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Zhao Z, Gao G, Xi Y, Wang J, Sun P, Liu Q, Li C, Huang Z, Li F. Inverse ceria-nickel catalyst for enhanced C-O bond hydrogenolysis of biomass and polyether. Nat Commun 2024; 15:8444. [PMID: 39349445 PMCID: PMC11443077 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52704-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 09/19/2024] [Indexed: 10/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Regulating interfacial electronic structure of oxide-metal composite catalyst for the selective transformation of biomass or plastic waste into high-value chemicals through specific C-O bond scission is still challenging due to the presence of multiple reducible bonds and low catalytic activity. Herein, we find that the inverse catalyst of 4CeOx/Ni can efficiently transform various lignocellulose derivatives and polyether into the corresponding value-added hydroxyl-containing chemicals with activity enhancement (up to 36.5-fold increase in rate) compared to the conventional metal/oxide supported catalyst. In situ experiments and theoretical calculations reveal the electron-rich interfacial Ce and Ni species are responsible for the selective adsorption of C-O bond and efficient generation of Hδ- species, respectively, which synergistic facilitate cleavage of C-O bond and subsequent hydrogenation. This work advances the fundamental understanding of interfacial electronic interaction over inverse catalyst and provides a promising catalyst design strategy for efficient transformation of C-O bond.
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- Zelun Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Lucas J, Padmanabha Naveen NS, Janik MJ, Alexopoulos K, Noh G, Aireddy D, Ding K, Dorman JA, Dooley KM. Improved Selectivity and Stability in Methane Dry Reforming by Atomic Layer Deposition on Ni-CeO 2-ZrO 2/Al 2O 3 Catalysts. ACS Catal 2024; 14:9115-9133. [PMID: 38933468 PMCID: PMC11197040 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c02019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Ni can be used as a catalyst for dry reforming of methane (DRM), replacing more expensive and less abundant noble metal catalysts (Pt, Pd, and Rh) with little sacrifice in activity. Ni catalysts deactivate quickly under realistic DRM conditions. Rare earth oxides such as CeO2, or as CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3 (CZA), are supports that improve both the activity and stability of Ni DRM systems due to their redox activity. However, redox-active supports can also enhance the undesired reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction, reducing the hydrogen selectivity. In this work, Ni on CZA was coated with an ultrathin Al2O3 overlayer using atomic layer deposition (ALD) to study the effects of the overlayer on catalyst activity, stability, and H2/CO ratio. A low-conversion screening method revealed improved DRM activity and lower coking rate upon the addition of the Al2O3 ALD overcoat, and improvements were subsequently confirmed in a high-conversion reactor at long times onstream. The overcoated samples gave an H2/CO ratio of ∼1 at high conversion, much greater than uncoated catalysts, and no evidence of deactivation. Characterization of used (but still active) catalysts using several techniques suggests that active Ni is in formal oxidation state >0, Ni-Ce-Al is most likely present as a mixed oxide at the surface, and a nominal thickness of 0.5 nm for the Al2O3 overcoat is optimal.
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- Jonathan Lucas
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania
State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania
State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania
State University, University
Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State
University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Paul R, Maity N, Das B, Emadian SS, Kumar A, Krishnamurthy S, Singh AK, Ghosh R. Efficient detection of 45 ppb ammonia at room temperature using Ni-doped CeO 2 octahedral nanostructures. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 662:663-675. [PMID: 38368824 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.080] [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: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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To meet the requirements in air quality monitors for the public and industrial safety, sensors are required that can selectively detect the concentration of gaseous pollutants down to the parts per million (ppm) and ppb (parts per billion) levels. Herein, we report a remarkable NH3 sensor using Ni-doped CeO2 octahedral nanostructure which efficiently detects NH3 as low as 45 ppb at room temperature. The Ni-doped CeO2 sensor exhibits the maximum response of 42 towards 225 ppm NH3, which is ten-fold higher than pure CeO2. The improved sensing performance is caused by the enhancement of oxygen vacancy, bandgap narrowing, and redox property of CeO2 caused by Ni doping. Density functional theory confirms that O vacancy with Ni at Ce site (VONiCe) augments the sensing capabilities. The Bader charge analysis predicts the amount of charge transfer (0.04 e) between the Ni-CeO2 surface and the NH3 molecule. As well, the high negative adsorption energy (≈750 meV) and lowest distance (1.40 Å) of the NH3 molecule from the sensor surface lowers the detection limit. The present work enlightens the fabrication of sensing elements through defect engineering for ultra-trace detection of NH3 to be useful further in the field of sensor applications.
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- Rinku Paul
- Materials Processing & Microsystems Laboratory, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur 713209, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Materials Processing & Microsystems Laboratory, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur 713209, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Engineering and Innovations, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering and Innovations, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering and Innovations, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom
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- Materials Processing & Microsystems Laboratory, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur 713209, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Jiang C, Loisel E, Cullen DA, Dorman JA, Dooley KM. On the enhanced sulfur and coking tolerance of Ni-Co-rare earth oxide catalysts for the dry reforming of methane. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Romero-Núñez A, Gómez-Cortés A, Tiznado H, Díaz G. Ni-doped ceria nanorods for the WGS reaction: Effect of Ni distribution in methane suppression. Catal Today 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Safavinia B, Wang Y, Jiang C, Roman C, Darapaneni P, Larriviere J, Cullen DA, Dooley KM, Dorman JA. Enhancing CexZr1–xO2 Activity for Methane Dry Reforming Using Subsurface Ni Dopants. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Behnam Safavinia
- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Jiang C, Akkullu MR, Li B, Davila JC, Janik MJ, Dooley KM. Rapid screening of ternary rare-earth – Transition metal catalysts for dry reforming of methane and characterization of final structures. J Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2019.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Barad HN, Keller DA, Rietwyk KJ, Ginsburg A, Tirosh S, Meir S, Anderson AY, Zaban A. How Transparent Oxides Gain Some Color: Discovery of a CeNiO 3 Reduced Bandgap Phase As an Absorber for Photovoltaics. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2018; 20:366-376. [PMID: 29718654 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.8b00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
In this work, we describe the formation of a reduced bandgap CeNiO3 phase, which, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported, and we show how it is utilized as an absorber layer in a photovoltaic cell. The CeNiO3 phase is prepared by a combinatorial materials science approach, where a library containing a continuous compositional spread of Ce xNi1- xO y is formed by pulsed laser deposition (PLD); a method that has not been used in the past to form Ce-Ni-O materials. The library displays a reduced bandgap throughout, calculated to be 1.48-1.77 eV, compared to the starting materials, CeO2 and NiO, which each have a bandgap of ∼3.3 eV. The materials library is further analyzed by X-ray diffraction to determine a new crystalline phase. By searching and comparing to the Materials Project database, the reduced bandgap CeNiO3 phase is realized. The CeNiO3 reduced bandgap phase is implemented as the absorber layer in a solar cell and photovoltages up to 550 mV are achieved. The solar cells are also measured by surface photovoltage spectroscopy, which shows that the source of the photovoltaic activity is the reduced bandgap CeNiO3 phase, making it a viable material for solar energy.
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- Hannah-Noa Barad
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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Devaiah D, Reddy LH, Park SE, Reddy BM. Ceria–zirconia mixed oxides: Synthetic methods and applications. CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2017.1415058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Damma Devaiah
- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
- Chemical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
- Atomic Mineral Directorate for Exploration & Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, Shillong, India
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- Laboratory of Nano-Green Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
- Laboratory of Nano-Green Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Romero-Núñez A, Díaz G. High oxygen storage capacity and enhanced catalytic performance of NiO/NixCe1−xO2−δ nanorods: synergy between Ni-doping and 1D morphology. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra04259c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
NiO/Ni-doped ceria nanorods have been synthesized. Their unique structure combines specific composition and 1D morphology, which provide great improvements in their physical chemical properties.
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- Araceli Romero-Núñez
- Instituto de Física
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n
- Cd. Universitaria
- México
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- Instituto de Física
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n
- Cd. Universitaria
- México
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Kang M, Zhang J, Wang C, Wang F, Zhao N, Xiao F, Wei W, Sun Y. CO2 splitting via two step thermochemical reactions over doped ceria/zirconia solid solutions. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43742f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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WANG J, SHEN M, WANG J, GAO J, MA J, LIU S. Effect of cobalt doping on ceria-zirconia mixed oxide: Structural characteristics, oxygen storage/release capacity and three-way catalytic performance. J RARE EARTH 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1002-0721(12)60149-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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