Zinc-based batteries are promising
for use as energy storage devices
owing to their low cost and high energy density. However, zinc chemistry
commonly encounters serious dendrite issues, especially at high areal
capacities and current densities, limiting their application. Herein,
we propose a novel membrane featuring ordered undulating stripes called
“Turing patterns”, which can effectively suppress zinc
dendrites and improve ion conductivity. The crests and troughs in
the Turing membrane can effectively adjust the Zn(OH)4
2– distribution and provide more zinc deposition space.
The coordinated Cu ions during membrane formation can interact with
Zn(OH)4
2–, further smoothing zinc deposition.
Even at a high current density of 80 mA·cm–2, the Turing membrane enables an alkaline zinc–iron flow battery
(AZIFB) to work stably with an ultrahigh areal capacity of 160 mA·h·cm–2 for approximately 110 cycles, showing an energy efficiency
of 90.10%, which is by far the highest value ever reported among zinc-based
batteries with such a high current density. This paper provides valid
access to zinc-based batteries with high areal capacities based on
membrane design and promotes their advancement.
Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, the wheat stripe rust pathogen, is a dikaryotic, biotrophic, and macrocyclic fungus. Genetic study of P. striiformis f. sp. tritici virulence was not possible until the recent discovery of Berberis spp. and Mahonia spp. as alternate hosts. To determine inheritance of virulence and map virulence genes, a segregating population of 119 isolates was developed by self-fertilizing P. striiformis f. sp. tritici isolate 08-220 (race PSTv-11) on barberry leaves under controlled greenhouse conditions. The progeny isolates were phenotyped on a set of 29 wheat lines with single genes for race-specific resistance and genotyped with simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers derived from secreted protein genes, and SNP markers from genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). Using the GBS technique, 10,163 polymorphic GBS-SNP markers were identified. Clustering and principal component analysis grouped these markers into six genetic groups, and a genetic map, consisting of six linkage groups, was constructed with 805 markers. The six clusters or linkage groups resulting from these analyses indicated a haploid chromosome number of six in P. striiformis f. sp. tritici. Through virulence testing of the progeny isolates, the parental isolate was found to be homozygous for the avirulence loci corresponding to resistance genes Yr5, Yr10, Yr15, Yr24, Yr32, YrSP, YrTr1, Yr45, and Yr53 and homozygous for the virulence locus corresponding to resistance gene Yr41. Segregation was observed for virulence phenotypes in response to the remaining 19 single-gene lines. A single dominant gene or two dominant genes with different nonallelic gene interactions were identified for each of the segregating virulence phenotypes. Of 27 dominant virulence genes identified, 17 were mapped to two chromosomes. Markers tightly linked to some of the virulence loci may facilitate further studies to clone these genes. The virulence genes and their inheritance information are useful for understanding the host-pathogen interactions and for selecting effective resistance genes or gene combinations for developing stripe rust resistant wheat cultivars.
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