In this work, a multifunctional 2m dual‐salt sulfolane (TMS)/ethyl acetate (EA)‐based localized high‐concentration electrolyte (LHCE) with 10 wt% fluorocarbonate (FEC) is reported. Its incorporation into a Li||Ni0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 battery enables it to maintain nearly 89% capacity retention after 200 cycles with 1 C (200 mA g−1) charge/discharge current density charged to 4.6 V at 25 °C, showing good high‐voltage cyclic stability. A superior 10 C high‐rate performance with 65% (≈130 mAh g−1) specific capacity is also achieved. Furthermore, it still remains a liquid and exhibits good ionic conductivity even at −80 °C, and enables Li||Ni0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 batteries to deliver more than 50% of their room‐temperature capacity at −40 °C and remains stable for over 200 cycles under the same condition as before, realizing outstanding low‐temperature fast‐charging/discharging performance. It also demonstrates compatibility with both lithium metal and graphite anode. All in all, this work provides a new idea for the design of a fast‐dynamic, high‐voltage, and low‐temperature lithium battery electrolyte. The findings of this work indicate that LHCEs made directly from the optimal high‐concentration electrolyte are not the most suitable approach, combining the diluent with an additive is necessary and effective.
Sustained drug release plays a critical role in targeting the therapy of local diseases such as bacterial infections. In the present work, porous iron-carboxylate metal-organic framework [MOF-53(Fe)] nanoparticles (NPs) were designed to entrap the vancomycin (Van) drugs. This system exhibited excellent chemical stability under acidic conditions (pH 7.4, 6.5, and 5.5) and much higher drug-loading capability because of the high porosity and large surface area of MOF NPs. The results showed that the drug-loading ratio of Van could reach 20 wt % and that the antibacterial ratio of the MOF-53(Fe)/Van system against Staphylococcus aureus could reach up to 90%. In addition, this MOF-53(Fe)/Van system exhibited excellent biocompatibility because of its chemical stability and sustained release of iron ions. Hence, these porous MOF NPs are a promising bioplatform not only for local therapy of bacterial infections but also for other biomedical therapies for tissue regeneration.
Localized
high-concentration electrolytes have attracted much attention
of researchers due to their low viscosity, low cost, and relatively
higher electrochemical performance than their low-concentration counterparts.
In our work, 1.5 M (mol L–1) locally concentrated
ether-based electrolyte has been obtained by adding 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl
ether (HFE) into a 4 M LiFSI concentrated dimethoxyethane (DME)-based
electrolyte. The optimal ratio is determined by density functional
theory (DFT) calculation and experimental combination, and finally,
DH(3/5)-1.5M-LiFSI (DME/HFE = 3:5 by volume) is obtained. The electrolyte
not only has relatively good physical properties such as low viscosity
and high conductivity but also shows decent electrochemical performance.
Li∥Cu half-cells can maintain a coulombic efficiency of no
less than 99% after circulating for 250 cycles under the condition
of 1 mA cm–2 current density and 1 mAh cm–2 lithium deposition for each cycle, and the stable battery polarization
voltage was about 50 mV. Furthermore, 0.15 M lithium trifluoromethyl
acetate (LiCO2CF3) has been added as an additive
to enhance the oxidation stability. The new electrolyte DH(3/5)-1.65M-LiFC
(LiFC/LiFSI + LiCO2CF3) makes Li||NCM523 batteries
maintain about 83% capacity after cycling for 250 times with a 0.5
C charge current density and a 1 C discharge current density of 160
mAh g–1 when charged to 4.3 V. Furthermore, this
new additive has a little negative effect on the Li||Cu half-cell
performance under the same condition as before, indicating this new
type of localized high-concentration DME-based electrolyte benefits
both high-voltage cathode and lithium-metal anode.
Herein, we synthesized a cost-effective iron porphyrin (FePor)-based covalent organic polymer (COP), FePor-TFPA-COP, through an easy aromatic substitution reaction between pyrrole and tris(4-formylphenyl)amine (TFPA). The triangular pyramid-shaped, N-centric structure of TFPA facilitated the formation of FePor-TFPA-COP with three-dimensional porous structure, larger surface area, and abundant surface catalytically active sites. FePor-TFPA-COP exhibited strong intrinsic peroxidase activity toward a classical peroxidase substrate, 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), in the presence of HO. Compared with horseradish peroxidase (HRP), FePor-TFPA-COP exhibited several advantages such as easy storage, high sensitivity, and prominently chemical and catalytic stability under the harsh conditions, which guaranteed the accuracy and reliability of measurements. Utilizing the excellent catalytic activity, a FePor-TFPA-COP-based colorimetric immunoassay was first established for α-fetoprotein (AFP) detection and showed high sensitivity, stability, and acceptable reproducibility. The linear response range for AFP was 5 pg/mL to 100 ng/mL and the detection limitation was 1 pg/mL. The routine provided a brilliant biomimetic catalyst to develop the nonenzyme immunoassay. More importantly, the high chemical and catalytic stability and sensitivity facilitated future practical applications under various conditions.
We report chitosan-coated red fluorescent protein nanoparticles that can simultaneously deliver Cas9 RNPs and DNA donors to the cells for efficient genome editing via the HDR or NHEJ pathway with high efficacy and non-cytotoxicity.
Use of animal manure is a main source of veterinary pharmaceuticals (VPs) in soil and groundwater through a series of migration processes. The sorption-desorption and transport of four commonly used VPs including trimethoprim (TMP), sulfapyridine, sulfameter, and sulfadimethoxine were investigated in three soil layers taken from an agricultural field in Chongming Island China and two types of aqueous solution (0.01 M CaCl2 solution and wastewater treatment plant effluent). Results from sorption-desorption experiments showed that the sorption behavior of selected VPs conformed to the Freundlich isotherm equation. TMP exhibited higher distribution coefficients (K d = 6.73-9.21) than other sulfonamides (K d = 0.03-0.47), indicating a much stronger adsorption capacity of TMP. The percentage of desorption for TMP in a range of 8-12 % is not so high to be considered significant. Low pH (
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