Advanced Energy Materials
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2020
·Vol. 10
·期 23
·2000687
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IF 25.245
Jianming Yang,Shaobing Xiong,Jingnan Song,Hongbo Wu,Yihan Zeng,Linyang Lu,Kongchao Shen,Tianyu Hao,Zaifei Ma,Feng Liu,Chungang Duan,Mats Fahlman,Qinye Bao
2D Ruddlesden–Popper perovskites (RPPs) are emerging as potential challengers to their 3D counterpart due to superior stability and competitive efficiency. However, the fundamental questions on energetics of the 2D RPPs are not well understood. Here, the energetics at (PEA) 2 (MA) n −1 Pb n I 3 n +1 /[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) interfaces with varying n values of 1, 3, 5, 40, and ∞ are systematically investigated. It is found that n–n junctions form at the 2D RPP interfaces ( n = 3, 5, and 40), instead of p–n junctions in the pure 2D and 3D scenarios ( n = 1 and ∞). The potential gradient across phenethylammonium iodide ligands that significantly decreases surface work function, promotes separation of the photogenerated charge carriers with electron transferring from perovskite crystal to ligand at the interface, reducing charge recombination, which contributes to the smallest energy loss and the highest open-circuit voltage ( V oc ) in the perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on the 2D RPP ( n = 5)/PCBM. The mechanism is further verified by inserting a thin 2D RPP capping layer between pure 3D perovskite and PCBM in PSCs, causing the V oc to evidently increase by 94 mV. Capacitance–voltage measurements with Mott–Schottky analysis demonstrate that such V oc improvement is attributed to the enhanced potential at the interface.
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材料科学
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能源工程
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Nano Energy
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2022
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IF 19.069
Cheng Yan,Xiankan Zeng,Qungui Wang,Xiaodong Peng,Wen Li,Jingjing Cao,Yue Gao,Xiang Chu,Xuehai Fu,Shiyu Yang,Yongjian Chen,Weiqing Yang
To fundamentally understand the underlying interfacial physics of hole transporting layer is a key to rotationally engineer high-performance light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Here, we unravel the hole interlayer-dependent interfacial energetics of LEDs via combining imaged contact potential/polarization difference, and multi-time scale capacitance/voltage response. A universally existing but undesired stagnation of current density with voltages, under the direct contact of light-emitting Poly-TPD with electrodes, was proved to be rooted from the alternant dominance of capacitance/resistance behaviors with alternating strong/weak polarizations of Poly-TPD. The introduction of hole interlayer (PEDOT:PSS) with more disordered polarization direction and greater intensity can build plentiful carrier hopping channels and ensure the rapidly dynamic charge transfer from electrodes to Poly-TPD, conducing to the increased capacitive reactance contribution at low voltages and inductive effects at high voltages. Also, we clarify its frequency-response difference for emerging high-speed modulation application. This discovery might enable us to explore the next-generation high-efficiency display and optical data-communication.
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材料科学
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电子工程
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2018
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IF 8.097
Zhe Xu,Haoyu Wang,Yunzhou Wen,Wenchao Li,Chuyu Sun,Yuting He,Zhan Shi,Lang Pei,Yongda Chen,Shicheng Yan,Zhigang Zou
For photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, the interface interactions among semiconductors, electrocatalysts, and electrolytes affect the charge separation and catalysis in turn. Here, through the changing of the bath temperature, Co-based oxygen evolution catalysts (OEC) with different crystallinities were electrochemically deposited on Ti-doped Fe2O3 (Ti–Fe2O3) photoanodes. We found: (1) the OEC with low crystallinity is highly ion-permeable, decreasing the interactions between OEC and photoanode due to the intimate interaction between semiconductor and electrolyte; (2) the OEC with high crystallinity is nearly ion-impermeable, is beneficial to form a constant buried junction with semiconductor, and exhibits the low OEC catalytic activity; and (3) the OEC with moderate crystallinity is partially electrolyte-screened, thus contributing to the formation of ideal band bending underneath surface of semiconductor for charge separation and the highly electrocatalytic activity of OEC for lowering over-potentials of water oxidation. Our results demonstrate that to balance the water oxidation activity of OEC and OEC–semiconductor interface energetics is crucial for highly efficient solar energy conversion; in particular, the energy transducer is a semiconductor with a shallow or moderate valence-band level.
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材料科学
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电化学
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可再生能源
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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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2025
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IF 26.8
Meng Cai,Wei Liu,Tiankai Zhang,Pengfei Yan,Yuxuan Li,Weiqian Kong,Hangjuan Wu,Zongwei Chen,Zhenkun Gu,Lin Dong,Qun Xu,Yanlin Song,Junjie Ma,Chongxin Shan,Feng Gao
All-inorganic CsPbX 3 (X = I, Br, Cl) perovskites emerged as a crucial material for addressing the stability bottleneck due to their exceptional resistance to both light-thermal stress. However, their performance is limited by adverse optoelectronic dissipation arising from inadequate photon conversion and chaotic carrier energetics. Herein, the mechanism of the unique nonlinear plasmonic effect in van der Waals 2D MoO 3-x is elucidated, which is mediated by electronic intermediate states. It demonstrates that the 2D MoO 3-x serves as a light-capture-antenna in heterodimensional CsPbX 3 -MoO 3-x optically coupled system, contributing to the accumulation the optical field energy on the nanoscale and resulting in a remarkable 59% increase in photon convergence. Additionally, facet-oriented carrier channels can be established through heteroepitaxy along matched Mo-O octahedron. This optoelectrical-bimodal-coupling engineering combined with a bifacial light-harvesting configuration yields a bifacial equivalent efficiency of 27.33%, which stands as the supreme performance in all-inorganic perovskite photovoltaics. Graphical This remarkable work combines supercritical CO 2 chemical engineering, two-dimension plasmon photophysical science, and perovskite photovoltaic technology. It introduces novel concepts like broad - spectrum coupled photon absorption, the intermediate - localized - states model, and optoelectrical - bimodal - coupling engineering. It aims to combat optoelectronic dissipation and enhance energy harvesting via a heterodimensional van der Waals optically coupled system.
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光伏技术
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等离激元学
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纳米光子学
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材料科学
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光电子学
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钙钛矿太阳能电池
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固体物理学
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Cell Metabolism
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2024
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IF 27.7
Wei Wei,Yali Liu,Yuanlong Hou,Shuqi Cao,Zhuo Chen,Youying Zhang,Xiaoying Cai,Qingyuan Yan,Ziguang Li,Yonggui Yuan,Guangji Wang,Xiao Zheng,Haiping Hao
The brain and gut are intricately connected and respond to various stimuli. Stress-induced brain-gut communication is implicated in the pathogenesis and relapse of gut disorders. The mechanism that relays psychological stress to the intestinal epithelium, resulting in maladaptation, remains poorly understood. Here, we describe a stress-responsive brain-to-gut metabolic axis that impairs intestinal stem cell (ISC) lineage commitment. Psychological stress-triggered sympathetic output enriches gut commensal Lactobacillus murinus, increasing the production of indole-3-acetate (IAA), which contributes to a transferrable loss of intestinal secretory cells. Bacterial IAA disrupts ISC mitochondrial bioenergetics and thereby prevents secretory lineage commitment in a cell-intrinsic manner. Oral α-ketoglutarate supplementation bolsters ISC differentiation and confers resilience to stress-triggered intestinal epithelial injury. We confirm that fecal IAA is higher in patients with mental distress and is correlated with gut dysfunction. These findings uncover a microbe-mediated brain-gut pathway that could be therapeutically targeted for stress-driven gut-brain comorbidities.
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神经科学
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胃肠病学
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微生物学
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应激生物学
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细胞生物学
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Microbiome
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2023
·Vol. 11
·期 1
·1-20
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IF 15.5
Sun Penghao,Wang Mengli,Liu Yong-Xin,Li Luqi,Chai Xuejun,Zheng Wei,Chen Shulin,Zhu Xiaoyan,Zhao Shanting
Background Aberrant tryptophan (Trp)-kynurenine (Kyn) metabolism has been implicated in the pathogenesis of human disease. In particular, populations with long-term western-style diets are characterized by an excess of Kyn in the plasma. Host-gut microbiota interactions are dominated by diet and are essential for maintaining host metabolic homeostasis. However, the role of western diet-disturbed gut microbiota-colonocyte interactions in Trp metabolism remains to be elucidated. Results Here, 4-week-old mice were fed with a high-fat diet (HFD), representing a typical western diet, for 4 weeks, and multi-omics approaches were adopted to determine the mechanism by which HFD disrupted gut microbiota-colonocyte interplay causing serum Trp-Kyn metabolism dysfunction. Our results showed that colonocyte-microbiota interactions dominated the peripheral Kyn pathway in HFD mice. Mechanistically, persistent HFD-impaired mitochondrial bioenergetics increased colonic epithelial oxygenation and caused metabolic reprogramming in colonites to support the expansion of Proteobacteria in the colon lumen. Phylum Proteobacteria -derived lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated colonic immune responses to upregulate the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1)-mediated Kyn pathway, leading to Trp depletion and Kyn accumulation in the circulation, which was further confirmed by transplantation of Escherichia coli ( E.coli ) indicator strains and colonic IDO1 depletion. Butyrate supplementation promoted mitochondrial functions in colonocytes to remodel the gut microbiota in HFD mice, consequently ameliorating serum Kyn accumulation. Conclusions Our results highlighted that HFD disrupted the peripheral Kyn pathway in a gut microbiota-dependent manner and that the continuous homeostasis of gut bacteria-colonocytes interplay played a central role in the regulation of host peripheral Trp metabolism. Meanwhile, this study provided new insights into therapies against western diet-related metabolic disorders.
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营养学
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微生物学
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代谢学
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免疫学
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胃肠病学
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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
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2021
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IF 6.291
Songge Deng,Hao Tang,Hanqi Duan,Yizhao Wu,Jiangping Qiu,Yinsheng Li
The eco-risk of roxarsone (ROX) was evaluated using multiple responses of earthworm biomarkers under different ROX concentrations for 28 d. With the increasing total arsenic accumulation (TAs-E), biological responses in earthworm generally showed a two-stage changes of homeostasis dysregulation and dose-dependent alterations. At the early periods, ROX stress increased the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation (LPO) in a similar manner, and apparently disrupted mitochondrial calcium ([Ca 2+ ] m ). But earthworms regulated their mitochondrial and redox homeostasis through stable mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and increase of ATP level, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT). After 14 d, the positively correlated mitochondrial effects of ROS, [Ca 2+ ] m , MMP and ATP were related to the behavioral inhibition of burrow length, depth and reuse rate as well as antioxidant up-regulation of Nrf2, HO-1, sod1 and cat . These results contributed possible biomarkers from the dose-dependent relationship between mitochondrial, antioxidant and behavioral responses. Multiple biological detection in earthworms can better reflect the sub-chronic ecotoxicity of phenylarsenic pollutants in soil.
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环境科学
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毒理学
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生态学
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Cell Metabolism
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2019
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IF 22.415
Sofie Lautrup,David A. Sinclair,Mark P. Mattson,Evandro F. Fang
NAD + is a pivotal metabolite involved in cellular bioenergetics, genomic stability, mitochondrial homeostasis, adaptive stress responses, and cell survival. Multiple NAD + -dependent enzymes are involved in synaptic plasticity and neuronal stress resistance. Here, we review emerging findings that reveal key roles for NAD + and related metabolites in the adaptation of neurons to a wide range of physiological stressors and in counteracting processes in neurodegenerative diseases, such as those occurring in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington diseases, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Advances in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of NAD + -based neuronal resilience will lead to novel approaches for facilitating healthy brain aging and for the treatment of a range of neurological disorders.
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神经科学
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分子生物学
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神经病学
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衰老研究
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