Lithium metal batteries have been considered as one of the most promising next-generation power-support devices due to their high specific energy and output voltage.However,the uncontrollable side-reaction and lithium...Lithium metal batteries have been considered as one of the most promising next-generation power-support devices due to their high specific energy and output voltage.However,the uncontrollable side-reaction and lithium dendrite growth lead to the limited serving life and hinder the practical application of lithium metal batteries.Here,a tri-monomer copolymerized gel polymer electrolyte(TGPE)with a cross-linked reticulation structure was prepared by introducing a cross-linker(polyurethane group)into the acrylate-based in situ polymerization system.The soft segment of polyurethane in TGPE enables the far migration of lithium ions,and the-NH forms hydrogen bonds in the hard segment to build a stable cross-linked framework.This system hinders anion migration and leads to a high Li^(+)migration number(t_(Li^(+))=0.65),which achieves uniform lithium deposition and effectively inhibits lithium dendrite growth.As a result,the assembled symmetric cell shows robust reversibility over 5500 h at a current density of 1 mA cm^(-2).The LFP∷TGPE∷Li cell has a capacity retention of 89.8%after cycling 800 times at a rate of 1C.In summary,in situ polymerization of TGPE electrolytes is expected to be a candidate material for high-energy-density lithium metal batteries.展开更多
Purpose:To explore the application effect of the cultivation mode of Curriculum Ideology and Political Integration of Medical Humanities to enhance the core values of medicine in the clinical internship stage of medic...Purpose:To explore the application effect of the cultivation mode of Curriculum Ideology and Political Integration of Medical Humanities to enhance the core values of medicine in the clinical internship stage of medical students.Methods:Students in the clinical internship stage of the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College were selected,and a total of 156 students in one random class in each grade were taken as the observation group and received the integration cultivation mode;148 students were taken as the control group and employed the traditional mode.The teaching effect of interns in the two groups was analyzed.Results:The teaching performance of students in both groups after clinical internship teaching was improved compared with that before admission;the teaching performance,teaching effect,teaching evaluation,and teaching satisfaction of the observation group were higher than that of the control group.Conclusion:The integration of the medical humanities training model with curriculum ideology and politics in the clinical internship of medical students is conducive to the improvement of teaching performance,teaching evaluation,teaching satisfaction of teachers and students,and the development and improvement of core values of medical students,which is of good value for teaching application.展开更多
Enhancing catalytic activity through modulating the interaction between N-doped carbon and metal phosphides clusters is an effective approach.Herein,the electronic structure modulation of CoP_(2) supported N-modified ...Enhancing catalytic activity through modulating the interaction between N-doped carbon and metal phosphides clusters is an effective approach.Herein,the electronic structure modulation of CoP_(2) supported N-modified carbon(CoP_(2)/NC)has been designed and prepared as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR),oxygen evolution reaction(OER),and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).Notably,CoP_(2)/NC-1 catalyst exhibits impressive performance in alkaline media,with an ORR half-wave potential of 0.84 V,as well as OER and HER overpotentials of 290 and 129 mV(at 10 mA·cm^(−2)),respectively.In addition,CoP_(2)/NC-1 produces a power density as high as 172.9 mW·cm^(−2),and excellent reversibility of 100 h at 20 mA·cm^(−2) in home-made Zn-air batteries.The experimental results demonstrate that the synergistic interactions between N modified carbon substrate and CoP_(2) material significantly enhance the kinetics of ORR,OER,and HER.Density functional theory(DFT)calculations reveal the strong electrons redistribution of CoP_(2) induced by high-density N atoms at the interface,thus optimizing the key intermediates and significantly lower the energy barrier of reactions.These electronic adjustments of CoP_(2) greatly enhance its kinetics of ORR/OER/HER,leading to faster reactions.This study provides profound insights into the specific modification of CoP_(2) by N-doped carbon,enabling the construction of efficient catalysts.展开更多
Battery recycling is indispensable for alleviating critical material shortages and enabling sustainable battery applications.However,current methods mostly focus on spent batteries,which not only require sophisticated...Battery recycling is indispensable for alleviating critical material shortages and enabling sustainable battery applications.However,current methods mostly focus on spent batteries,which not only require sophisticated disassembly and material extraction but also have unknown chemistries and states of health,resulting in high costs and extreme challenges to achieve regeneration.Here,we propose the direct recycling and effective regeneration of air-degraded LiNi_(0.5)Co_(0.2)Mn_(0.3)O_(2)(NCM523)cathode directly from battery scraps generated during battery manufacturing.The NCM523 shows surface degradation only a few nanometers deep and accordingly can be regenerated without adding Li,achieving restored properties(170 mAh g^(-1) at 0.1 C,92.7%retention after 1000 cycles)similar to those of fresh commercial materials.EverBatt analysis shows that scrap recycling has a profit of$1.984 kg^(-1),which is~10 times higher than conventional recycling,making it practical and economical to rejuvenate slightly degraded electrode materials for sustainable battery manufacturing.展开更多
LiNi_(0.5)Co_(0.2)Mn_(0.3)O_(2)(NCM523)has become one of the most popular cathode materials for current lithium-ion batteries due to its high-energy density and cost performance.However,the rapid capacity fading of NC...LiNi_(0.5)Co_(0.2)Mn_(0.3)O_(2)(NCM523)has become one of the most popular cathode materials for current lithium-ion batteries due to its high-energy density and cost performance.However,the rapid capacity fading of NCM severely hinders its development and applications.Here,the single crystal NCM523 materials under different degradation states are characterized using scanning transmission electron microscopy(STEM).Then we developed a neural network model with a two-sequential attention block to recognize the crystal structure and locate defects in STEM images.The number of point defects in NCM523 is observed to experience a trend of increasing first and then decreasing in the degradation process.The space between the transition metal columns shrinks obviously,inducing dramatic capacity decay.This analysis sheds light on the defect evolution and chemical transformation correlated with layered material degradation.It also provides interesting hints for researchers to regenerate the electrochemical capacity and design better battery materials with longer life.展开更多
Polymers have been widely used in energy storage,construction,medicine,aerospace,and so on.However,the complexity of chemical composition and morphology of polymers has brought challenges to their development.Thanks t...Polymers have been widely used in energy storage,construction,medicine,aerospace,and so on.However,the complexity of chemical composition and morphology of polymers has brought challenges to their development.Thanks to the integration of machine leaming algorithms and large data resources,the data-driven methods have opened up a new road for the development of poly-mer science and engineering.The emerging polymer informatics attempts to accelerate the performance prediction and process optimization of new poly-mers by using machine learning models based on reliable data.With the grad-ual supplement of currently available databases,the emergence of new databases and the continuous improvement of machine learning algorithms,the research paradigm of polymer informatics will be more efficient and widely used.Based on these points,this paper reviews the development trends of machine learning assisted polymer informatics and provides a simple introduc-tion for researchers in materials,artificial intelligence,and other fields.展开更多
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52077096)
文摘Lithium metal batteries have been considered as one of the most promising next-generation power-support devices due to their high specific energy and output voltage.However,the uncontrollable side-reaction and lithium dendrite growth lead to the limited serving life and hinder the practical application of lithium metal batteries.Here,a tri-monomer copolymerized gel polymer electrolyte(TGPE)with a cross-linked reticulation structure was prepared by introducing a cross-linker(polyurethane group)into the acrylate-based in situ polymerization system.The soft segment of polyurethane in TGPE enables the far migration of lithium ions,and the-NH forms hydrogen bonds in the hard segment to build a stable cross-linked framework.This system hinders anion migration and leads to a high Li^(+)migration number(t_(Li^(+))=0.65),which achieves uniform lithium deposition and effectively inhibits lithium dendrite growth.As a result,the assembled symmetric cell shows robust reversibility over 5500 h at a current density of 1 mA cm^(-2).The LFP∷TGPE∷Li cell has a capacity retention of 89.8%after cycling 800 times at a rate of 1C.In summary,in situ polymerization of TGPE electrolytes is expected to be a candidate material for high-energy-density lithium metal batteries.
基金Ideological and Political Project of Scientific Research Fund of Baotou Medical College(BYJJ-SZZX 202303)。
文摘Purpose:To explore the application effect of the cultivation mode of Curriculum Ideology and Political Integration of Medical Humanities to enhance the core values of medicine in the clinical internship stage of medical students.Methods:Students in the clinical internship stage of the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College were selected,and a total of 156 students in one random class in each grade were taken as the observation group and received the integration cultivation mode;148 students were taken as the control group and employed the traditional mode.The teaching effect of interns in the two groups was analyzed.Results:The teaching performance of students in both groups after clinical internship teaching was improved compared with that before admission;the teaching performance,teaching effect,teaching evaluation,and teaching satisfaction of the observation group were higher than that of the control group.Conclusion:The integration of the medical humanities training model with curriculum ideology and politics in the clinical internship of medical students is conducive to the improvement of teaching performance,teaching evaluation,teaching satisfaction of teachers and students,and the development and improvement of core values of medical students,which is of good value for teaching application.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81303182,81173523)the National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for“Significant New Drugs Development”(2018ZX09734-002).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51872209,52171145,21972106,22105146)Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation project key project(No.LZ20B030001)Zhejiang Provincial Special Support Program for High-level Talents(No.2019R52042).
文摘Enhancing catalytic activity through modulating the interaction between N-doped carbon and metal phosphides clusters is an effective approach.Herein,the electronic structure modulation of CoP_(2) supported N-modified carbon(CoP_(2)/NC)has been designed and prepared as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR),oxygen evolution reaction(OER),and hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).Notably,CoP_(2)/NC-1 catalyst exhibits impressive performance in alkaline media,with an ORR half-wave potential of 0.84 V,as well as OER and HER overpotentials of 290 and 129 mV(at 10 mA·cm^(−2)),respectively.In addition,CoP_(2)/NC-1 produces a power density as high as 172.9 mW·cm^(−2),and excellent reversibility of 100 h at 20 mA·cm^(−2) in home-made Zn-air batteries.The experimental results demonstrate that the synergistic interactions between N modified carbon substrate and CoP_(2) material significantly enhance the kinetics of ORR,OER,and HER.Density functional theory(DFT)calculations reveal the strong electrons redistribution of CoP_(2) induced by high-density N atoms at the interface,thus optimizing the key intermediates and significantly lower the energy barrier of reactions.These electronic adjustments of CoP_(2) greatly enhance its kinetics of ORR/OER/HER,leading to faster reactions.This study provides profound insights into the specific modification of CoP_(2) by N-doped carbon,enabling the construction of efficient catalysts.
基金This project was supported by the fund from the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFB2404303,2021YFA1202300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC No.5202780089,52107224)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,HUST:2021GCRC046.
文摘Battery recycling is indispensable for alleviating critical material shortages and enabling sustainable battery applications.However,current methods mostly focus on spent batteries,which not only require sophisticated disassembly and material extraction but also have unknown chemistries and states of health,resulting in high costs and extreme challenges to achieve regeneration.Here,we propose the direct recycling and effective regeneration of air-degraded LiNi_(0.5)Co_(0.2)Mn_(0.3)O_(2)(NCM523)cathode directly from battery scraps generated during battery manufacturing.The NCM523 shows surface degradation only a few nanometers deep and accordingly can be regenerated without adding Li,achieving restored properties(170 mAh g^(-1) at 0.1 C,92.7%retention after 1000 cycles)similar to those of fresh commercial materials.EverBatt analysis shows that scrap recycling has a profit of$1.984 kg^(-1),which is~10 times higher than conventional recycling,making it practical and economical to rejuvenate slightly degraded electrode materials for sustainable battery manufacturing.
基金This project was supported by the fund from National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC No.52077096 and 52107224)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant No.2019M662612+1 种基金the Interdisciplinary Program of Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center from Huazhong University of Science and Technology(Grant No.WHMFC202138)State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co.,Ltd.technology project 5211UZ2000K1.
文摘LiNi_(0.5)Co_(0.2)Mn_(0.3)O_(2)(NCM523)has become one of the most popular cathode materials for current lithium-ion batteries due to its high-energy density and cost performance.However,the rapid capacity fading of NCM severely hinders its development and applications.Here,the single crystal NCM523 materials under different degradation states are characterized using scanning transmission electron microscopy(STEM).Then we developed a neural network model with a two-sequential attention block to recognize the crystal structure and locate defects in STEM images.The number of point defects in NCM523 is observed to experience a trend of increasing first and then decreasing in the degradation process.The space between the transition metal columns shrinks obviously,inducing dramatic capacity decay.This analysis sheds light on the defect evolution and chemical transformation correlated with layered material degradation.It also provides interesting hints for researchers to regenerate the electrochemical capacity and design better battery materials with longer life.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(52077096)China Southern Power research fund for fire safety for large scale grid energy storage system(090000KK52190179).
文摘Polymers have been widely used in energy storage,construction,medicine,aerospace,and so on.However,the complexity of chemical composition and morphology of polymers has brought challenges to their development.Thanks to the integration of machine leaming algorithms and large data resources,the data-driven methods have opened up a new road for the development of poly-mer science and engineering.The emerging polymer informatics attempts to accelerate the performance prediction and process optimization of new poly-mers by using machine learning models based on reliable data.With the grad-ual supplement of currently available databases,the emergence of new databases and the continuous improvement of machine learning algorithms,the research paradigm of polymer informatics will be more efficient and widely used.Based on these points,this paper reviews the development trends of machine learning assisted polymer informatics and provides a simple introduc-tion for researchers in materials,artificial intelligence,and other fields.
