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Fauci calls for closing down wildlife markets around the globe

Closing wildlife markets within countries, as Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House coronavirus task force rightly suggests, may be a more effective tool, however. This article examines the prevalence of wildlife markets around the world and notes that the ones in Asia aren’t the only ones worthy of scrutiny.




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Hierarchical porous carbon nanofibers for compatible anode and cathode of potassium-ion hybrid capacitor

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00477D, Paper
Xiang Hu, Guobao Zhong, Junwei Li, Yangjie Liu, Jun Yuan, Junxiang Chen, Hongbing Zhan, Zhenhai Wen
Hierarchical porous carbon nanofibers can efficiently eliminate kinetics and capacity mismatches between the anode and cathode of the potassium-ion hybrid capacitor.
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Ultrahigh power factor and flexible silver selenide-based composite film for thermoelectric devices

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1240-1249
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE01609K, Paper
Yao Lu, Yang Qiu, Kefeng Cai, Yufei Ding, Mengdi Wang, Cong Jiang, Qin Yao, Changjun Huang, Lidong Chen, Jiaqing He
A highly flexible Ag2Se based composite film on nylon with a record power factor is prepared for thermoelectric generators.
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Band-bending induced passivation: high performance and stable perovskite solar cells using a perhydropoly(silazane) precursor

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1222-1230
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE02028D, Paper
Hiroyuki Kanda, Naoyuki Shibayama, Aron Joel Huckaba, Yonghui Lee, Sanghyun Paek, Nadja Klipfel, Cristina Roldán-Carmona, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang, Mousa Abuhelaiqa, Kyung Taek Cho, Mo Li, Mounir Driss Mensi, Sachin Kinge, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
It could successfully control the band-bending of the perovskite semiconductor, which led to improvement of the photovoltaic performance.
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Rational design of two-dimensional nanomaterials for lithium–sulfur batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1049-1075
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE02049G, Review Article
Milan Jana, Rui Xu, Xin-Bing Cheng, Jeong Seok Yeon, Jae Min Park, Jia-Qi Huang, Qiang Zhang, Ho Seok Park
2D materials, their features and possible approaches to mitigating the challenges in Li–S batteries are discussed.
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A tailored oxide interface creates dense Pt single-atom catalysts with high catalytic activity

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1231-1239
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03492G, Paper
Mi Yoo, Young-Sang Yu, Hyunwoo Ha, Siwon Lee, Jin-Seok Choi, Sunyoung Oh, Eunji Kang, Hyuk Choi, Hyesung An, Kug-Seung Lee, Jeong Young Park, Richard Celestre, Matthew A. Marcus, Kasra Nowrouzi, Doug Taube, David A. Shapiro, WooChul Jung, Chunjoong Kim, Hyun You Kim
Catalytic supremacy of Pt-single atoms achieved by CeOx–TiO2 interfaces.
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Transition metal dichalcogenides for alkali metal ion batteries: engineering strategies at the atomic level

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1096-1131
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03549D, Review Article
Biao Chen, Dongliang Chao, Enzuo Liu, Mietek Jaroniec, Naiqin Zhao, Shi-Zhang Qiao
This review provides enriched information for understanding the charge storage mechanisms of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), as well as the importance of intrinsic structure engineering for enhancing the performance of TMDs in energy storage.
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Advances in two-dimensional organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1154-1186
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03757H, Review Article
Fei Zhang, Haipeng Lu, Jinhui Tong, Joseph J. Berry, Matthew C. Beard, Kai Zhu
Recent achievements of 2D perovskites for various optoelectronic applications along with their basic properties and future opportunities are discussed.
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Systematic over-estimation of lattice thermal conductivity in materials with electrically-resistive grain boundaries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1250-1258
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03921J, Paper
Jimmy Jiahong Kuo, Max Wood, Tyler J. Slade, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, G. Jeffrey Snyder
The inverse trend between carrier mobility and lattice thermal conductivity is found to be an artifact of grain boundary electrical resistance. A two-phase transport model is required to properly account for the effect.
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Crosslinked fluoropolymers exhibiting superior high-temperature energy density and charge–discharge efficiency

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1279-1286
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03603B, Paper
He Li, Matthew R. Gadinski, Yuqi Huang, Lulu Ren, Yao Zhou, Ding Ai, Zhubing Han, Bin Yao, Qing Wang
Superior high-temperature discharged energy densities in comparison to those of the current dielectric polymers have been demonstrated in the crosslinked fluoropolymers.
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Gas phase synthesis of amorphous silicon nitride nanoparticles for high-energy LIBs

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1212-1221
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03857D, Communication
Sujong Chae, Seungkyu Park, Kihong Ahn, Gyutae Nam, Taeyong Lee, Jaekyung Sung, Namhyung Kim, Jaephil Cho
We introduce a highly homogenous phase design of Si with N by scalable gas phase synthesis using a specially customized vertical furnace, which tackles the intrinsic challenges of Si anodes.
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A new lithium diffusion model in layered oxides based on asymmetric but reversible transition metal migration

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1269-1278
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE04123K, Paper
Kyojin Ku, Byunghoon Kim, Sung-Kyun Jung, Yue Gong, Donggun Eum, Gabin Yoon, Kyu-Young Park, Jihyun Hong, Sung-Pyo Cho, Do-Hoon Kim, Hyungsub Kim, Eunsuk Jeong, Lin Gu, Kisuk Kang
We propose a new lithium diffusion model involving coupled lithium and transition metal migration, peculiarly occurring in a lithium-rich layered oxide.
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Correction: Ultrahigh power factor and flexible silver selenide-based composite film for thermoelectric devices

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13,1287-1288
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE90012E, Correction
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Yao Lu, Yang Qiu, Kefeng Cai, Yufei Ding, Mengdi Wang, Cong Jiang, Qin Yao, Changjun Huang, Lidong Chen, Jiaqing He
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The relative insignificance of advanced materials in enhancing the energy efficiency of desalination technologies

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00341G, Perspective
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Sohum K. Patel, Cody L. Ritt, Akshay Deshmukh, Zhangxin Wang, Mohan Qin, Razi Epsztein, Menachem Elimelech
We reveal the insignificance of advanced materials in further enhancing the energy efficiency of desalination and suggest more impactful approaches.
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From metal–organic frameworks to single/dual-atom and cluster metal catalysts for energy applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE04040D, Review Article
Chun-Chao Hou, Hao-Fan Wang, Caixia Li, Qiang Xu
Single/dual-atom and cluster metal catalysts have emerged as a new frontier in catalysis. This review highlights recent advances and provides a state-of-the-art understanding of MOF-based synthesis strategies and their prospective applications.
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Device physics of back-contact perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE04203B, Paper
Zhenhai Yang, Weichuang Yang, Xi Yang, J. C. Greer, Jiang Sheng, Baojie Yan, Jichun Ye
A fundamental theory including photoelectric response, ion migration and photon recycling effects for back-contact perovskite solar cells is established.
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Techno-economic analysis of capacitive and intercalative water deionization

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00725K, Analysis
Michael Metzger, Münir M. Besli, Saravanan Kuppan, Sondra Hellstrom, Soo Kim, Elias Sebti, Chinmayee V. Subban, Jake Christensen
This is a techno-economic analysis of intercalative water deionization (IDI), a novel battery-inspired concept for brackish water desalination with lower module cost, volume, and energy consumption than competing technologies.
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Rewiring photosynthesis: a photosystem I-hydrogenase chimera that makes H2 in vivo

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03859K, Paper
Andrey Kanygin, Yuval Milrad, Chandrasekhar Thummala, Kiera Reifschneider, Patricia Baker, Pini Marco, Iftach Yacoby, Kevin E. Redding
Photosystem I-hydrogenase chimera intercepts electron flow directly from the photosynthetic electron transport chain and directs it to hydrogen production.
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Dendritic silver self-assembly in molten-carbonate membranes for efficient carbon dioxide capture

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03497H, Paper
Open Access
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Liam A. McNeil, Greg A. Mutch, Francesco Iacoviello, Josh J. Bailey, Georgios Triantafyllou, Dragos Neagu, Thomas S. Miller, Evangelos I. Papaioannou, Wenting Hu, Dan J. L. Brett, Paul R. Shearing, Ian S. Metcalfe
Self-assembling Ag dendritic networks provide ultrahigh CO2 permeability, whilst reducing membrane-volume-normalised Ag demand by an order of magnitude.
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Intrinsically Self-Healable, Stretchable Thermoelectric Materials with Large Ionic Seebeck Effect

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03861B, Paper
Zico Alaia Akbar, Ju-Won Jeon, Sung-Yeon Jang
While the thermoelectric (TE) generator has attracted tremendous attention, the development of wearable TE generators with stretchability and self-healability has been a significant challenge. Herein, we report intrinsically self-healable and...
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Metal composition influences optoelectronic quality in mixed-metal lead-tin triiodide perovskite solar absorbers

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00132E, Paper
Matthew Thomas Klug, Rebecca L. Milot, Jay Patel, Thomas Green, Harry C. Sansom, Michael Farrar, Alexandra J Ramadan, Samuele Martani, Zhiping Wang, Bernard Wenger, James M Ball, Liam Langshaw, Annamaria Petrozza, Michael B Johnston, Laura M Herz, Henry Snaith
Current designs for all-perovskite multi-junction solar cells require mixed-metal Pb-Sn compositions to achieve narrower band gaps than are possible with their neat Pb counterparts. The lower band gap range achievable...
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Mg3(Bi,Sb)2 single crystals towards high thermoelectric performance

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00838A, Communication
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Yu Pan, Mengyu Yao, Xiaochen Hong, Yifan Zhu, Fengren Fan, Kazuki Imasato, Yangkun He, Christian Hess, Jörg Fink, Jiong Yang, Bernd Büchner, Chenguang Fu, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Claudia Felser
The rapid growth of the thermoelectric cooler market makes the development of novel room temperature thermoelectric materials of great importance. Ternary n-type Mg3(Bi,Sb)2 alloys are promising alternatives to the state-of-the-art...
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Applications of atomic layer deposition and chemical vapor deposition for perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00385A, Review Article
James Andrew Raiford, Solomon T. Oyakhire, Stacey Bent
Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have rapidly evolved over the past decade to become a photovoltaic technology on the cusp of commercialization. In the process, numerous fabrication strategies have...
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Computer-aided design of high-efficiency GeTe-based thermoelectric devices

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01004A, Paper
Min Hong, Kun Zheng, Wanyu Lyv, Meng Li, Xianlin Qu, Qiang Sun, Shengduo Xu, Jin Zou, Zhi-Gang Chen
Driven by materials science development, thermoelectric performance has been enhanced. However, only increasing the figure of merit to enhance thermoelectric efficiency becomes more challenging. Here, we combine the enhanced figure...
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Side-chain tuning in conjugated polymer photocatalysts for improved hydrogen production from water

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE01213K, Paper
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Duncan J Woods, Sam Hillman, Drew Pearce, Liam Wilbraham, Lucas Flagg, Warren Duffy, Iain Mcculloch, James Durrant, Anne Guilbert, Martijn Zwijnenburg, Reiner Sebastian Sprick, Jenny Nelson, Andrew Cooper
Structure-property-activity relationships in solution processable polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen production from water were probed by varying the chemical structure of both the polymer side-chains and the polymer backbone. In both...
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Unveiling the Mechanisms of Lithium Dendrite Suppression by Cationic Polymer Film Induced Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Modification

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EE00518E, Paper
Seung-Yong Lee, Junyi Shangguan, Judith Alvarado, Sophia Betzler, Stephen J Harris, Marca Doeff, Haimei Zheng
It is crucial to suppress lithium dendrite formation in lithium metal batteries. Formation of good solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) has been considered to be effective in limiting lithium dendrite growth. However,...
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[ASAP] Preparation of Integrated CuO/ZnO/OS Nanocatalysts by Using Acid-Etched Oyster Shells as a Support for CO<sub>2</sub> Hydrogenation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01712




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[ASAP] Wood–Gelatin Bio-Composite Membranes with Tunable Flux

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01856




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[ASAP] HZ-ZrP Catalysts with Adjustable Ratio of Brønsted and Lewis Acids for the One-Pot Value-Added Conversion of Biomass-Derived Furfural

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01259




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[ASAP] Three-Dimensional Porous Carbon Skeleton Synthesized by a Template-Free and No-Post-Activation Process Applied for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07502




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[ASAP] Catechyl Lignin Extracted from Castor Seed Coats Using Deep Eutectic Solvents: Characterization and Depolymerization

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00462




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[ASAP] Eco-Friendly Synthesis of SO<sub>3</sub>H-Containing Solid Acid via Mechanochemistry for the Conversion of Carbohydrates to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00784




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[ASAP] Product Modification in Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Corn Stalk: The Decoupled Effect of Acidity and Porosity within a Core–Shell Micro-/Mesoporous Zeolite

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01518




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[ASAP] One-Pot Synthesis of Cyclic Biofuel Intermediates from Biomass in Choline Chloride/Formic Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07300




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[ASAP] Design and Synthesis of Highly Performing Bifunctional Ni-NiO-MoNi Hybrid Catalysts for Enhanced Urea Oxidation and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01637




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[ASAP] Solvothermal Synthesis of Defect-Rich Mixed 1T-2H MoS<sub>2</sub> Nanoflowers for Enhanced Hydrodesulfurization

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00736




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[ASAP] Functionalized Biochar with Superacidity and Hydrophobicity as a Highly Efficient Catalyst in the Synthesis of Renewable High-Density Fuels

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07367




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[ASAP] pH-Responsive Hybrid Jute Carbon Dot-Cotton Patch

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01221




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[ASAP] Double-Network Hierarchical-Porous Piezoresistive Nanocomposite Hydrogel Sensors Based on Compressive Cellulosic Hydrogels Deposited with Silver Nanoparticles

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02035




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[ASAP] High-Internal-Phase Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Polymeric Dialdehyde Cellulose-Based Nanoparticles

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01116




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[ASAP] In Situ Cu-Loaded Porous Boron Nitride Nanofiber as an Efficient Adsorbent for CO<sub>2</sub> Capture

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01530




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[ASAP] Bioinspired Enzymatic Synthesis of Terpenoid-Based (Meth)acrylic Monomers: A Solvent-, Metal-, Amino-, and Halogen-Free Approach

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02307




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[ASAP] Two-Dimensional Metal Hexahydroxybenzene Frameworks as Promising Electrocatalysts for an Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01908




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[ASAP] Dopant-Induced Edge and Basal Plane Catalytic Sites on Ultrathin C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Water Reduction

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02122




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[ASAP] Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Tetrahydroxydiboron by Graphene Quantum Dot-Stabilized Transition-Metal Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Evolution

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02496




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[ASAP] Increasing the Carbohydrate Output of Bamboo Using a Combinatorial Pretreatment

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01126




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[ASAP] Sustainable and Robust Superhydrophobic Cotton Fabrics Coated with Castor Oil-Based Nanocomposites for Effective Oil–Water Separation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01469




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[ASAP] Obtaining Efficiently Tunable Red Emission in Ca<sub>3-d</sub>Ln<sub>d</sub>WO<sub>6</sub>:Mn<sup>4+</sup> (Ln = La, Gd, Y, Lu, d = 0.1) Phosphors Derived from Nearly Nonluminescent Ca<sub>3<

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02444




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[ASAP] A Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Full Cell Using the Flower-like Na<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>@C Cathode and Li<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02609




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[ASAP] Enhanced Photosynthesis of Carotenoids in Microalgae Driven by Light-Harvesting Gold Nanoparticles

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00315