摘要：Among surgical procedures,suturing is considered ***,in some situations,suturing is not easy or ***,we present proof of concept of a new self-tightening needle-less suture made of a NiTi *** new device is designed to overcome two demanding steps of traditional suturing:needle introduction and manual *** novel suture is composed only of a short NiTi wire that is able to change shape by exploiting a thermoelastic phase *** shape change is achieved by increasing the temperature from that of the operating room(e.g.,20-22℃)to 32℃using warm *** consists of two steps:suture introduction,in which the suture is in an open configuration,and shape recovery(i.e.,closed configuration).The closed configuration is maintained at human body temperature thanks to peculiar pseudoelastic properties of the NiTi ***,thermal and functional characterization verified the simplicity and effectiveness of the proposed device.

摘要：Photocatalytic CO_(2)reduction to sustainably product of fuels is a potential route to achieve clean energy ***,the sluggish charge transport dynamics and poor CO_(2)activation performance result in a low CO_(2)conversion ***,we develop a multidimensional In_(2)O_(3)/In_(2)S_(3)(IO/IS)heterojunction with abundant lattice distortion structure and high concentration of oxygen *** close contact interfaces between the junction of the two phases ensure undisturbed transmission of electrons with high‐*** increased free electron concentration promotes the adsorption and activation of CO2 on the catalyst surface,leaving the key intermediate*COOH at a lower energy *** perfect combination of the band matching oxide and sulfide effectively reduces the internal energy barrier of the CO2 reduction ***,the lattice distortion structure not only provides additional active sites,but also optimizes the kinetics of the reaction through microstructural ***,the optimal IO/IS heterojunction exhibits superior CO_(2)reduction performance with CO evolution rate of 12.22μmol g^(−1)h^(−1),achieving about 4 times compared to that of In_(2)O_(3)and In2S3,*** work emphasizes the importance of tight interfaces of heterojunction in improving the performance of CO_(2)photoreduction,and provides an effective strategy for construction of heterojunction photocatalysts.

摘要：Although significant progress has been achieved in developing high energy aqueous zinc ion hybrid supercapacitors(ZHSCs),the sluggish diffusion of zinc ion(Zn^(2+))and unsatisfactory cathodes still hinder their energy density and cycling life *** work demonstrates the use of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon nanospheres(NMCSs)with appropriately hierarchical pore distribution and enhanced zinc ion storage capability for efficient Zn^(2+)*** asprepared aqueous ZHSC delivers a significant specific capacity of 157.8 mA h g^(-1),a maximum energy density of 126.2 W h kg^(-1) at 0.2 A g^(-1),and an ultra-high power density of 39.9 kW kg^(-1) with a quick charge time of 5.5 ***,the ZHSC demonstrates an ultra-long cycling life span of 50,000 cycles with an exciting capacity retention of 96.2%.More interestingly,a new type of planar ZHSC is fabricated with outstanding low-temperature electrochemical performance,landmark volumetric energy density of 31.6 mW h cm^(-3),and excellent serial and parallel *** investigation verifies that the superior electrochemical capability is due to the synergistic effect of cation and anion adsorption,as well as the reversible chemical adsorption of *** work provides not only an innovative strategy to construct and develop novel high-performance ZHSCs,but also a deeper understanding of the electrochemical characteristics of ZHSCs.

摘要：Our recent theoretical studies have screened out CuCs-doped Ag-based promising catalysts for ethylene epoxidation[ACS Catal.11,3371(2021)].The theoretical results were based on surface modeling,while in the actual reaction process Ag catalysts are particle *** this work,we combine density functional theory(DFT),Wulff construction theory,and micro kinetic analysis to study the catalytic performance of Ag catalysts at the particle *** demonstrates that the CuCs-doped Ag catalysts are superior to pure Ag catalysts in terms of selectivity and activity,which is further proved by experimental *** characterization analysis finds that both Cu and Cs dopant promote particle growth as well as particle dispersion,resulting in a grain boundary-rich Ag ***,CuCs also facilitate electrophilic atomic oxygen formation on catalyst surface,which is benefitial for ethylene oxide formation and *** work provides a case study for catalyst design by combining theory and experiment.

摘要：During this decade,many countries have experienced natural and accidental disasters,such as typhoons,floods,earthquakes,and nuclear plant accidents,causing catastrophic damage to *** the end of 2019,all countries of the world are struggling with the COVID-19 and pursuing countermeasures,including inoculation of vaccine,and changes in our lifestyle and social *** these experiences have made the residents in the affected regions keenly aware of the need for new infrastructures that are resilient and autonomous,so that vital lifelines are secured during calamities.A paradigm shift has been taking place toward reorganizing the energy social service management in many countries,including Japan,by effective use of sustainable energy and new supply ***,such new power sources and supply schemes would affect the power grid through intermittency of power output and the deterioration of power quality and ***,new social infrastructures and novel management systems to supply energy and social service will be *** this paper,user-friendly design,operation and control assist tools for resilient microgrids and autonomous communities are proposed and applied to the standard microgrid to verify its effectiveness and performance.

摘要：Fuel cells have attracted extensive attention due to their high conversion efficiency and environmental ***,their wider application is limited by the poor activity and high cost of platinum(Pt),which is widely used as the cathode catalyst to overcome the slow kinetics associated with oxygen reduction reaction(ORR).Pt‐based composites with one‐dimensional(1D)nanoarchitectures demonstrate great advantages towards efficient ORR *** review focuses on the recent advancements in the design and synthesis of 1D Pt‐based ORR *** introducing the fundamental ORR mechanism and the advanced 1D architectures,their synthesis strategies(template‐based and template‐free methods)are ***,their morphology and structure optimization are highlighted,followed by the superstructure assembly using 1D Pt‐based ***,the challenges and perspectives on the synthesis innovation,structure design,physical characterization,and theoretical investigations are proposed for 1D Pt‐based ORR *** anticipate this study will inspire more research endeavors on efficient ORR nanocatalysts in fuel cell application.

摘要：As a promising anode material candidate for sodium-ion batteries,antimony(Sb)has attracted enormous research interest due to its high specific capacity and low sodiation ***,its dramatic volume expansion upon sodiation adversely affects its cycle *** have developed an oxidation-coating-reduction strategy for fabricating yolk-shell Sb@C rods from commercially available Sb *** particular,the thermal reduction of vaporized Sb_(2)O_(3) generates densely distributed Sb single atoms and clusters on the carbon *** sodiation process of the Sb@C sample was recorded through in situ transmission electron *** expansion of Sb particles was observed,and it was also revealed that the carbon shell could deform with the expanded Sb *** the intuitively understood advantage that internal voids can provide space for expansion of internal active materials,the deformability of carbon shells can add further ability to withstand the volume *** two structural merits of the yolk-shell construction enable the Sb@C material to deliver an enhanced cycle *** reversible capacity exceeds 620 mA h g^(−1) at 0.1C,with an initial coulombic efficiency of up to 84.9%,and about 95%of the capacity in the charging voltage profile is delivered below 1.0 V ***+/*** performance metrics are very promising for potential practical applications.

摘要：Proton exchange membrane(PEM)fuel cell has been regarded as a promising approach to the decarbonization and diversification of energy *** recent years,durability and cost issues of PEM fuel cells are increasingly significant with the rapid increase of power ***,the failure to maintain the cell consistency,as one major cause of the above issue,has attracted little ***,this study intends to figure out the underlying cause of cell inconsistency and provide solutions to it from the perspective of multi-physics transport coupled with electrochemical *** PEM fuel cells with electrodes under two compression modes are firstly discussed to fully explain the relationship of cell performance and consistency to electrode structure and multi-physics *** result indicates that one main cause of cell inconsistency is the intrinsic conflict between the separated transport and cooperated consumption of oxygen and electron throughout the active ***,a mixed-pathway electrode design is proposed to reduce the cell inconsistency by enhancing the mixed transport of oxygen and electron in the *** is found that the mixing of pathways in electrodes at under-rib region is more effective than that at the under-channel region,and can achieve an up to 40%reduction of the cell inconsistency with little(3.3%)sacrificed *** addition,all the investigations are implemented based on a self-developed digitalization platform that reconstructs the complex physical–chemical system of PEM fuel *** fully observable physical information of the digitalized cells provides strong support to the related analysis.

摘要：Though touted as a potential way to realize clean ammonia synthesis,electrochemical ammonia synthesis is currently limited by its catalytic *** effort has been made to find catalysts with improved activity toward electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction(eNRR).Rational screening of catalysts can be facilitated using the volcano relationship between catalytic activity and adsorption energy of an intermediate,namely,the activity *** this work,we proposeΔG^(*)_(NH_(2))+ΔG^(*)_(NNH)as a combinatorial descriptor,which shows better predictive power than traditional descriptors using the adsorption free energies of single *** volcano plots based on the combinatorial descriptor exhibits peak activity fixedly at the descriptor value corresponding to the formation free energy of NH3,regardless of the catalyst types;while the descriptor values correspond to the top activities for eNRR on volcano plots based on single descriptors usually vary with the types of catalysts.

摘要：Nickel(Ni)-based materials act as one of the most promising candidates as platinum-group-metal-free(PGM-free)electrocatalysts for hydrogen oxidation reaction(HOR)in alkaline ***,the electrocatalytic activity of pure Ni is significantly limited due to the sluggish kinetics under alkaline *** accelerate the kinetics,constructing heterostructures and nitride structures have been developed as two representative ***,we combined the two methods and presented a facile synthesis of the sheet-like Ni_(3)N/MoO_(2)in-plane heterostructures for enhanced HOR in alkaline *** to Ni or Ni_(3)N,the Ni_(3)N/MoO_(2)in-plane heterostructures exhibited a significantly increased mass activity by 8.6-fold or 4.4-fold,*** studies revealed that the enhanced activity of Ni_(3)N/MoO_(2)could be attributed to the weakened hydrogen adsorption and strengthened hydroxyl *** work provides a facile approach to design high-efficiency catalysts for hydrogen-oxidation catalysis and beyond.