ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2017
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IF 4.798
Lvlv Ji,Lei Zhu,Jianying Wang,Zuofeng Chen
A self-supported copper sulfide (CuS) nanowire array (NWA) of hierarchical and porous structure has been developed on Cu foil via two consecutive liquid-solid reactions at room temperature. The composition, structure and morphology of the as-prepared CuS NWA samples have been systematically investigated by a series of techniques. When applied as cathode for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in neutral solution, the optimized CuS NWA electrode exhibits excellent HER performance with high long-term stability. To achieve current densities of 10 and 100 mA cm −2 , it requires overpotentials of only ∼97 and ∼226 mV, respectively. The excellent catalytic performance of CuS NWA toward HER is attributable to the binder-free electrode construction strategy, the unique porous nanowire array structure, and the small solubility product ( K sp ) value of CuS that guarantees the high catalyst stability.
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材料科学
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电化学
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纳米科技
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能源化学
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催化化学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2016
·Vol. 4
·期 27
·10593-10600
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IF 8.262
Wei Wen,Jin-Ming Wu,Yin-Zhu Jiang,Jun-Qiang Bai,Lu-Lu Lai
Li-ion microbatteries find wide applications in microdevices. It is important to develop electrode materials with high areal capacity, excellent rate capability and superior safety for microbatteries. TiO2 nanowire arrays satisfy the requirements of high areal capacity, short transport lengths and superior safety for microbatteries, but their areal/volumetric capacity is hindered by the insufficient surface area. TiO2 nanotrees can effectively eliminate these disadvantages of TiO2 nanowires; however, the electrochemical performances of TiO2 nanotrees for Li-ion microbatteries remain unexplored. It is highly desired yet challenging to construct two-dimensional TiO2 nanobranches with an ultrathin thickness and large length on nanoarrays, to maximize the surface area and structural hierarchy of electrodes. Herein, we developed a novel synthetic strategy to fabricate TiO2 nanotrees by depositing anatase/TiO2(B) mixed phase ultrathin nanobelts onto single-crystalline anatase nanowire arrays. The nanobelt branches were several nanometers in thickness and 200–260 nm in length. The growth process and the electrochemical mechanism were investigated. The unique nanoarchitecture and optimal phase structure endow the electrode with high areal capacity and rate capability, which is the best performance for TiO2 nanowire arrays ever documented. The 2nd discharge capacity of the TiO2 nanotrees at 0.1 mA cm−2 is ca. 267 μA h cm−2, corresponding to a volumetric capacity of 330 mA h cm−3. The TiO2 nanotrees have an areal capacity of 205, 141, 97 and 69 μA h cm−2 at a current density of 0.5, 2.0, 5.0 and 10.0 mA cm−2, respectively. The capacity can remain stable for 400 charge–discharge cycles at 1.0 mA cm−2. The present strategy may give hints to elegant electrode designs for energy applications.
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材料科学
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电化学
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纳米科技
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能源存储
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微电子器件
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Small
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2019
·Vol. 15
·期 44
·1902819
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IF 10.856
Xiaojun Ruan,Jiangjiang Luo,Rui Wang,Yanbo Yao,Jingjiao Guan,Tao Liu
A nanometer-thick carbon film with a highly ordered pattern structure is very useful in a variety of applications. However, its large-scale, high-throughput, and low-cost fabrication is still a great challenge. Herein, microcontact printing (µCP) and direct laser writing carbonization (DLWc) are combined to develop a novel method that enables ease of fabrication of nanometer-thick and regularly patterned carbon disk arrays (CDAs) and holey carbon films (HCFs) from a pyromellitic dianhydride-oxydianiline-based polyamic acid (PAA) solution. The effect of PAA concentration and pillar lattice structure of the polydimethyl siloxane stamp are systematically studied for their influence on the geometrical parameter, surface morphology, and chemical structure of the finally achieved CDAs and HCFs. Within the PAA concentration being investigated, the averaged thickness of CDAs and HCFs can be tailored in a range from a few tens to a few hundred of nanometers. The µCP+DLWc-enabled electrically conductive CDAs and HCFs possess the characteristics of ease-of-fabrication, nanometer-thickness, highly regular and controlled patterns and structures, and the ability to form on both hard and soft substrates, which imparts usefulness in electronics, photonics, energy storage, catalysis, tissue engineering, as well as physical, chemical, and bio-sensing applications.
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材料科学
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纳米科技
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生物医学工程
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表面化学
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微纳加工
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2020
·Vol. 31
·期 11
·8403-8412
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IF 2.22
Wang Ting,Ma Qing,Gao Shang,Huang Mengshi
Highly regular TiO 2 nanotube arrays (TNTs) with interstitial nitrogen as the dominant point defect have been successfully prepared by annealing the as-anodized TNTs in N 2 in a temperature range of 400–650 °C. Using analysis methods that include field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction patterns, and Raman spectroscopy, the thermal stability of TNTs annealed in N 2 was found to be higher than that of TNTs annealed in O 2 . The interstitial nitrogen is considered as the dominant point defect in TNTs annealed in N 2 , which results in the notably improved thermal stability of the highly ordered TNTs. However, the content of hydroxyl oxygen on the surface of TNTs is significantly influenced by annealing temperature, which is closely related to photocatalytic activity. Optimized photocatalytic property of photodegradation of MO with a pseudo-first-order reaction constant k value of (5.065 ± 0.139) × 10 –2 h −1 is achieved for TNTs annealed in N 2 at 600 °C. These findings serve to provide simple and versatile guidelines to fabricate highly ordered TNTs with controllable point defects, enhanced thermal stability, and a high level of photocatalytic activity.
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材料科学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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表面化学
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功能材料
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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
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2017
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IF 2.299
Yuan-Zi Xu,Cheng-Zong Yuan,Xue-Ping Chen
To design highly efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a great challenge for electrochemical water splitting. Here we introduce a simple and cost-effective strategy for one-step synthesis of a three-dimensional Ni 3 S 2 /MoS X (x is close to 3) nanosheets on Ni foam (NF) via a sovelthermal reaction. The electrochemical performance of the Ni 3 S 2 /MoS X nanosheets on NF has been investigated and exhibits superior OER electrocatalytic activity as well as excellent electrochemical durability. As a novel non-noble-metal OER catalyst operating in basic electrolytes, this 3D cathode exhibits an onset overpotential of as low as 165 mV, a Tafel slope of 67.5 mV dec −1 and remarkable long-term stability. This catalyst maintains its catalytic activity for at least 14 h and only affords 50, 100, and 150 mA cm −2 OER current densities at overpotentials of 215 mV, 265 mV and 305 mV respectively.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源化学
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纳米科技
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催化化学
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2019
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IF 5.383
Tao Zhang,Zhiyuan Ling
Architecture construction of electrode is one key factor for hydrogen generation from electrochemical water splitting. To enhance the efficiency of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at high current density , the architecture construction must be designed skillfully to prevent the surface blanketed by gas bubbles. In this work, we developed a three-level hierarchical surface with cluster-like nickel (Ni) nanowire array. The contact angle measurement indicates the surface having excellent hydrophilicity . The OER performance characterization reveals that after the surface is loaded with NiFe-based catalyst the Ni nanowire array electrode can deliver 500 mA cm −2 at an overpotential of 297 mV in 1 M KOH solution and can survive for over 24 h under 500 mA cm −2 operation. All the results demonstrate that the cluster-like nanowire array is beneficial for the spatial pathway separation for electrolyte supply and gas bubbles departure and the enhancement of OER efficiency.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源材料
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纳米技术
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催化化学
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2018
·Vol. 38
·期 12
·2132-2140
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IF 3.525
Lingfeng Li,Xiaolong Zhao,Donglai Pan,Guisheng Li
Photoactive WO 3 is attractive as a photocatalyst for green energy evolution through water splitting. In the present work, an electrochemical anodic oxidation method was used to fabricate a photo-responsive nanotube array-like WO 3 /W (NA-WO 3 /W) photoanode from W foil as a precursor. Compared with a reference commercial WO 3 /W electrode, the NA-WO 3 /W photoanode exhibited enhanced and stable photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) activity for visible-light-driven water splitting with a typical H 2 /O 2 stoichiometric ratio of 2:1 and quantum efficiency of approximately 5.23% under visible-light irradiation from a light-emitting diode ( λ = 420 nm, 15 mW/cm 2 ). The greatly enhanced PEC performance of the NA-WO 3 /Wphotoanode was attributed to its fast electron–hole separation rate, which resulted from the one-dimensional nanotube array-like structure, high crystallinity of monoclinic WO 3 , and strong interaction between WO 3 and W foil. This work paves the way to a facile route to prepare highly active photoelectrodes for solar light transfer to chemical energy .
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材料科学
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物理化学
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能源化学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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电化学
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可再生能源
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RSC Advances
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 46
·26712-26717
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IF 3.049
Yongzhao Su,Duotian Chen,Siyuan Yang,Shengsen Zhang,Yingju Liu,Yueping Fang,Qiao Zhang,Feng Peng
A photoelectrochemical (PEC) method based on the etching reaction of F ions on the surface of TiO2 nanorod arrays (TNRs) was proposed for the high sensitivity and selectivity detection of F ions. With the increase of F ion concentration, the surface etching reaction on TNR becomes more intense, resulting in the increased number of surface active sites, the reduction of electron transfer resistance, and the increase of photocurrent density. The prepared TNRs as a PEC probe exhibits a good linear relationship between photocurrent increment and the logarithm of F ion concentration in the range from 0.05 to 1000 nM with an ultra-trace detection limit of 0.03 nM for F ion detection.
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分析化学
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环境监测
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纳米材料
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电化学传感
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生物医学工程
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2019
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IF 5.155
Dan Wu,Mengnan Hu,Yongyi Zhang,Jing Zhou,Zhaona Wang
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a key nondestructive detecting technology with a broad application demands. However, relative low stability and homogeneity of the SERS substrate hinder its practical applications. Here, a simple and flexible approach is proposed to achieve the arrayed SERS substrates with the periodicity and local randomness by directly growing silver nanoflowers on the patterned wafer fabricated by the optical interference method. By utilizing the hotspot effect of nanogaps within/between the Ag nanoflowers, the SERS substrates demonstrate the low detecting limit of 5 × 10 −10 M and 5 × 10 −9 M in one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) pattern structures for Rhodamine 6G (R6G) probe molecule, respectively. The periodicity assures the fabricated substrate a promising reproducibility and stability. After the 1D array structure is left for 21 days, the intensity of Raman signal of R6G maintains at 80%. Moreover, the proposed method has the advantages of simple preparation, low cost, flexible tunability, and easy-fabrication large scale substrate. The results indicate that the long-range ordered silver nanoflower array structures are promising candidates for the high performance SERS substrate in chemical analysis, medicine and environment monitoring.
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分析化学
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纳米生物技术
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材料科学
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环境监测
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医学检测
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2014
·Vol. 39
·期 9
·4198-4205
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IF 2.93
Zhenlong Zhang,Jichun Zhu,Shengjun Li,Xiangyang Liu,Yanli Mao
In this paper, TiO 2 nanotube (TNT) arrays and (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S ( x = 0.75, 0.24, and 0.09) nanocrystals were prepared, and TiO 2 nanotubes (TNTs) were sensitized with (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S nanocrystals. Compared with the plain TNTs, (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S sensitized TNTs present an enhanced photoelectrochemical response. The photocurrent enhancement was characterized with the photocurrent ratio of (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S sensitized TNTs to plain TNTs, which were 1.50, 1.63, and 2.13 for (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S with the composition of x = 0.75, 0.24, and 0.09, respectively. To understand this phenomenon, the energy band alignments of TNTs and (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S were investigated, based on which the conduction band offsets (CBO) between TNTs and (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S were determined, which were 0.31, 0.47, and 0.63 eV for (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S with the composition of x = 0.75, 0.24, and 0.09, respectively. These results display that the photocurrent enhancement becomes large with the increase of CBO, which indicates that the enhanced photoelectrochemical response is mainly due to the energy level matching between TNTs and (Cu 2 Sn) x /3 Zn 1− x S, and the variation of enhancement is resulting from the change of CBO.
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材料科学
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光催化
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半导体纳米材料
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能源材料
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光电化学
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Advanced Optical Materials
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2016
·Vol. 4
·期 11
·1829-1837
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IF 5.359
Yucheng Liu,Jiankun Sun,Zhou Yang,Dong Yang,Xiaodong Ren,Hua Xu,Zupei Yang,Shengzhong (Frank) Liu
CH 3 NH 3 PbX 3 (MAPbX 3 )-based perovskite has attracted tremendous research efforts in the last few years. With the discovery that the HC(NH 2 ) 2 PbI 3 (FAPbI 3 ) perovskite offers even higher solar cell efficiency, better thermal stability, and broader optical absorption, it is expected that it will provide more excitement in optoelectronic applications including laser, LED, photodetector, etc. The development in preparing large Single-Crystalline Formamidinium-Perovskite FAPbI 3 using the inverse-temperature reactive crystallization process, and associated wafer-slicing process is presented. The availability of the large Single-Crystalline Formamidinium-Perovskite Wafer makes it possible to fabricate integrated circuits. An array of 153 photodetectors on a piece of thin wafer, demonstrating feasibility of mass production of integrated circuits on the perovskite wafer is designed and prepared. It is found that the wafer-based photodetector shows much superior performance, with 90 times higher photoresponse and broader optical absorption than its thin-film perovskite counterpart.
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材料科学
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半导体物理
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光电子学
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晶体生长
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器件 fabrication
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2018
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IF 5.116
Chenxi Zhang,Xueshuang Deng,Jianfeng Zheng,Xin Zhou,Jianhua Shi,Xiaohong Chen,Zhuo Sun,Sumei Huang
We report a simple and low-cost approach to enhance the longstanding stability of the perovskite solar cell (PSC) through the application of low-temperature grown SnO 2 nanorod (NR) arrays. SnO 2 NR arrays were fabricated by an aqueous synthesis method in the presence of hydrochloric acid and using thin compact SnO 2 as seeds. The influence of HCl concentration on the photovoltaic (PV) performance of the SnO 2 NR array based PSC device was investigated. The formed crystalline SnO 2 nanorods with square transversal-sections were oriented on the FTO facets in a well-defined and perpendicular fashion at an optimal HCl concentration. The optimized width and length for SnO 2 nanorods were 30 nm and 150 nm, respectively. Consequently, efficient and stable SnO 2 nanorod based perovskite devices were obtained with an average power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 16.57%. The SnO 2 nanorod array based PSCs demonstrated considerably better ultraviolet (UV) and ambient air stability than the planar SnO 2 and notably mesoporous TiO 2 solar cells. This paper provides a prospective scheme to grow high-quality three-dimensional SnO 2 nanorod arrays for highly stable and efficient PSCs.
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材料科学
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纳米科技
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能源化学
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光伏技术
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半导体器件
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