng JC, Song JX, Fan XH, Li GF, Li Y, Wu QH. Synthesis of Low-Cost and High-Performance Dual-Atom Doped Carbon-Based Materials with a Simple Green Route as Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Molecules 2023; 28:7314. [PMID: 37959733 PMCID: PMC10649136 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28217314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are promising alternatives to replace lithium-ion batteries as future energy storage batteries because of their abundant sodium resources, low cost, and high charging efficiency. In order to match the high energy capacity and density, designing an atomically doped carbonous material as the anode is presently one of the important strategies to commercialize SIBs. In this work, we report the preparation of high-performance dual-atom-doped carbon (C) materials using low-cost corn starch and thiourea (CH4N2S) as the precursors. The electronegativity and radii of the doped atoms and C are different, which can vary the embedding properties of sodium ions (Na+) into/on C. As sulfur (S) can effectively expand the layer spacing, it provides more channels for embedding and de-embedding Na+. The synergistic effect of N and S co-doping can remarkably boost the performance of SIBs. The capacity is preserved at 400 mAh g -1 after 200 cycles at 500 mA g-1; more notably, the initial Coulombic efficiency is 81%. Even at a high rate of high current of 10 A g-1, the cell capacity can still reach 170 mAh g-1. More importantly, after 3000 cycles at 1 A g-1, the capacity decay is less than 0.003% per cycle, which demonstrates its excellent electrochemical performance. These results indicate that high-performance carbon materials can be prepared using low-cost corn starch and thiourea.
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- Bin Lu
- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, School of Marin Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361000, China; (B.L.); (J.-C.W.); (J.-X.S.); (X.-H.F.); (G.-F.L.); (Q.-H.W.)
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Jalan Sunsuria, Bandar Sunsuria, Sepang 43900, Malaysia;
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, School of Marin Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361000, China; (B.L.); (J.-C.W.); (J.-X.S.); (X.-H.F.); (G.-F.L.); (Q.-H.W.)
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, School of Marin Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361000, China; (B.L.); (J.-C.W.); (J.-X.S.); (X.-H.F.); (G.-F.L.); (Q.-H.W.)
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, School of Marin Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361000, China; (B.L.); (J.-C.W.); (J.-X.S.); (X.-H.F.); (G.-F.L.); (Q.-H.W.)
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, School of Marin Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361000, China; (B.L.); (J.-C.W.); (J.-X.S.); (X.-H.F.); (G.-F.L.); (Q.-H.W.)
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, School of Marin Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361000, China; (B.L.); (J.-C.W.); (J.-X.S.); (X.-H.F.); (G.-F.L.); (Q.-H.W.)
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, School of Marin Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361000, China; (B.L.); (J.-C.W.); (J.-X.S.); (X.-H.F.); (G.-F.L.); (Q.-H.W.)
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Deng DR, Li C, Weng JC, Fan XH, Chen ZJ, Yang G, Li Y, Wu QH, Zheng MS, Dong QF. Thin Nano Cages with Limited Hollow Space for Ultrahigh Sulfur Loading Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:45414-45422. [PMID: 36183261 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c12841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Owning to its various advantages, the lithium-sulfur battery is one of the research hot spots for new energy storage systems. Diverse hollow structures with specific morphologies have been used as the sulfur host materials to adsorb or/and catalyze the polysulfides, and can in particular concurrently inhibit the volume expansion during electrochemical processes in lithium-sulfur batteries. However, hollow space with a large volume will restrict the performance of the cell under high sulfur area loading, which is a very important indicator for the practical applications of the lithium-sulfur battery. Here, we report a nano thin cage cobalt acid zinc (ZnCo2O4) with limited hollow space as the cathode catalyst for lithium-sulfur batteries, which greatly reduces the electrode volume occupied by the hollow structure. The hollow volume of these thin cages is much smaller than those of the normally reported hollow materials in the literatue. The electrochemical performance of lithium-sulfur batteries with ZnCo2O4 thin cages could greatly improve due to the unique structure and the synergistic adsorption/catalytic effect of Zn/Co sites, especially at an ultrahigh S area load. Under a high S loading of 8 mg cm-2, the cell could keep a reversible capacity of 600 mAh g-1 after 500 cycles. Even at a sulfur loading of 10 mg cm-2, the cell still releases a discharge capacity of 1000 mAh g-1 which is equivalent of an area capacity of 10 mAh cm-2. This work provides a feasible way to develop lithium sulfur batteries with a high area sulfur load. This idea provides a possible solution to develop a Li-S battery at high area S loading and move one step closer to the practical applications.
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- Ding-Rong Deng
- College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- Jiangsu Key Lab of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Cleaning Utilization, Development, Cleaning Combustion and Energy Utilization Research Center of Fujian Province, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Marine Corrosion and Smart Protective Materials, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChem, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Shyu LY, Tsai HH, Lin DP, Chang HH, Tyan YS, Weng JC. An 8-week brain MRI follow-up analysis of rat eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. Zoonoses Public Health 2013; 61:411-9. [PMID: 24207053 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Early differential diagnosis and timely follow-up are advantageous in the management of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. This study aimed to characterize angiostrongyliasis in the rat brain for an 8-week period using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images (T1WI), T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), fluid attenuation inversion recovery (FLAIR) and R2 mapping sequences. The data were analysed with Mathematica and Matlab software programs for weekly changes in each brain following the infection of 20, 50, 100 and 300 third-stage larvae (L3), respectively. The results showed that the average subarachnoid space detected by T2WI technique was peaked up to 10% increase of original size on day 35 after 100 or 300 larvae infection, while those infected with 20 or 50 larvae showed less than 4% increase during the entire course of observation. This increase was relevant to the mortality of the infected rats, because those with 100 or 300 larvae infections showed a sharp decrease in survival rate before day 40. After day 40, the average subarachnoid space was decreased, but the average ventricle size was persistently increased, with the highest increase observed in the group infected with 300 larvae on day 56. Furthermore, the R2 mapping mean and R2 mapping size were significantly different between the brains with severe infection (100 and 300 larvae groups together) and those with mild infection (20 and 50 larvae groups together) on day 49, but not on day 35. Our results showed that diagnosis for different quantity of larvae infection using MRI is possible and follow-up characterization is informative in revealing the effects of angiostrongyliasis on different brain areas. In conclusion, our results support the use of MRI as a non-invasive diagnostic technique for eosinophilic meningitis caused by A. cantonensis infection.
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- L Y Shyu
- Department of Parasitology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty has been introduced as an alternative to uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for treatment of snoring and potentially of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Between July 1994 and June 1996, 192 patients underwent 227 laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty procedures. Loud habitual snoring was evaluated in 42 women (21.8%) and 150 men (78.2%), who were then treated with laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty. Among the 192 patients (227 procedures), with ages from 18 to 81 years (mean 42.6 years), 15.6% (30 patients) had more than one laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty treatment. In our series, 80 patients (42.1%) had a history of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in addition to snoring. Laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty treatment in patients with loud snoring resulted in elimination of snoring in 61%, partial improvement of snoring in 26%, and no improvement in 13%. The overall success rate was 87%. The mean body mass index was significantly higher in the patients with no response after the operation (27.9 kg/m2) compared with that in the patients with a good response (25.9 kg/m2). Obese (body mass index >30 kg/m2) patients were more likely to have no response to laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty treatment of snoring than patients with an ideal body weight (body mass index <25 kg/m2) (p < 0.01). We conclude that the body mass index may be of significant value in the postoperative success rate of laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty for the treatment of snoring.
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- D S Cheng
- Kaiser Hospital, Bellflower, California, USA
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Chen JJ, Lien WP, Chen JH, Hsu KL, Hsieh YY, Wu TL, Wang JL, Weng JC. The role of autonomic chronotropic influences in patients with the sick sinus syndrome. Taiwan Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi 1984; 83:86-97. [PMID: 6586991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Chen JH, Lien WP, Chen JJ, Hsieh YY, Huang CT, Wang JL, Weng JC, Wu TL, Tseng WP, Jan KM. Clinical spectrum of ruptured mitral chordae tendineae. Taiwan Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi 1983; 82:898-912. [PMID: 6580376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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