The mainstream strategy for designing hydrogen electrocatalysts is to adjust their surface electronic structure; however, the conductivity of the electrocatalyst and the synergy with its substrate are still challenges to overcome. In this work, we re...
The bare surface of BiVO4 photoanode usually suffers from extremely low interfacial charge transfer efficiency which leads to a significantly suppressed photoelectrochemical water splitting performance. Various strategies, including surface modificat...
Long-time thermal batteries with high specific energy are crucial for improving the fast response ability of long-range weapons. Due to its high capacity, safety, and stability, the new sulfide cathode has attracted extensive attention. In this study...
Cobalt sulfides are attractive as intriguing candidates for anodes in Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their unique chemical and physical properties. In this work, CoS2@rGO (CSG) was synthesized by a hydrothermal method. TEM showed that CoS2 nanop...
The development of cost-effective and highly efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is pivotal for sustainable hydrogen energy production. Herein, coaxial electrospinning one-dimensional (1D) hollow carbon nanofiber (HCN...
Platinum-free counter electrodes (CE) were developed for use in efficient and cost-effective energy conversion devices, such as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Electrochemical deposition of CoS2 on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) formed a hierarch...
Hollow nanoboxes structure have raised great attention as microwave absorption materials on account of their ultralow density and large specific area. By introducing an adjustable interior cavity structure, the dielectric loss and microwave absorptio...
Obvious volume change and the dissolution of polysulfide as well as sluggish kinetics are serious issues for the development of high performance metal sulfide anodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), which usually result in fast capacity fading during...
In this work, a two-step electrodeposition strategy is developed for the synthesis of core-shell Co3O4@CoS nanosheet arrays on carbon cloth (CC) for supercapacitor applications. Porous Co3O4 nanosheet arrays are first directly grown on CC by electrod...
Nanocomposite electrodes receive much attention because of their excellent energy storage nature. Electrodes for supercapacitors have come a major source of interest. In this pursuit, the current work elucidates binder-free coral reefs resembling ZnO...
Copper cobalt sulfide (Cu-CoS2) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via the co-precipitation method in the present study. The synthesized nanoparticles were employed as photocatalysts for the degradation of two hazardous dyes, Eosin B (EB) and Rhoda...
NiS nanoparticles were chemically deposited on the surface of g-C3N4, in situ, followed by high-temperature calcination to prepare x-NiS/g-C3N4 co-catalyst-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts. Due to the intrinsic charge accumulation prefere...
Vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus or infection with SARS-CoV-2 will lead to the development of IgG antibodies against the S1 protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, even despite having high levels of IgG antibodies against the S1 protein of...
This work develops a novel Ni-Co nanoparticles coupled with Ni3S2 and Co9S8 phases on nickel foam (denoted as Ni-Co NPS@Ni3S2/Co9S8/NF) hybrid structure material as a bifunctional water electrolysis catalyst. The self-assembly Ni-Co alloy phases enha...
Selective S1P1 receptor agonists have therapeutic potential to treat a variety of immune-mediated diseases. A series of 2-imino-thiazolidin-4-one derivatives displaying potent S1P1 receptor agonistic activity were selected to establish 3D-QSAR models...
Cobalt sulfide composites have exhibited great potential in terms of microwave absorption, owing to their low price, relatively high capacitance, and excellent electrocatalytic activity. Thus, a novel core-shell like structure comprising cobalt sulfi...
As a typical two-dimensional material, MXene possesses excellent conductivity and tunable interlayer space, which makes it have an impressive development potential in the field of electromagnetic (EM) waves absorbing materials. In this work, we fabri...
The separation and purification of carbon dioxide (CO2) from sour gas streams is critical for emission reduction and industrial reuse. This study presents a chemical absorption-based process simulation of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and H2S (hydrogen sulfid...
As a sustainable alternative technology to the cost- and energy-intensive Haber–Bosch method, electrochemical nitrogen (N2) reduction offers direct conversion of N2 to NH3 under ambient conditions. Direct use of noble metals or non-noble metals...
The rational fabrication of composite structures made of mixed components has shown great potential for boosting the energy density of supercapacitors. Herein, an elaborate hierarchical MOF-derived NiCo2S4@Mo-doped Co-LDH arrays hybrid electrode was...
China’s heating industry is a coal-fired industry with serious environmental issues. CO2 emissions from the heating industry accounted for an average 6.1% of China’s carbon emissions during 1985–2010. The potential for reducing emissions in China’s h...
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted rapid research on SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity. Consequently, new data can be used to advance the molecular understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The present bioinformatics study discusses the “spikeopathy” at...
The rational design of multifunctional electrocatalysts requires synergistic integration of conductive scaffolds with redox-active components. Here, a hierarchical core–shell NiCo2S4 grown/anchored on Co9S8-loaded carbon nanofibers (NCS/CS/CNFs...
In this study, we have proposed an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) signal amplification system which is based on two-dimensional (2D) flower-like CdS@Co/Mo-MOF composites as a co-reaction accelerator of the g-C3N4/S2O82− system for ultrasensitiv...
The preparation of methanol chemicals through CO2 and H2 gas is a positive measure to achieve carbon neutrality. However, developing catalysts with high selectivity remains a challenge due to the irreversible side reaction of reverse water gas shift...
This study presents a novel method for altering the surface properties of carbon fiber (CF) to improve the bonding strength at its interface with norbornene–polyimide (PI-NA) resin. Cobaltous sulfide (CoS) nanosheets were successfully synthesiz...
Transition metal sulphide electrocatalytic materials possess the bright overall water-splitting performance of practical electrocatalytic technologies. In this study, an amethyst-like MoS2@Ni9S8/Co3S4 rod electrocatalyst was constructed via a one-ste...
CoSe2, as a kind of co-catalyst, would replace noble metals element to dope pure CdS. The CoSe2/CdS photocatalyst could be synthesized by simple physical mixing. With the introduction of CoSe2, especially 30% CoSe2/CdS, hydrogen production would be a...
Until now, crystalline NiCo2S4 and its composites have demonstrated improved performance in supercapacitor applications compared to their oxide analogues due to their relatively higher electrical conductivity and multifaceted redox reaction. However,...
In this contribution, we report on the possibility that cryptococcal protease(s) could activate the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein. The S protein is documented to have a unique four-amino-acid sequence (underlined, SPRRAR↓S) at the interface betwe...
A supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) Brayton cycle is a compact and simple power conversion system with competitive efficiency. However, the strong real gas effects of S-CO2 pose challenges to the design of a cycle and its components. In particular, designing...
MnS has been explored as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its high theoretical capacity, but low electronic conductivity and severe volume change induce low reversible capacity and poor cycling performance. In this work, the nanocap...
Electrochemical energy storage devices (EESDs) have caused widespread concern, ascribed to the increasing depletion of traditional fossil energy and environmental pollution. In recent years, nickel cobalt bimetallic sulfides have been regarded as the...
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has again shown that structural biology plays an important role in understanding biological mechanisms and exploiting structural data for therapeutic interventions. Notably, previous work on SARS-related glycoproteins has pave...
Understanding the reduction of CO2 and the origin and evolution of early life on Earth is an important research endeavor. Pyrite, due to its semiconductor properties, is believed to play a pivotal role as a reactant or catalyst in converting reducing...
The photoreduction of CO2 to chemical fuels represents a promising technology to mitigate the current energy dilemma and global warming problems. Unfortunately, the original photocatalysts suffer from many side reactions and a poor CO2 conversion eff...
As an important component that affects the storage performance of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), novel anode materials still need to be well explored. Herein, CoS1.097@C core–shell fibers as anode material were designed via coaxial electrospinnin...
Ribosomal protein S6 kinases belong to a family of highly conserved enzymes in eukaryotes that regulate cell growth, proliferation, survival, and the stress response. It is well established that the activation and downstream signalling of p70S6Ks inv...
Approved COVID-19 vaccines primarily induce neutralizing antibodies targeting the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein. However, the emergence of variants of concern with RBD mutations poses challenges to vaccine efficacy...
The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of transition metal sulfide heterojunctions are significantly increased when compared with that of a single component, but the mechanism behind the performance enhancement and the preparation of cataly...
In the present paper, we aim to prove a new lemma and quantum Simpson’s type inequalities for functions of two variables having convexity on co-ordinates over
The corrosive environment of oilfield condensate water was simulated at different temperatures with CO2/H2S. Weight-loss corrosion tests were conducted on S135 and G105 steels at different temperatures. The corrosion rates of the S135 and G105 were m...
In recent years, defective TiO2-based composite nanomaterials have received much attention in the field of photocatalysis. In this work, TiB2 was used as a precursor to successfully prepare Ti3+ defective TiO2 (TiO2-B) with a truncated bipyramidal st...
This study analyzes the effects of varying H2S and CO2 concentrations and temperature on the pH of geothermal fluids flowing through superduplex S32750 stainless-steel pipelines, classified as corrosion-resistant alloys (CRAs). Corrosive decay is eva...
There are abundant water resources in nature, and hydrogen production from electrolyzed water can be one of the main ways to obtain green and sustainable energy. Traditional water electrolysis uses precious metals as catalysts, but it is difficult to...
Herein, step-scheme (S-scheme) CuBi2O4/CuO (CBO/CuO) composite films were successfully synthesized on glass substrates by the ultra-fast spraying-calcination method. The photocatalytic activities of the obtained materials for CO2 reduction in the pre...
The formylation of mercaptans using CO2 as a C1 source represents a sustainable and efficient strategy for converting CO2 into value-added chemicals. However, to date, S-formylation still remains scarcely explored with CO2 as the starting material, d...
The continuous rise in the energy demand has shifted the extraction environment in oil and gas fields towards a more hostile environment, and has ultimately increased the corrosion of extraction and transmission facilities. One of the most effective...
The carbon dioxide (CO2) methanation reaction is a process that produces methane (CH4) by reacting CO2 and H2. Many studies have been conducted on this process because it enables a reduction of greenhouse gases and the production of energy with carbo...
(1) Background: The aim of this study was to produce in-house ELISAs which can be used to determine SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody levels directed against the spike protein (S), the S1 subunit of S and the receptor binding domain (RBD) of S in SARS-CoV...
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