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Zhang W, Zhou L, Zhang X, Huang Z, Fang F, Hong Z, Li J, Gao M, Sun W, Pan H, Liu Y. Lithium Borohydride Nanorods: Self-Assembling Growth and Remarkable Hydrogen Cycling Properties. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2400965. [PMID: 38506595 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Nanostructured metal hydrides with unique morphology and improved hydrogen storage properties have attracted intense interests. However, the study of the growth process of highly active borohydrides remains challenging. Herein, for the first time the synthesis of LiBH4 nanorods through a hydrogen-assisted one-pot solvothermal reaction is reported. Reaction of n-butyl lithium with triethylamine borane in n-hexane under 50 bar of H2 at 40-100 °C gives rise to the formation of the [100]-oriented LiBH4 nanorods with 500-800 nm in diameter, whose growth is driven by orientated attachment and ligand adsorption. The unique morphology enables the LiBH4 nanorods to release hydrogen from ≈184 °C, 94 °C lower than the commercial sample (≈278 °C). Hydrogen release amounts to 13 wt% within 40 min at 450 °C with a stable cyclability, remarkably superior to the commercial LiBH4 (≈9.1 wt%). More importantly, up to 180 °C reduction in the onset temperature of hydrogenation is successfully attained by the nanorod sample with respect to the commercial counterpart. The LiBH4 nanorods show no foaming during dehydrogenation, which improves the hydrogen cycling performance. The new approach will shed light on the preparation of nanostructured metal borohydrides as advanced functional materials.
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- Wenxuan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 81 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, 318000, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Taizhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Taizhou, 318000, China
- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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Salman MS, Yang Y, Zubair M, Bedford NM, Aguey‐Zinsou K. Core-shell NaBH 4 @Ni Nanoarchitectures: A Platform for Tunable Hydrogen Storage. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202200664. [PMID: 35723027 PMCID: PMC9542058 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The core-shell approach has surfaced as an attractive strategy to make complex hydrides reversible for hydrogen storage; however, no synthetic method exists for taking advantage of this approach. Here, a detailed investigation was undertaken to effectively design freestanding core-shell NaBH4 @Ni nanoarchitectures and correlate their hydrogen properties with structure and chemical composition. It was shown that the Ni shell growth on the surface of NaBH4 particles could be kinetically and thermodynamically controlled. The latter led to varied hydrogen properties. Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure analysis confirmed that control over the Ni0 /Nix By concentrations upon NiII reduction led to a destabilized hydride system. Hydrogen release from the sphere, cube, and bar-like core-shell nanoarchitectures occurred at around 50, 90, and 95 °C, respectively, compared to the bulk (>500 °C). This core-shell approach, when extended to other hydrides, could open new avenues to decipher structure-property correlation in hydrogen storage/generation.
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- Muhammad Saad Salman
- MERLinSchool of Chemical EngineeringThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
- MERLinSchool of ChemistryThe University of SydneySydneyNSW 2006Australia
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- School of Chemical EngineeringThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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- School of Chemical EngineeringThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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- School of Chemical EngineeringThe University of New South WalesSydneyNSW 2052Australia
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Ding X, Ding H, Song Y, Xiang C, Li Y, Zhang Q. Activity-Tuning of Supported Co-Ni Nanocatalysts via Composition and Morphology for Hydrogen Storage in MgH 2. Front Chem 2020; 7:937. [PMID: 32047735 PMCID: PMC6997530 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Developing cheap metal nanocatalysts with controllable catalytic activity is one of the critical challenges for improving hydrogen storage in magnesium (Mg). Here, it is shown that the activity of graphene-anchored Co-Ni nanocatalysts can be regulated effectively by tuning their composition and morphology, which results in significantly improved hydrogen storage in Mg. The catalytic activity of supported Co-Ni nanocatalysts is demonstrated to be highly dependent on their morphology and composition. When Ni was partly substituted by Co, the shape of these nanocatalysts was changed from spherical to plate-like, thus corresponding to a decrease in activity. These alterations intrinsically result in enhanced hydrogen storage properties of MgH2, i.e., not only does it exhibit a decreased peak desorption temperature but also a positive change in the initial activation for sorption. The results obtained provide a deep understanding of the tuning of catalytic activity via composition and morphology and further provide insights into improving hydrogen storage in Mg-based materials.
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- Xiaoli Ding
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China
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- School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Wanjiang University of Technology, Ma'anshan, China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, China
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Fan Y, Chen D, Yuan Z, Chen Q, Fan G, Zhao D, Liu B. Flexible, Water-Resistant and Air-Stable LiBH 4 Nanoparticles Loaded Melamine Foam With Improved Dehydrogenation. Front Chem 2020; 8:45. [PMID: 32117873 PMCID: PMC7011097 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Flexible, water-resistant, and air-stable hydrogen storage material (named PMMA-LiBH4/GMF), consisting of LiBH4 nanoparticles confined by poly (methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) modified melamine foam (GMF), were prepared by a facile method. PMMA-LiBH4/GMF can recover original shape after compression at the strain of 50% and exhibits highly hydrophobic property (water contact angle of 123°). Owing to the highly hydrophobic property and protection of PMMA, PMMA-LiBH4/GMF demonstrates outstanding water-resistance and air-stability. Significantly, the onset dehydrogenation temperature of PMMA-LiBH4/GMF at first step is reduced to 94°C, which is 149°C less than that of LiBH4/GMF, and the PMMA-LiBH4/GMF desorbs 2.9 wt% hydrogen within 25 min at 250°C, which is obviously more than the dehydrogenation amount of LiBH4/GMF under the same conditions. It's our belief that the flexible, water-resistant and air-stable PMMA-LiBH4/GMF with a simple preparation route will provide a new avenue to the research of hydrogen storage materials.
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- Yanping Fan
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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Feng J, Fu B, Fang L, Wang F, Zhang X, Li Y, Song Y. Uniform gallium oxyhydroxide nanorod anodes with superior lithium-ion storage. RSC Adv 2019; 9:34896-34901. [PMID: 35530712 PMCID: PMC9074124 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra07064h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Exploration of a novel metal oxyhydroxide material provides potential candidates for lithium ion battery (LIB) anodes. In the present work, uniform GaOOH nanorods have been successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal method and employed as an anode material for LIBs for the first time. The obtained GaOOH nanorods show a high-purity phase with an average length of ∼1.4 μm and a width of ∼100 nm. As an anode, it delivers a stable capacity of ∼1089 mA h g-1 at a 0.5 A g-1 current density upon 300 cycles and a high rate capacity of ∼639 mA h g-1 at 2 A g-1, where the pseudocapacitance plays a dominant role with a capacity contribution ratio of about 83% at 2.0 mV s-1. This enhanced storage performance can be attributed to a 1D nanostructure with efficient electron and ion transfer as well as strain relaxation upon multiple-cycling.
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- Jingjing Feng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering & Key Laboratory of Green Fabrication and Surface Technology of Advanced Metal Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Technology Maanshan 243002 China +86-555-2311 570 +86-555-2311 570
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering & Key Laboratory of Green Fabrication and Surface Technology of Advanced Metal Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Technology Maanshan 243002 China +86-555-2311 570 +86-555-2311 570
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering & Key Laboratory of Green Fabrication and Surface Technology of Advanced Metal Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University of Technology Maanshan 243002 China +86-555-2311 570 +86-555-2311 570
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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Fang L, Feng JJ, Shi X, Si T, Song Y, Jia H, Li Y, Li HW, Zhang Q. Turning bulk materials into 0D, 1D and 2D metallic nanomaterials by selective aqueous corrosion. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:10476-10479. [PMID: 31411601 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04807c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The realization of the facile and green synthesis of low-dimensional nanomaterials is critical not only for energy storage but also for catalysis. A selective aqueous corrosion strategy is presented here for obtaining low-dimensional metals, including nanoparticles, nanofibers and nanosheets, based on the dealloying of aqueous-favoring metal from its bulk alloy.
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- Liang Fang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, P. R. China.
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Schneemann A, White JL, Kang S, Jeong S, Wan LF, Cho ES, Heo TW, Prendergast D, Urban JJ, Wood BC, Allendorf MD, Stavila V. Nanostructured Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage. Chem Rev 2018; 118:10775-10839. [PMID: 30277071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Knowledge and foundational understanding of phenomena associated with the behavior of materials at the nanoscale is one of the key scientific challenges toward a sustainable energy future. Size reduction from bulk to the nanoscale leads to a variety of exciting and anomalous phenomena due to enhanced surface-to-volume ratio, reduced transport length, and tunable nanointerfaces. Nanostructured metal hydrides are an important class of materials with significant potential for energy storage applications. Hydrogen storage in nanoscale metal hydrides has been recognized as a potentially transformative technology, and the field is now growing steadily due to the ability to tune the material properties more independently and drastically compared to those of their bulk counterparts. The numerous advantages of nanostructured metal hydrides compared to bulk include improved reversibility, altered heats of hydrogen absorption/desorption, nanointerfacial reaction pathways with faster rates, and new surface states capable of activating chemical bonds. This review aims to summarize the progress to date in the area of nanostructured metal hydrides and intends to understand and explain the underpinnings of the innovative concepts and strategies developed over the past decade to tune the thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen storage reactions. These recent achievements have the potential to propel further the prospects of tuning the hydride properties at nanoscale, with several promising directions and strategies that could lead to the next generation of solid-state materials for hydrogen storage applications.
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- Andreas Schneemann
- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , Republic of Korea
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Livermore , California 94551 , United States
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Li Y, Ding X, Zhang Q. Self-Printing on Graphitic Nanosheets with Metal Borohydride Nanodots for Hydrogen Storage. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31144. [PMID: 27484735 PMCID: PMC4971464 DOI: 10.1038/srep31144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Although the synthesis of borohydride nanostructures is sufficiently established for advancement of hydrogen storage, obtaining ultrasmall (sub-10 nm) metal borohydride nanocrystals with excellent dispersibility is extremely challenging because of their high surface energy, exceedingly strong reducibility/hydrophilicity and complicated composition. Here, we demonstrate a mechanical-force-driven self-printing process that enables monodispersed (~6 nm) NaBH4 nanodots to uniformly anchor onto freshly-exfoliated graphitic nanosheets (GNs). Both mechanical-forces and borohydride interaction with GNs stimulate NaBH4 clusters intercalation/absorption into the graphite interlayers acting as a ‘pen’ for writing, which is accomplished by exfoliating GNs with the ‘printed’ borohydrides. These nano-NaBH4@GNs exhibit favorable thermodynamics (decrease in ∆H of ~45%), rapid kinetics (a greater than six-fold increase) and stable de-/re-hydrogenation that retains a high capacity (up to ~5 wt% for NaBH4) compared with those of micro-NaBH4. Our results are helpful in the scalable fabrication of zero-dimensional complex hydrides on two-dimensional supports with enhanced hydrogen storage for potential applications.
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- Yongtao Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, China
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