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- Kim, Dae-Kyum, et al.
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EVpedia: A Community Web Portal for Extracellular Vesicles Research
- 2015
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In: Bioinformatics. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1367-4803 .- 1367-4811. ; 31:6, s. 933-939
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Motivation: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are spherical bilayered proteolipids, harboring various bioactive molecules. Due to the complexity of the vesicular nomenclatures and components, online searches for EV-related publications and vesicular components are currently challenging. Results: We present an improved version of EVpedia, a public database for EVs research. This community web portal contains a database of publications and vesicular components, identification of orthologous vesicular components, bioinformatic tools and a personalized function. EVpedia includes 6879 publications, 172 080 vesicular components from 263 high-throughput datasets, and has been accessed more than 65 000 times from more than 750 cities. In addition, about 350 members from 73 international research groups have participated in developing EVpedia. This free web-based database might serve as a useful resource to stimulate the emerging field of EV research.
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- Chen, Qiaonan, 1992, et al.
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Effects of Flexible Conjugation-Break Spacers of Non-Conjugated Polymer Acceptors on Photovoltaic and Mechanical Properties of All-Polymer Solar Cells
- 2022
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In: Nano-Micro Letters. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2311-6706 .- 2150-5551. ; 14:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Highlights: A series of non-conjugated acceptor polymers with flexible conjugation-break spacers (FCBSs) of different lengths were synthesized.The effect of FCBSs length on solubility of the acceptor polymers, and their photovoltaic and mechanical properties in all-polymer solar cells were explored.This work provides useful guidelines for the design of semiconducting polymers by introducing FCBS with proper length, which can giantly improved properties that are not possible to be achieved by the state-of-the-art fully conjugated polymers. Abstract: All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) possess attractive merits including superior thermal stability and mechanical flexibility for large-area roll-to-roll processing. Introducing flexible conjugation-break spacers (FCBSs) into backbones of polymer donor (PD) or polymer acceptor (PA) has been demonstrated as an efficient approach to enhance both the photovoltaic (PV) and mechanical properties of the all-PSCs. However, length dependency of FCBS on certain all-PSC related properties has not been systematically explored. In this regard, we report a series of new non-conjugated PAs by incorporating FCBS with various lengths (2, 4, and 8 carbon atoms in thioalkyl segments). Unlike common studies on so-called side-chain engineering, where longer side chains would lead to better solubility of those resulting polymers, in this work, we observe that the solubilities and the resulting photovoltaic/mechanical properties are optimized by a proper FCBS length (i.e., C2) in PA named PYTS-C2. Its all-PSC achieves a high efficiency of 11.37%, and excellent mechanical robustness with a crack onset strain of 12.39%, significantly superior to those of the other PAs. These results firstly demonstrate the effects of FCBS lengths on the PV performance and mechanical properties of the all-PSCs, providing an effective strategy to fine-tune the structures of PAs for highly efficient and mechanically robust PSCs.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]
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- Fan, Qunping, 1989, et al.
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Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells from Narrow Band Gap Acceptors with Hetero-Bridging Atoms
- 2020
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In: Joule. - : Elsevier BV. - 2542-4351. ; 4:3, s. 658-672
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We developed three narrow band-gap polymer acceptors PF2-DTC, PF2-DTSi, and PF2-DTGe with different bridging atoms (i.e., C, Si, and Ge). Studies found that such different bridging atoms significantly affect the crystallinity, extinction coefficient, electron mobility of the polymer acceptors, and the morphology and mechanical robustness of related active layers. In all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs), these polymer acceptors achieved high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 8.0%, while PF2-DTSi obtained the highest PCE of 10.77% due to its improved exciton dissociation, charge transport, and optimized morphology. Moreover, the PF2-DTSi-based active layer showed excellent mechanical robustness with a high toughness value of 9.3 MJ m−3 and a large elongation at a break of 8.6%, which is a great advantage for the practical applications of flexible devices. As a result, the PF2-DTSi-based flexible all-PSC retained >90% of its initial PCE (6.37%) after bending and relaxing 1,200 times at a bending radius of ∼4 mm.
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- Kim, Hee Jae, et al.
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Lithium dendritic growth inhibitor enabling high capacity, dendrite-free, and high current operation for rechargeable lithium batteries
- 2022
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In: Energy Storage Materials. - : Elsevier. - 2405-8289 .- 2405-8297. ; 46, s. 76-89
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- There is no doubt that lithium-metal batteries (LMBs) are considered as attractive power sources owing to their ex-traordinarily high energy density. However, the formation of lithium dendrites during repeated plating/stripping processes hinders their practical application. Herein, we introduce phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5) as an addi-tive to commercial carbonate-based electrolytes to effectively suppress the dendritic growth on the surface of a lithium-metal anode. Significant improvement of the lifespan and coulombic efficiency of the cell were observed with the addition of P2O5 to the electrolyte in Li || Li, Li || Type 316L SS, Li || Cu, and Li || graphite cells. According to surface analyses and microscopic studies, we found reduction mechanism of the P2O5-induced solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation on Li metal. Namely, electrolytic decomposition product, LiF, reacts with P2O5 addi-tive in electrolyte, so that LiPO2F2 is produced by following reaction: 6LiF + 2P(2)O(5) ->& nbsp;3LiPO(2)F(2) + Li3PO4, of which those products suppress dendritic growth of lithium as visualized by operando Synchrotron tomography. The compatibility and outstanding rate performance of the additive-based electrolyte were also demonstrated in Li || NCM full cells. As a result, this finding confirms an effective way to stabilize SEI layers in LMBs via a facile and inexpensive route.
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- Park, Yu Rim, et al.
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Enhancement of catabolite regulatory genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to increase ethanol production using hydrolysate from red seaweed Gloiopeltis furcata
- 2021
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In: Journal of Biotechnology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-1656 .- 1873-4863. ; 333, s. 1-9
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Glucose and galactose are monosaccharides obtained from Gloiopeltis furcata (Red algae). A total monosaccharide yield of 62.3 g/L was obtained from G. furcata using thermal acid hydrolysis and enzymatic saccharification. Activated carbon was used to eliminate hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from the hydrolysate. Previously obtained monosaccharides are used for ethanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. S. cerevisiae consumes glucose first, then galactose. The methods for reducing fermentation time and increasing the ethanol yield coefficient using the simultaneous consumption of glucose and galactose have been evaluated. Gal3p and Gal80p of S. cerevisiae act as signal transducers that govern the galactose inducer Gal4p mediated transcriptional activation of the Gal gene family. Gal80p binds to Gal4p for transcription deactivation. Therefore, Gal80p was deleted for Gal4p expression without interruption.
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- Wolkeba, Zewdneh Genene, 1983, et al.
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Polymer Acceptors with Flexible Spacers Afford Efficient and Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells
- 2022
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In: Advanced Materials. - : Wiley. - 0935-9648 .- 1521-4095. ; 34:6
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- High efficiency and mechanical robustness are both crucial for the practical applications of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) in stretchable and wearable electronics. In this regard, a series of new polymer acceptors (PAs) is reported by incorporating a flexible conjugation-break spacer (FCBS) to achieve highly efficient and mechanically robust all-PSCs. Incorporation of FCBS affords the effective modulation of the crystallinity and pre-aggregation of the PAs, and achieves the optimal blend morphology with polymer donor (PD), increasing both the photovoltaic and mechanical properties of all-PSCs. In particular, an all-PSC based on PYTS-0.3 PA incorporated with 30% FCBS and PBDB-T PD demonstrates a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 14.68% and excellent mechanical stretchability with a crack onset strain (COS) of 21.64% and toughness of 3.86 MJ m-3, which is significantly superior to those of devices with the PA without the FCBS (PYTS-0.0, PCE = 13.01%, and toughness = 2.70 MJ m-3). To date, this COS is the highest value reported for PSCs with PCEs of over 8% without any insulating additives. These results reveal that the introduction of FCBS into the conjugated backbone is a highly feasible strategy to simultaneously improve the PCE and stretchability of PSCs.
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