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Fu L, Yao Y, Ma J, Zhang Z, Wang G, Wei W. Nanoflower-like NiCo 2O 4 Composite Graphene Oxide as a Bifunctional Catalyst for Zinc-Air Battery Cathode. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:6990-7000. [PMID: 38512056 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Developing efficient bifunctional catalysts for nonprecious metal-based oxygen reduction (ORR) and oxygen evolution (OER) is crucial to enhance the practical application of zinc-air batteries. The study harnessed electrostatic forces to anchor the nanoflower-like NiCo2O4 onto graphene oxide, mitigating the poor inherent conductivity in NiCo2O4 as a transition metal oxide and preventing excessive agglomeration of the nanoflower-like structures during catalysis. Consequently, the resulting composite, NiCo2O4-GO/C, exhibited notably superior ORR and OER catalytic performance compared to pure nanoflower-like NiCo2O4. Notably, it excelled in OER catalytic activity of the OER relative to the precious metal RuO2. As a bifunctional catalyst for ORR and OER, NiCo2O4-GO/C displayed a potential difference of 0.88 V between the ORR half-wave potential and the OER potential at 10 mA·cm-2, significantly lower than the 1.08 V observed for pure flower-like NiCo2O4 and comparable to the 0.88 V exhibited by precious metal catalysts Pt/C + RuO2. The NiCo2O4-GO/C-based zinc-air battery demonstrated a discharge capacity of 817.3 mA h·g-1, surpassing that of precious metal-based zinc-air batteries. Moreover, charge-discharge cycling tests indicated the superior stability of the NiCo2O4-GO/C-based zinc-air battery compared to its precious metal-based counterparts.
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- Lixiang Fu
- Research Center for High Purity Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
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- Research Center for High Purity Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
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- Research Center for High Purity Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
- Provincial and Ministerial Co-construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Non-ferrous Metal New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
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- Research Center for High Purity Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
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- Research Center for High Purity Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
- Provincial and Ministerial Co-construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Non-ferrous Metal New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
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- Research Center for High Purity Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, PR China
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Zhou Q, Miao S, Xue T, Liu Y, Li H, Yan XH, Zou ZL, Wang BP, Lu YJ, Han FL. Nitrogen-doped porous carbon encapsulates multivalent cobalt-nickel as oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for zinc-air battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 648:511-519. [PMID: 37307607 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In this study, we present a bimetallic ion coexistence encapsulation strategy employing hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as a mediator to anchor cobalt-nickel (CoNi) bimetals in nitrogen-doped porous carbon cubic nanoboxes (CoNi@NC). The fully encapsulated and uniformly dispersed CoNi nanoparticles with the improved density of active sites help to accelerate the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics and provide an efficient charge/mass transport environment. Zinc-air battery (ZAB) equipped CoNi@NC as cathode exhibits an open-circuit voltage of 1.45 V, a specific capacity of 870.0 mAh g-1, and a power density of 168.8 mW cm-2. Moreover, the two CoNi@NC-based ZABs in series display a stable discharge specific capacity of 783.0 mAh g-1, as well as a large peak power density of 387.9 mW cm-2. This work provides an effective way to tune the dispersion of nanoparticles to boost active sites in nitrogen-doped carbon structure, and enhance the ORR activity of bimetallic catalysts.
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- Quan Zhou
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, Electron Microscopy Centre, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Advanced Carbon Based Ceramics Preparation Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for High Value Utilization of Industrial By-products, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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Wei Y, Zheng M, Zhu W, Zhang Y, Hu W, Pang H. Preparation of hierarchical hollow CoFe Prussian blue analogues and its heat-treatment derivatives for the electrocatalyst of oxygen evolution reaction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 631:8-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fu D, Zhu Z, Chen J, Ye L, Song X, Zeng X. N-doped hollow carbon tubes derived N-HCTs@NiCo2O4 as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zinc-air batteries. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Insight into photoelectrocatalytic mechanisms of bifunctional cobaltite hollow-nanofibers towards oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions for high-energy zinc-air batteries. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Controlled synthesis of CeOx-NiCo2O4 nanocomposite with 3D umbrella-shaped hierarchical structure: A sharp-tip enhanced electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen evolution reaction over a broad pH region. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yao S, Wei H, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Wang Y, Liu J, Tan HH, Xie T, Wu Y. Controlled growth of porous oxygen-deficient NiCo 2O 4 nanobelts as high-efficiency electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01669a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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NiCo2O4 with a controlled oxygen vacancy concentration introduced by an Ar-annealing process greatly improved OER activity.
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- Shangzhi Yao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei 230009
- China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei 230009
- China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei 230009
- China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province
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- Instrumental Analysis Center
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei 230009
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei 230009
- China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province
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- Institute of Industry & Equipment Technology
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei 230009
- China
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- China International S&T Cooperation Base for Advanced Energy and Environmental Materials
- Hefei 230009
- China
- Department of Electronic Materials Engineering
- Research School of Physics and Engineering
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province
- Hefei 230009
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hefei University of Technology
- Hefei 230009
- China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials and Devices of Anhui Province
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Wu M, Zhang G, Du L, Yang D, Yang H, Sun S. Defect Electrocatalysts and Alkaline Electrolyte Membranes in Solid-State Zinc-Air Batteries: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. SMALL METHODS 2021; 5:e2000868. [PMID: 34927810 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202000868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have attracted much attention due to their promising capability for offering high energy density while maintaining a long operational lifetime. One of the biggest challenges in developing all-solid-state ZABs is to design suitable bifunctional air-electrodes, which can efficiently catalyze the key oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)/oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrochemical processes. The other one is to develop robust electrolyte membranes with high ionic conductivity and superb water retention capability. In this review, an in-depth discussion of the challenges, mechanisms, and design strategies for the defect electrocatalyst and the electrolyte membrane in all-solid-state ZABs will be offered. In particular, the crucial defect engineering strategies to tune the ORR/OER catalysts are summarized, including direct controllable strategies: 1) atomically dispersed metal sites control, 2) vacancy defects control, and 3) lattice-strain control, and the indirect strategies: 4) crystallographic structure control and 5) metal-carbon support interaction control. Moreover, the most recent progress in designing electrolyte membranes, including polyvinyl alcohol-based membranes and gel polymer electrolyte membranes, is presented. Finally, the perspectives are proposed for rational design and fabrication of the desired air electrode and electrolyte membrane to improve the performance and prolong the lifetime of all-solid-state ZABs.
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- Mingjie Wu
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec, J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec, J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec, J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education and College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Department of Inorganic Materials, School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Énergie Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, Quebec, J3X 1S2, Canada
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Béjar J, Espinosa-Magaña F, Guerra-Balcázar M, Ledesma-García J, Álvarez-Contreras L, Arjona N, Arriaga LG. Three-Dimensional-Order Macroporous AB 2O 4 Spinels (A, B =Co and Mn) as Electrodes in Zn-Air Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:53760-53773. [PMID: 33207869 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c14920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, atomically substituted three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) spinels based on Co and Mn (MnCo2O4 and CoMn2O4) were synthetized and used as cathodic electrocatalysts in a primary Zn-air battery. Scanning/transmission electron microscopy images show a 3DOM structure for both materials. Skeleton sizes of 114.4 and 140.8 nm and surface areas of 65.3 and 74.6 m2 g-1 were found for MnCo2O4 and CoMn2O4, respectively. The increase in surface area and higher presence of Mn3+ and Mn4+ species in the CoMn2O4 3DOM material improved battery performance with a maximum power density of 101.6 mW cm-2 and a specific capacity of 1440 mA h g-1, which shows the highest battery performance reported to date using similar spinel materials. The stability performance of the electrocatalyst was evaluated in half-cell and battery cell systems, showing the higher durability of CoMn2O4, which was related to its better capability to perform the electrocatalytic process as adsorption, electron transfer, and desorption. It was found through density functional theory calculations that the CoMn2O4 spinel has a higher density of states in the Fermi level vicinity and better conductivity. Finally, the unique shape of 3DOM spinels promoted a high interaction between electroactive species and catalytic sites, making them suitable for oxygen reduction reaction applications.
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- José Béjar
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S. C., Querétaro C. P. 76703, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados S. C., Complejo Industrial Chihuahua, Chihuahua C. P. 31136, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ingeniería, División de Investigación y Posgrado, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro C. P. 76010, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ingeniería, División de Investigación y Posgrado, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro C. P. 76010, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados S. C., Complejo Industrial Chihuahua, Chihuahua C. P. 31136, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S. C., Querétaro C. P. 76703, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica S. C., Querétaro C. P. 76703, Mexico
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Belkessam C, Bencherif S, Mechouet M, Idiri N, Ghilane J. The Effect of Heteroatom Doping on Nickel Cobalt Oxide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Reactions. Chempluschem 2020; 85:1710-1718. [PMID: 32779395 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The synthesis of nickel cobalt oxide materials and their electrocatalytic performance toward the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions are reported. Nickel cobalt oxides were synthesized in a sol-gel process with different precursors, namely nitrate, sulfate, and chloride. Structural analyses show that the structures have mesoporous morphologies and indicate the formation of nickel cobalt oxide spinel structures with a size ranging from 35 to 65 nm. Furthermore, the physicochemical properties differ depending on the nature of the selected precursors, including the materials' morphology and the chemical composition. Electrocatalytic investigations demonstrate that the catalytic activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) could be modulated between two- and four-electron pathways, depending on the precursors used. The Cl-NiCoO sample displays a selective two-electron reduction of O2 , with H2 O2 production higher than 90 %. The sample prepared using sulfate displays the highest performance toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), with a low overpotential value (0.34 V) to drive a current density of 10 mA.cm-1 . Overall, these results confirm that the chemical composition of the precursor used during the nanomaterials synthesis can be used to tune the electrocatalytic performances toward ORR and OER.
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- Celia Belkessam
- Laboratoire de Traitement et Mise en Forme des Polymères, Université M'Hamed BOUGARA de Boumerdes, 35000, Boumerdes, Algeria
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- Chemistry department, Université de Paris, ITODYS, CNRS, F-75006, Paris, France.,Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, 15000, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, 15000, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-Ouzou, 15000, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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- Chemistry department, Université de Paris, ITODYS, CNRS, F-75006, Paris, France
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