Na3V2(PO4)3 has been widely studied due to its stable three-dimensional transmission channel structure as a cathode electrode of sodium ion batteries, but its micro particle size and low intrinsic electroniccon-ducti...
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Na3V2(PO4)3 has been widely studied due to its stable three-dimensional transmission channel structure as a cathode electrode of sodium ion batteries, but its micro particle size and low intrinsic electroniccon-ductivity limit its further development. Therefore, hierarchical porous micro-nano NVP/c materials were successfully prepared using a metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) precursor. Because of the unique hier-archical porous micro-nano structure, 3D highly conductive network between surface and particles, and high specific surface area, M-NVP/c exhibits outstanding rate capability (95.0 mAh g-1 at a current density of 10 c) and extraordinary stable cycle life (the capacity decays from 111.2 mAh g-1 to 108.8 mAh g-1 after 500 cycles at 1 c, with a capacity retention rate of 97.8 %). This method provides a promising pathway for the application of MOFs in battery materials and promotes the development of SIBs in large-scale energy storage systems.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Despite the growing interest in using mixed-culture aerobic denitrifying fungal flora (mixed-cADFF) for water remediation, there is limited research on their nitrogen removal performance in low c/N polluted water bodi...
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Despite the growing interest in using mixed-culture aerobic denitrifying fungal flora (mixed-cADFF) for water remediation, there is limited research on their nitrogen removal performance in low c/N polluted water bodies. To address this knowledge gap, we isolated three mixed-cADFFs from overlying water in urban lakes to evaluate their removal performance. The total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiencies were 93.60 degrees Ao, 94.64 degrees Ao, and 95.18 degrees Ao, while the dissolved organiccarbon removal efficiencies were 96.64 degrees Ao, 95.12 degrees Ao, and 96.70 degrees Ao for mixed-cADFF LN3, LN7, and LN15, respectively in the denitrification medium under aerobicconditions at 48 h cultivation. The three mixed-cADFFs could utilize diverse types of low molecular weight carbon sources to drive the aerobic denitrification processes efficiently. The optimal c/N ratio for the mixed-cADFFs were c/N = 10, and then c/N = 15, 7, 5, and 2. The high-throughput sequencing analysis of three mixed-cADFFs indicated that Eurotiomycetes, cystobasidiomycetes, and Sordariomycetes were the dominant class in the communities at class level. The network analysis showed that the rare fungal species, such as Scedosporium dehoogii Saitozyma, and candida intermedia presented positively cooccurred with the TN removal and organic matter reduction capacity. Immobilization mixed-cADFFs treatment raw water experiments indicated that three mixed-cADFFs could reduce nearly 62.73 % of TN in the low c/N micropolluted raw water treatment. Moreover, the cell density and cell metabolism indexes were also increased during the raw water treatment. This study will provides new insight into resource utilization of the mixed-culture aerobic denitrifying fungal community in field of environment restoration.
In this paper, c/N co-doped rich-defect TiO2 photocatalyst (c/N/DBD-TiO2-x) was prepared by DBD plasma discharge treatment in the mixed atmosphere of cO, N2 and H2 for the first time. The oxygen defects, c doping and ...
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In this paper, c/N co-doped rich-defect TiO2 photocatalyst (c/N/DBD-TiO2-x) was prepared by DBD plasma discharge treatment in the mixed atmosphere of cO, N2 and H2 for the first time. The oxygen defects, c doping and N doping were successfully introduced by DBD plasma discharge treatment. With the synergy of these three, the forbidden band width was reduced from 3.20 eV to 2.78 eV, and the electron hole pair was rapidly separated and transferred. Meanwhile DBD plasma discharge treatment increased the specific surface area, pore volume and pore size of TiO2. Evaluation results of visible light catalytic performance showed that the degradation rate of MB solution could reach 98.05%. The new plasma discharge method solved the shortcomings and deficiencies of traditional modification methods, which provided a new and more convenient technology for TiO2 modification.(c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
cobalt-nitrogen/carbon (co-N/c) was considered as the promising catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The combination of dense single-atom active site density and serviceable proton electronicconductivity is ...
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cobalt-nitrogen/carbon (co-N/c) was considered as the promising catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The combination of dense single-atom active site density and serviceable proton electronicconductivity is the key to improve the activity and stability of the catalyst in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Herein, we achieved the in-situ growth of massive carbon nanotubes (cNTs) during the synthesis of co-N/ccatalysts by precisely regulating the ratio of reactants in the metal-organic framework precursors. Notably, the dense deformed co-N4 sites were anchored on the in-situ grown cNTs, improving the triple-phase boundary and proton electronicconductivity of membrane electrode assemblies (MEA). Benefiting from the unique structure of dense co-N4 sites anchored on cNTs, the target catalyst co-N/c-1/4.4 exhibited high activity in both ORR (half-wave potential: 0.781 V, kineticcurrent@0.80 V = 2.25 mA cm-2) and fuel cell (H2-Air: 0.49 W cm-2) tests. And the in-situ grown cNTs with high graphitization degree led to a significant improvement in the stability of the catalyst (10 mV decay of half-wave potential after 30,000 cycles). We believe this research may provide new understanding into the development of non-PGM electrocatalysts with high performance at the atomic scale.
Papaya (carica papaya L.) fruits showing typical anthracnose lesions were collected from Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. Infected fruits showed brown to black, sunken water-soaked lesions with salmon- and black-colour...
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Papaya (carica papaya L.) fruits showing typical anthracnose lesions were collected from Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. Infected fruits showed brown to black, sunken water-soaked lesions with salmon- and black-coloured acervuli. Fungal pathogens were isolated from the fruit samples, plated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) and purified for subsequent analyses. A total of six colletotrichum isolates were subjected to morphological assessment and were divided into two morphotypes (I and II). Morphotype I produced conidia which were hyaline, fusiform with obtuse ends, while Morphotype II produced conidia which were hyaline, falcate with pointy ends. For phylogenetic analysis, sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), actin (AcT) and chitin synthase-1 (cHS-1) was performed and resulted in two well-supported and distinct clades. All test isolates were pathogenic in the detached fruit assay, and the same isolates were successfully re-isolated from the symptomatic fruit samples, thereby fulfilling Koch's postulate. The results of the phylogenetic analysis, morphological assessment and pathogenicity testing confirmed the identity of the isolates as c. brevisporum and c. truncatum. To our knowledge, this is the first confirmed report of the two new species associated with papaya anthracnose in the Philippines.
Aging animals accumulate insoluble proteins as a consequence of a decline of proteostatic maintenance with age. In caenorhabditis elegans, for instance, levels of detergent-insoluble proteins increase with age. In lon...
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Aging animals accumulate insoluble proteins as a consequence of a decline of proteostatic maintenance with age. In caenorhabditis elegans, for instance, levels of detergent-insoluble proteins increase with age. In longer-lived strains of c. elegans, this accumulation occurs more slowly, implying a link to lifespan determination. We further explored this link and found that detergent-insoluble proteins accumulate more rapidly at higher temperatures, a condition where lifespan is short. We employed a c. elegans strain carrying a GFP transcriptional reporter under the control of a heat shock (hsp-16.2) promoter to investigate the dynamics of proteostatic failure in individual nematodes. We found that early, sporadic activation of hsp-16.2 was predictive of shorter remaining lifespan in individual nematodes. Exposure to rapamycin, resulting in reduced mTOR signaling, delayed spurious expression, extended lifespan, and delayed accumulation of insoluble proteins, suggesting that targets downstream of the mTOR pathway regulate the accumulation of insoluble proteins. We specifically explored ribosomal S6 kinase (rsks-1) as one such candidate and found that RNAi against rsks-1 also resulted in less age-dependent accumulation of insoluble proteins and extended lifespan. Our results demonstrate that inhibition of protein translation via reduced mTOR signaling resulted in slower accumulation of insoluble proteins, delayed proteostaticcrisis, and extended lifespan in c. elegans.
Background and aims The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-consumption (AUDIT-c) questionnaire screens for harmful drinking using a 12-month timeframe. A score of 0 is assigned to individuals who report abstain...
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Background and aims The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-consumption (AUDIT-c) questionnaire screens for harmful drinking using a 12-month timeframe. A score of 0 is assigned to individuals who report abstaining from alcohol in the past year. However, many middle-age individuals reporting current abstinence are former drinkers (FDs). Because FDs may be more genetically prone to harmful alcohol use than lifelong abstainers (LAs) and are often combined with LAs, we evaluated the impact of differentiating them on the identification of genetic association. Design and Setting The United Kingdom Biobank (UKBB) includes AUDIT-c and alcohol drinker status. Participants 131 510 Europeans, including 5135 FDs. Measurements We compared three genome-wide association (GWAS) analyses to explore the effects of removing FDs: the full AUDIT-c data, AUDIT-c data without FDs, and data from a random sample numerically matched to the data without FDs. Because prior studies show a consistent association of the ADH1B polymorphism rs1229984 with both alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder, we compared allele frequencies for rs1229984 stratified by AUDIT-c value and FD versus LA status. Additionally, we calculated polygenic risk scores (PRS) of related diseases. Findings The rs1229984 allele frequencies among FDs were numerically comparable to those with high AUDIT-c scores and very different from those of LAs. Removing FDs from GWAS yielded a stronger association with rs1229984 (P value after removal: 1.9 x 10(-70) vs 1.7 x 10(-65) and 2.5 x 10(-62)), more statistically significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (after removal: 11 vs 9 and 8), and genomic loci (after removal: 11 vs 9 and 7). Additional independent SNPs were identified after removal of FDs: rs2817866 (PTGER3), rs7105867 (ANO3), and rs17601612 (DRD2). For PRS of alcohol use disorder and major depressive disorder, there are statistically significant differences between FDs and LAs. conclusions Differenti
To control the inorganic nitrogen and bioflocconcentrations in the biofloc system, it is necessary to intensify the nitrogen removal by nitrification and denitrification. In this study, nitrifiers and aerobic denitri...
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To control the inorganic nitrogen and bioflocconcentrations in the biofloc system, it is necessary to intensify the nitrogen removal by nitrification and denitrification. In this study, nitrifiers and aerobic denitrifying bacteria were inoculated into aquaculture wastewater, with 16.80 mg/L of nitrogen input per day after start-up, and by addition of glucose and citrate c/N to 9 and 12, without adding carbon source as control (c/N 6.17). The concentrations of inorganic nitrogen, total nitrogen and biofloc, and the diversity of the microbial community were investigated during the experimental period of 40 days. The results showed that 84.17-89.97% of nitrogen input was removed in all the treatments, residual nitrogen was higher in the glucose treatments. Lower inorganic nitrogen at a higher c/N ratio was obtained with the addition of the same carbon source due to more assimilation. Among all, the citrate treatment at c/N 12 obtained the best control in inorganic nitrogen concentrations and better in bioflocconcentration owing to efficient dissimilation and assimilation. Moreover, from day 26 to day 40, the number of detected OTUs increased by 22.90-58.40% while the Shannon indices have not changed much in all the treatments. Ten of the top 15 genera were the typical denitrifying genera in each treatment, the total abundance of these decreased by 7.00% to 58.00% while that of Paracoccus, as one of the denitrifiers added, increased by 3.00% to 25.00%. This suggested that the addition of citrate at higher c/N could improve the denitrification function of biofloc system.
In this study, the biodegradation of phenanthrene was investigated in newly isolated endophytic fungal strains, Fusarium sp. (KTS01), Trichoderma harzianum (LAN03), Fusarium oxysporum (KTS02), Fusarium oxysporum (LAN0...
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In this study, the biodegradation of phenanthrene was investigated in newly isolated endophytic fungal strains, Fusarium sp. (KTS01), Trichoderma harzianum (LAN03), Fusarium oxysporum (KTS02), Fusarium oxysporum (LAN04), and clonostachys rosea (KTS05). This was performed under different carbon:nitrogen ratios (10:1, 20:1, and 30:1) using different nitrogen sources (urea and malt extract and ammonium nitrate) over a 30 d incubation period in both static and agitated liquid media. The kinetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) min-eralisation to cO2 (lag phases, fastest rates, and overall extents) were measured for all of the fungal strains and nutrient conditions using 14c-phenanthrene. All fungal strains were able to biodegrade 14c-phenanthrene to 14cO2 under the different nutrient amendments. However, 14c-phenanthrene mineralisation varied for most of the fungal strains in static and agitated culture conditions. Greater extents of mineralisation were found in fungal cultures (strains KTS05 and KTS01) with c:N ratio of 10:1 in both static and agitated conditions, while the fungal strains (KTS05 and LAN03) showed the greatest phenanthrene mineralisation after N source amendments, particularly with malt extract. In addition, the phenanthrene mineralisation increased with higher c:N ratios for clonostachys rosea (KTS05) only. consequently, the results reported here provide a promising potential for the endophytic fungal strains and the importance of nutrients amendments for the enhanced degradation of PAHs contaminated environments.
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