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Nankai University

EducationTianjin, China
About: Nankai University is a education organization based out in Tianjin, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Catalysis & Enantioselective synthesis. The organization has 42964 authors who have published 51866 publications receiving 1127896 citations. The organization is also known as: Nánkāi Dàxué.


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TL;DR: First-principles calculations reveal a ligand effect, induced by alloying Ir with 3d transition metals, can weaken the adsorption energy of oxygen intermediates, which is the key to realizing much-enhanced OER activity.
Abstract: The development of active and durable bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting is mandatory for renewable energy conversion. This study reports a general method for controllable synthesis of a class of IrM (M = Co, Ni, CoNi) multimetallic porous hollow nanocrystals (PHNCs), through etching Ir-based, multimetallic, solid nanocrystals using Fe3+ ions, as catalysts for boosting overall water splitting. The Ir-based multimetallic PHNCs show transition-metal-dependent bifunctional electrocatalytic activities for both the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic electrolyte, with IrCo and IrCoNi PHNCs being the best for HER and OER, respectively. First-principles calculations reveal a ligand effect, induced by alloying Ir with 3d transition metals, can weaken the adsorption energy of oxygen intermediates, which is the key to realizing much-enhanced OER activity. The IrCoNi PHNCs are highly efficient in overall-water-splitting catalysis by showing a low cell voltage of only 1.56 V at a current density of 2 mA cm-2 , and only 8 mV of polarization-curve shift after a 1000-cycle durability test in 0.5 m H2 SO4 solution. This work highlights a potentially powerful strategy toward the general synthesis of novel, multimetallic, PHNCs as highly active and durable bifunctional electrocatalysts for high-performance electrochemical overall-water-splitting devices.

403 citations

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TL;DR: This work reports on the first experimental observation of discrete vortex solitons in two-dimensional optically induced photonic lattices and demonstrates strong stabilization of an optical vortex by the lattice in a self-focusing nonlinear medium.
Abstract: We report on the first experimental observation of discrete vortex solitons in two-dimensional optically induced photonic lattices. We demonstrate strong stabilization of an optical vortex by the lattice in a self-focusing nonlinear medium and study the generation of the discrete vortices from a broad class of singular beams.

402 citations

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TL;DR: Mechanisms affecting local membrane curvature may also shape peripheral ER sheets and the nuclear envelope as well as mitochondria and caveolae and proteins of the dynamin family may deform the ER membrane to generate a tubular network.
Abstract: Cellular organelles have characteristic morphologies that arise as a result of different local membrane curvatures. A striking example is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which consists of ER tubules with high curvature in cross-section, peripheral ER sheets with little curvature except at their edges and the nuclear envelope with low curvature except where the nuclear pores are inserted. The ER may be shaped by several mechanisms. ER tubules are often generated through their association with the cytoskeleton and stabilized by two families of integral membrane proteins, the reticulons and DP1/Yop1p. Similar to how curvature is generated in budding vesicles, these proteins may use scaffolding and hydrophobic insertion mechanisms to shape the lipid bilayer into tubules. In addition, proteins of the dynamin family may deform the ER membrane to generate a tubular network. Mechanisms affecting local membrane curvature may also shape peripheral ER sheets and the nuclear envelope as well as mitochondria and caveolae.

401 citations

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Ze Zhang1, Ling-Long Kong1, Sheng Liu1, Guo-Ran Li1, Xue-Ping Gao1 
TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D graphene nanosheet-carbon nanotube (GN-CNT) matrix is obtained through a simple one-pot pyrolysis process.
Abstract: Carbon materials have attracted extensive attention as the host materials of sulfur for lithium–sulfur battery, especially those with 3D architectural structure. Here, a novel 3D graphene nanosheet–carbon nanotube (GN–CNT) matrix is obtained through a simple one-pot pyrolysis process. The length and density of CNTs can be readily tuned by altering the additive amount of carbon source (urea). Specifically, CNTs are in situ introduced onto the surface of the graphene nanosheets (GN) and show a stable covalent interaction with GN. Besides, in the GN–CNT matrix, cobalt nanoparticles with different diameters exist as being wrapped in the top of CNTs or scattering on the GN surface, and abundant heteroatoms (N, O) are detected, both of which can help in immobilizing sulfur species. Such a rationally designed 3D GN–CNT matrix makes much more sense in enhancing the electrochemical performance of the sulfur cathode for rapid charge transfer and favorable electrolyte infiltration. Moreover, the presence of dispersed cobalt nanoparticles is beneficial for trapping lithium polysulfides by strong chemical interaction, and facilitating the mutual transformation between the high-order polysulfides and low-order ones. As a result, the S/GN–CNT composite presents a high sulfur utilization and large capacity on the basis of the S/GN–CNT composite as active material.

401 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Yi Chen2174342293080
Peidong Yang183562144351
Jie Zhang1784857221720
Yang Yang1712644153049
Qiang Zhang1611137100950
Bin Liu138218187085
Jun Chen136185677368
Hui Li1352982105903
Jie Liu131153168891
Han Zhang13097058863
Jian Zhou128300791402
Chao Zhang127311984711
Wei Chen122194689460
Xuan Zhang119153065398
Yang Li117131963111
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023186
2022925
20215,270
20204,645
20194,261
20183,520