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Severe Smog Blankets New Delhi As AQI Hits 361, Residents Face Health Struggles

The alarming drop in air quality has triggered widespread concerns among residents, many of whom are now reporting significant health issues due to the toxic air. 




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Google Reportedly Testing an iOS-Inspired Call Interface in Its Phone App

For years, Android phone makers like Xiaomi and OnePlus have been known to borrow design elements from Apple's iOS. Now, it seems Google itself might be dipping its toes into those waters. A New Look for Incoming Calls An APK teardown




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Microsoft Surface Event: Key Announcements on Copilot Plus PCs, Snapdragon X Chips, New AI Features, & More

At its latest event ahead of Build 2024, Microsoft introduced a new era of PCs under the Copilot Plus brand. This fresh lineup integrates advanced AI capabilities, marking a significant step forward in personal computing. Here's a breakdown of the key




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US Airlines Face 30-Day Flight Ban to Haiti Following Gang Violence and UN Flight Suspension

The FAA restricts US airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days following gang violence that injured a flight attendant and disrupted humanitarian aid.




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Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Company X Faces $20 Million Lawsuit Over Shares by Former Twitter Chairman

Former Twitter Chairman Omid Kordestani has filed a lawsuit against the social media company, alleging that billionaire owner Elon Musk is withholding over $20 million worth of shares he is entitled to. Kordestani served as executive chairman from 2015 to 2020




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Champions Trophy 2025: How Much Financial Loss Will ICC Face If Pakistan Boycotts India Matches?

For instance, the India-Pakistan clash during the 2023 World Cup drew an unprecedented 173 million viewers on Indian television alone, with an additional 225 million digital viewers worldwide.




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Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: Rishabh Pant Hits The Nets In Perth, India Set to Face Australia In Series Opener

Star wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant begins practice at Perth's WACA Ground ahead of India's Border-Gavaskar Trophy clash against Australia, starting November 22. 




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The Power of Face Yoga: Natural Anti-Aging Techniques That Work

Face yoga is more than a beauty trend—it’s a holistic practice that taps into the body's natural potential to rejuvenate itself. With no fancy equipment or costly treatments required, it’s an accessible way for anyone to take control of their anti-aging regimen. 




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Dengue Alert: Gurugram Faces Surge In Cases With Over 175 Confirmed

Dengue cases are on the rise in Gurugram, prompting extensive awareness and preventive measures by health officials.




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Flipkart Faces Growing Customer Frustration Over Order Cancellations Before Big Billion Days Sale

As Flipkart gears up for its annual Big Billion Days sale, the company is facing an unexpected wave of controversy. Just days before the sale’s scheduled start on September 27th, customers have taken to social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter)




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India’s E-commerce Giants Amazon and Flipkart Face Increased Scrutiny Over Foreign Investment Allegations

India's e-commerce sector is once again in the regulatory spotlight as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) shifts its focus to two of the largest players, Amazon and Flipkart. In response to allegations of foreign investment law violations, the ED is now preparing




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Yash's 'Toxic' Faces Legal Trouble: Forest Department Files Case Against Makers For Illegal Tree Felling

The Karnataka Forest Department has filed an FIR against the producers of Yash's 'Toxic' and officials from Canara Bank and HMT for allegedly cutting down trees on forest land during the film's shoot in Bengaluru.




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Clay, Sheet, And More: Essential Face Masks To Keep Your Skin Radiant And Healthy

Face masks are now a common skincare solution owing to their rapid nutrition supplements and ability to target particular skin issues. However, selecting the ideal mask for your skin type and requirements might be difficult with so many options available. We




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Sculpt Your Beauty! Contouring Secrets For Different Face Shapes Revealed

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The Danger Triangle : The Face Area You Should Never Pop Pimples At Any Cost

Life is full of small temptations that seem harmless like hitting snooze one more time when it's time to wake up for work in the morning, scrolling endlessly when you have to get some good night's sleep. It feels satisfying at




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Delivery of carbon dioxide to an electrode surface using a nanopipette

Faraday Discuss., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00124A, Paper
Jaimy Monteiro, Harry Dunne, Kim McKelvey
A new scanning probe approach for the delivery of a gas-phase reactant to the surface of an electrocatalyst through a self-replenishing bubble located at the end of a scanning probe has been developed.
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New directions in experiment and theory, interfaces, and interactions: general discussion

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 253,493-509
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD90037E, Discussion
Rob Atkin, Duncan W. Bruce, Robert A. W. Dryfe, Emmanuelle Dubois, Karen J. Edler, Christopher E. Elgar, Andrew Feeney, Kateryna Goloviznina, Timothy S. Groves, Benworth Hansen, John D. Holbrey, Christian Holm, Alexei Kornyshev, Claudio J. Margulis, Daniel M. Markiewitz, Richard P. Matthews, Joshua Maurer, Shurui Miao, Frederik Philippi, Elixabete Rezabal, Bernhard Roling, Benjamin Rotenberg, Joshua Sangoro, Monika Schönhoff, John M. Slattery, Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny, Neave Taylor, Masayoshi Watanabe, Jake Yang
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Preface

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 253,9-10
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD90045F, Editorial
Susan Perkin, Tom Welton
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Adsorption and vibrational spectroscopy of CO on the surface of MgO from periodic local coupled-cluster theory

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,628-640
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00041B, Paper
Open Access
Hong-Zhou Ye, Timothy C. Berkelbach
Local correlation allows accurate periodic CCSD(T) calculations to be efficiently performed for molecules on realistic surfaces with large basis sets, yielding accurate adsorption energies and vibrational frequencies.
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Preface

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,9-10
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD90033B, Editorial
George H. Booth, Ali Alavi
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Teacher faces backlash for giving extra marks to students for THIS reason

The post has garnered 16 million views, igniting significant debate among social media users.




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Delhi to face water shortage amid Diwali festivities till...; check list of affected areas

Several parts of east, northeast and south Delhi and areas under the New Delhi Municipal Council will be affected, it said.




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Assessment of occurrence, source appointment, and ecological risks of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the water–sediment interface of Qiantang River in the Hangzhou region

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1887-1897
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00355A, Paper
Yang Wan, Ziming Wang, Kaiping Xu, Wei Wang, Pengcheng Yao, Aiju You
TCS exhibited the highest concentration across different phases and seasons in QTR, and TCS posed high risks in surface water and low risks in sediment across all sampling sites.
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Pollution characteristics and risk assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in surface water of national (freshwater) aquatic germplasm resource reserves in Guangdong Province

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1898-1911
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00425F, Paper
Tao Zhou, Jie Li, Weizhen Zhang, Yanyi Zeng, Yuan Gao, Haiyan Li, Wanling Yang, Yongzhan Mai, Qianfu Liu, Caiqin Hu, Chao Wang
EE2, E1, BPA, NP, and E2 were identified as high-risk substances based on comprehensive ecological risk evaluation and fish are the most sensitive organisms.
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Kinetic multilayer models for surface chemistry in indoor environments

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00549J, Paper
Pascale S. J. Lakey, Manabu Shiraiwa
Multiphase interactions and chemical reactions at indoor surfaces are of particular importance due to their impact on air quality in indoor environments with high surface to volume ratios.
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The Science-Media Interface : On the Relation Between Internal and External Science Communication [Electronic book] / ed. by Irene Broer, Steffen Lemke, Athanasios Mazarakis, Isabella Peters, Christian Zinke-Wehlmann.

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2023]




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Policy and Practice in Rural Tanzania : Grazing, Fishing and Farming at the Local-Global Interface [Electronic book] / Antonio Allegretti.

Winwick, Cambs. : The White Horse Press, 2022.




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Bog bodies : Face to face with the past [Electronic book] / Melanie Giles.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2020]




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Stability and Structure of the Aqueous LiTFSI-LiCl Interface

Faraday Discuss., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00026A, Paper
Open Access
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Hannah Wood, Hannah M Burnett, Robert Dryfe, Paola Carbone
It has recently been demonstrated that aqueous lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and lithium chloride (LiCl) solutions can form stable liquid-liquid biphasic systems when both elec- trolyte phases have sufficiently high concentrations....
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Surface oxygen chemistry of metal oxide semiconductor for gas-sensing application

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02385D, Review Article
Jiayu Li, Ertai Na, Xudong Liang, Qihua Liang, Meihong Fan, Hui Chen, Guodong Li, Xiaoxin Zou
With the development of science and technology, the demand for reliable and efficient gas sensors in various applications, ranging from environmental monitoring to industrial safety, is increasing. In particular, MOS...
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Heterointerface synergy between a 3 × 3 tunnel τ-MnO2 cathode and Mg2(OH)3Cl·4H2O for achieving long cycle-life aqueous zinc-ion batteries

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02572E, Research Article
Fang Xu, Jialin Zheng, Dai-Huo Liu, Ao Wang, Zhenjiang Li, Chunyan Xu, Mengqin Song, Beinuo Zhang, Zhengyu Bai, Zhongwei Chen
The prepared of τ-MnO2–Mg2(OH)3Cl·4H2O heterostructure cathode material enhances Zn-ion diffusion, increases the proportion of Mn(IV) and suppresses structural instability, thereby improving the cycling stability of τ-MnO2.
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Facet-engineered CeO2 with Cu single atom drives photocatalytic selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02230K, Research Article
Yifei Li, Senyao Meng, Ping Wang, Miao He, Jiasai Yao, Cheng Yang, Fangzhou Mo, Jiang Li, Zhenxing Li
The crystal facet of CeO2 is crucial in governing the catalytic performance. However, studies on the relationship between the photocatalytic oxidation performance of CeO2 and its crystal facets are scarce....
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Fe3O4-decorated MXene for the effective removal of 133Ba and 137Cs: synthesis, characterization, and optimization via response surface methodology (RSM)

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,7860-7871
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI00404C, Research Article
Shalu Atri, Vipul Vilas Kusumkar, Süleyman İnan, Maros Gregor, Tomas Roch, Maria Caplovicova, Michal Galambos, Eva Viglasova, Gustav Plesch, Martin Motola, Olivier Monfort
The potential activity of Fe3O4 decorated MXenes in the removal of highly toxic 133Ba and 137Cs using a radioactive indicator method.
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Rationally reconstructing the surface microstructure of a chemical bath deposited electron transport layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,7910-7920
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01808G, Research Article
Xinxuan Yang, Lexin Wang, Meihan Liu, Jiahui Jin, Lili Yang, Lin Fan, Maobin Wei, Huilian Liu, Haoran Chen, Jinghai Yang, Yulei Chang, Fengyou Wang
A reconstruction strategy is designed to manipulate the surface microstructure of a CBD SnO2 ETL, yielding PSCs with a high PCE >24%.
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Dissecting the role of anions in surface reconstruction in urea oxidation to maximize assisted hydrogen production

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02333A, Research Article
Weiwei Bao, Mameng Yang, Taotao Ai, Jie Han, Zhifeng Deng, Xiangyu Zou, Peng Jiang, Junjun Zhang
The oxygen-containing anion formed by electrooxidation and leaching on the electrode surface can effectively improve the catalytic activity of UOR and provide an accurate way for the energy saving hydrogen production assisted by urea.
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Hierarchical FeCo LDH/NiSe heterostructure electrocatalysts with rich heterointerfaces for robust water splitting at industrial-level current density

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02426E, Research Article
Weiwei Han, Wenyi Wang, Jiahong Liao, Yi He, Xingwang Zhang, Chunlin Yu
Sustainable hydrogen production by electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising energy storage technology yet challenging due to the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Rationally designed robust and...
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A surface-engineered contact lens for tear fluid biomolecule sensing

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,2327-2334
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00176A, Paper
Open Access
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Aravind M, Sajan D. George
Adhesive contrast contact lens fabricated by selective lubricant grafting splits tear film on specified zone by secretion and blinking. Integrating the contact lens with the spectroscopic technique offers an efficient platform for biomolecule sensing.
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The fractal geometry of polymeric materials surfaces: surface area and fractal length scales

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3082-3096
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01497E, Paper
Open Access
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H. Eduardo Roman, Federico Cesura, Rabia Maryam, Igor Levchenko, Katia Alexander, Claudia Riccardi
Non-treated (NT) and plasma-treated (PT) polymeric surfaces display self-affine fractal scaling. The plasma increases both the surface area and the fractal length scales, helping the design of PT interfaces with larger surface areas at the nm scale.
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Faceted wrinkling by contracting a curved boundary

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01347B, Paper
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Anshuman S. Pal, Luka Pocivavsek, Thomas A. Witten
A novel mode of wrinkling avoids stretching by forming tilted, triangular facets.
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Bacteria–surface interactions: role of impacting bacteria-laden droplets

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00196F, Paper
Sudip Shyam, Sirshendu Misra, Surjyasish Mitra, Sushanta K. Mitra
Impact-induced transformation of bacteria from a viable to a dormant mode.
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Softness matters: effects of compression on the behavior of adsorbed microgels at interfaces

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00235K, Paper
Open Access
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Yuri Gerelli, Fabrizio Camerin, Steffen Bochenek, Maximilian M. Schmidt, Armando Maestro, Walter Richtering, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Andrea Scotti
As lateral compression is applied, microgel particles with different softness exhibit distinct behaviours. Hard microgels (green particles) are pushed away from the air–water interface, whereas soft ones (orange particles) are less deformed.
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Deformation-dependent gel surface topography due to the elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00139G, Paper
Open Access
Luochang Wang, Qihan Liu
Elastocapillary and osmocapillary effects can roughen a stretched surface although the elastic Poisson’s effect always flattens a stretched surface.
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Bending creep behaviour of various polymer films analysed by surface strain measurement

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3248-3255
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01566A, Paper
Jiayi Yu, Masayuki Kishino, Kyohei Hisano, Atsushi Shishido
Polymer films subjected to a static bending state exhibit temporal strain increase due to their viscoelastic nature. We quantitatively measured the surface strain change in various polymer films in real time and gained insights into the occurrence of this phenomenon.
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Effect of Aromatic Side Chain on the Dilational Rheological Properties of N-Acyltaurate Amphiphiles at Water-Decane Interfaces

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00269E, Paper
Yang-Wen Zhu, Zhicheng Xu, Li Zhang, Ping Liu, Yu Hou, Lei Zhang, Lu Zhang
To elucidate the effect of aromatic side chains on dilational rheological properties of N-acyltaurate amphiphiles at the decane-water interface, the interfacial rheological properties of sodium N-2-(2-naphthoxy)-tetradecanolytaurinate (12+N-T) and sodium N-2-(p-butylphenoxy)-...
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Surface charge density and induced currents by self-charging sliding drops

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00205A, Paper
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Pravash Bista, Aaron D. Ratschow, Amy Z. Stetten, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Stefan A.L. Weber
Sliding drops induce a bipolar current in subsurface electrodes beneath a hydrophobic substrate. We show how it depends on substrate properties and how it can be optimized for energy harvesting.
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Effect of surface viscoelasticity on top jet drops produced by bursting bubbles

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00243A, Paper
Zhengyu Yang, Sainath Barbhai, Bingqiang Ji, Jie Feng
Jet drops resulting from bubble bursting at a liquid surface play a key role in various mass transfer processes across the interface, including sea spray aerosol generation and pathogen transmission....
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Interfacial energy as an approach to designing amphipathic surfaces during photopolymerization curing

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01528A, Paper
Open Access
Sabrina J. Curley, Caroline R. Szczepanski
Photopolymerization induced phase separation (PIPS) is utilized to develop materials in a single step that are hydrophobic on one face and hydrophilic on the other.
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Surface modification of halide perovskite using EDTA-complexed SnO2 as electron transport layer in high performance solar cells

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12397-12406
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08900B, Paper
Open Access
Nuno Marques, Santanu Jana, Manuel J. Mendes, Hugo Águas, Rodrigo Martins, Shrabani Panigrahi
The long-term performance of metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can be significantly improved by tuning the surface characteristics of the perovskite layers.
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Significantly enhanced catalytic performance of Pd nanocatalyst on AlOOH featuring abundant solid surface frustrated Lewis pair for improved hydrogen activation

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12593-12599
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01852D, Paper
Open Access
Junwei Li, Hongshuai Yin, Sisi Liu, Chaofa Xu, Zhixiong Cai
The superior catalytic performance of Pd nanocatalysts in AlOOH-80 is attributed to solid surface frustrated Lewis pairs (ssFLP), which enhance hydrogen gas dissociation, improve Pd nanocatalyst hydrogenation, and result in high catalytic activity of Pd/AlOOH-80.
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Scalable slot-die coated flexible supercapacitors from upcycled PET face shields

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12781-12795
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA06809E, Paper
Open Access
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Kiran Kumar Reddy Reddygunta, Andrew Callander, Lidija Šiller, Karen Faulds, Leonard Berlouis, Aruna Ivaturi
This study reports fabrication of flexible supercapacitor with slot-die coated activated carbon electrodes derived from upcycled PET face shield, displaying excellent energy and power density of 21.8 W h kg−1 and 20 600 W kg−1 with good flexibility.
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