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Yang L, Lei J, Fan JM, Yuan RM, Zheng MS, Chen JJ, Dong QF. The Intrinsic Charge Carrier Behaviors and Applications of Polyoxometalate Clusters Based Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2005019. [PMID: 33834550 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a series of molecular metal oxide clusters, which span the two domains of solutes and solid metal oxides. The unique characters of POMs in structure, geometry, and adjustable redox properties have attracted widespread attention in functional material synthesis, catalysis, electronic devices, and electrochemical energy storage and conversion. This review is focused on the links between the intrinsic charge carrier behaviors of POMs from a chemistry-oriented view and their recent ground-breaking developments in related areas. First, the advantageous charge transfer behaviors of POMs in molecular-level electronic devices are summarized. Solar-driven, thermal-driven, and electrochemical-driven charge carrier behaviors of POMs in energy generation, conversion and storage systems are also discussed. Finally, present challenges and fundamental insights are discussed as to the advanced design of functional systems based upon POM building blocks for their possible emerging application areas.
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- Le Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, China
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Ali Khan M, Shakoor Z, Akhtar T, Sajid M, Muhammad Asif H. Exploration on χ-Anderson type Polyoxometalates based hybrids towards photovoltaic response in solar cell. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.108875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chen L, Chen WL, Wang XL, Li YG, Su ZM, Wang EB. Polyoxometalates in dye-sensitized solar cells. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:260-284. [PMID: 30451261 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00559a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are the third generation of photovoltaic cells developed by Grätzel and O'Regan. They have the characteristics of low cost, simple manufacturing process, tunable optical properties, and higher photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE). With an ever increasing energy crisis, there is an urgent need to develop highly efficient, environmentally benign, and energy-saving cell materials. Polyoxometalates (POMs), a kind of molecular inorganic quasi-semiconductor, are promising candidates for use in different parts of DSSCs due to their excellent photosensitivity, redox, and catalytic properties, as well as their relative stability. Following a brief introduction to the development of DSSCs and the potential virtues of POMs in DSSCs, we attempt to make some generalizations about the energy level regulation of POMs that is the underlying theoretical basis for their application in DSSCs, and then we summarize the research progress of POMs in DSSCs in recent years. This is organized in terms of the properties of POMs, namely, electron acceptor, photosensitivity, redox and catalysis, based on the accumulation of our research into POMs over many years. Meanwhile, in view of the fact that the properties of POMs depend primarily on their electronic structural diversity, we keep this point in mind throughout the article with a view to revealing their structure-property relationships. Finally we provide a short summary and remarks on the future outlook. This review may be of interest to synthetic chemists devoted to designing POMs with specific structures, and researchers engaged in the extension of POMs to photoelectric materials.
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- Li Chen
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China.
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Chen L, Chen W, Li J, Wang J, Wang E. A Strategy to Enhance the Efficiency of Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells by Decreasing Electron Recombination with Polyoxometalate/TiO 2 as the Electronic Interface Layer. CHEMSUSCHEM 2017; 10:2945-2954. [PMID: 28544657 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Electron recombination occurring at the TiO2 /quantum dot sensitizer/electrolyte interface is the key reason for hindering further efficiency improvements to quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSCs). Polyoxometalate (POM) can act as an electron-transfer medium to decrease electron recombination in a photoelectric device owing to its excellent oxidation/reduction properties and thermostability. A POM/TiO2 electronic interface layer prepared by a simple layer-by-layer self-assembly method was added between fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) and mesoporous TiO2 in the photoanode of QDSCs, and the effect on the photovoltaic performance was systematically investigated. Photovoltaic experimental results and the electron transmission mechanism show that the POM/TiO2 electronic interface layer in the QDSCs can clearly suppress electron recombination, increase the electron lifetime, and result in smoother electron transmission. In summary, the best conversion efficiency of QDSCs with POM/TiO2 electronic interface layers increases to 8.02 %, which is an improvement of 25.1 % compared with QDSCs without POM/TiO2 . This work first builds an electron-transfer bridge between FTO and the quantum dot sensitizer and paves the way for further improved efficiency of QDSCs.
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- Li Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China
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Wang YJ, Chen WL, Chen L, Zheng XT, Xu SS, Wang EB. Sandwich-type silicotungstate modified TiO2 microspheres for enhancing light harvesting and reducing electron recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells. Inorg Chem Front 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6qi00570e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sandwich-type silicotungstates have been applied in DSSCs where an 0.8% Ni4 modified photoanode exhibited the best performance in enhancing light harvesting and reducing electron recombination.
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- Yi-Jing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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Ye T, Wang J, Dong G, Jiang Y, Feng C, Yang Y. Recent Progress in the Application of Polyoxometalates for Dye-sensitized/Organic Solar Cells. CHINESE J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201600231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Maza WA, Haring AJ, Ahrenholtz SR, Epley CC, Lin SY, Morris AJ. Ruthenium(ii)-polypyridyl zirconium(iv) metal-organic frameworks as a new class of sensitized solar cells. Chem Sci 2016; 7:719-727. [PMID: 29896356 PMCID: PMC5953006 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01565k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A series of Ru(ii)L2L' (L = 2,2'-bipyridyl, L' = 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylic acid), RuDCBPY, -containing zirconium(iv) coordination polymer thin films have been prepared as sensitizing materials for solar cell applications. These metal-organic framework (MOF) sensitized solar cells, MOFSCs, each are shown to generate photocurrent in response to simulated 1 sun illumination. Emission lifetime measurements indicate the excited state quenching of RuDCBPY at the MOF-TiO2 interface is extremely efficient (>90%), presumably due to electron injection into TiO2. A mechanism is proposed in which RuDCBPY-centers photo-excited within the MOF-bulk undergo isotropic energy migration up to 25 nm from the point of origin. This work represents the first example in which a MOFSC is directly compared to the constituent dye adsorbed on TiO2 (DSC). Importantly, the MOFSCs outperformed their RuDCBPY-TiO2 DSC counterpart under the conditions used here and, thus, are solidified as promising solar cell platforms.
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- W A Maza
- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA 24061 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA 24061 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA 24061 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA 24061 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA 24061 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA 24061 , USA .
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Karimian D, Yadollahi B, Zendehdel M, Mirkhani V. Efficient dye-sensitized solar cell with a pure thin film of a hybrid polyoxometalate covalently attached organic dye as a working electrode in a cobalt redox mediator system. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra09104g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A Keggin-type hybrid polyoxometalate is used as a pure semiconductor thin film in the working electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell fabricated with a D35 organic dye and a cobalt redox mediator system, giving a maximum IPCE of about 91% .
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- Davud Karimian
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Isfahan
- Isfahan 81746-73441
- Iran
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Isfahan
- Isfahan 81746-73441
- Iran
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Li JS, Sang XJ, Chen WL, Zhong RL, Lu Y, Zhang LC, Su ZM, Wang EB. Photosensitive polyoxometalate-induced formation of thermotropic liquid crystal nanomaterial and its photovoltaic effect. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra13005g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The photosensitive POM [PW11O39RhCH2CO2H]5− was first introduced into the liquid crystal nanomaterial and simulated by theoretical calculations. It exhibits the photovoltaic effect with the character of a p-type material.
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- Jian-Sheng Li
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Liaoning Normal University
- Dalian 116029
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun
- China
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Xu SS, Chen WL, Wang YH, Li YG, Liu ZJ, Shan CH, Su ZM, Wang EB. Co-sensitization promoted light harvesting with a new mixed-addenda polyoxometalate [Cu(C12H8N2)2]2[V2W4O19]·4H2O in dye-sensitized solar cells. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:18553-62. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02992a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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[Cu(C12H8N2)2]2[V2W4O19]·4H2O-doped TiO2 composites were introduced into the dye-sensitized solar cells as co-sensitizers in N719-sensitized photoanodes to enhance the photoelectric conversion efficiency.
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- Sha-Sha Xu
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education
- Department of Chemistry
- Northeast Normal University
- Changchun 130024
- P. R. China
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Yang W, Gao LH, Wang KZ. Photoelectric properties of polyoxometalate-based thin films – Recent advances and future perspective. Polyhedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2014.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells enhanced by using Dawson-type heteropolyacid and heteropoly blue-TiO2 composite films as photoanode. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2014.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Yuan CC, Wang SM, Chen WL, Liu L, Zhang ZM, Lu Y, Su ZM, Zhang SW, Wang EB. The research of employing polyoxometalates as pure-inorganic electron-transfer mediators on dye-sensitized solar cells. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2014.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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