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Li JY, Hu HY, Li HW, Liu YF, Su Y, Jia XB, Zhao LF, Fan YM, Gu QF, Zhang H, Pang WK, Zhu YF, Wang JZ, Dou SX, Chou SL, Xiao Y. Interfacial Spinel Local Interlocking Strategy Toward Structural Integrity in P3 Oxide Cathodes. ACS NANO 2024; 18:12945-12956. [PMID: 38717846 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c00966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
P3-layered transition oxide cathodes have garnered considerable attention owing to their high initial capacity, rapid Na+ kinetics, and less energy consumption during the synthesis process. Despite these merits, their practical application is hindered by the substantial capacity degradation resulting from unfavorable structural transformations, Mn dissolution and migration. In this study, we systematically investigated the failure mechanisms of P3 cathodes, encompassing Mn dissolution, migration, and the irreversible P3-O3' phase transition, culminating in severe structural collapse. To address these challenges, we proposed an interfacial spinel local interlocking strategy utilizing P3/spinel intergrowth oxide as a proof-of-concept material. As a result, P3/spinel intergrowth oxide cathodes demonstrated enhanced cycling performance. The effectiveness of suppressing Mn migration and maintaining local structure of interfacial spinel local interlocking strategy was validated through depth-etching X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and in situ synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction. This interfacial spinel local interlocking engineering strategy presents a promising avenue for the development of advanced cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries.
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- Jia-Yang Li
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australian Institute for Innovative Materials University of Wollongong Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australian Institute for Innovative Materials University of Wollongong Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australian Institute for Innovative Materials University of Wollongong Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australian Institute for Innovative Materials University of Wollongong Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australian Institute for Innovative Materials University of Wollongong Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australian Institute for Innovative Materials University of Wollongong Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Sodium-Ion Batteries, Wenzhou University Technology Innovation Institute for Carbon Neutralization, Wenzhou 325035, China
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Zhou X, Huang Y, Wen B, Yang Z, Hao Z, Li L, Chou SL, Li F. Regulation of anion-Na + coordination chemistry in electrolyte solvates for low-temperature sodium-ion batteries. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2316914121. [PMID: 38252828 PMCID: PMC10835037 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2316914121] [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: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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High-performance sodium storage at low temperature is urgent with the increasingly stringent demand for energy storage systems. However, the aggravated capacity loss is induced by the sluggish interfacial kinetics, which originates from the interfacial Na+ desolvation. Herein, all-fluorinated anions with ultrahigh electron donicity, trifluoroacetate (TFA-), are introduced into the diglyme (G2)-based electrolyte for the anion-reinforced solvates in a wide temperature range. The unique solvation structure with TFA- anions and decreased G2 molecules occupying the inner sheath accelerates desolvation of Na+ to exhibit decreased desolvation energy from 4.16 to 3.49 kJ mol-1 and 24.74 to 16.55 kJ mol-1 beyond and below -20 °C, respectively, compared with that in 1.0 M NaPF6-G2. These enable the cell of Na||Na3V2(PO4)3 to deliver 60.2% of its room-temperature capacity and high capacity retention of 99.2% after 100 cycles at -40 °C. This work highlights regulation of solvation chemistry for highly stable sodium-ion batteries at low temperature.
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- Xunzhu Zhou
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China
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Zuo JM, Busch R, Pidaparthy S, Ni H, Hou H, Abraham DP. Electron Microscopy of Electrochemical Degradation in Energy Materials across Multiple Length Scales: Challenges and Opportunities. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2023; 29:1272-1273. [PMID: 37613138 DOI: 10.1093/micmic/ozad067.651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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- Jian-Min Zuo
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, United States
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Feng X, Fang H, Liu P, Wu N, Self EC, Yin L, Wang P, Li X, Jena P, Nanda J, Mitlin D. Heavily Tungsten-Doped Sodium Thioantimonate Solid-State Electrolytes with Exceptionally Low Activation Energy for Ionic Diffusion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:26158-26166. [PMID: 34569135 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
A strategy for modifying the structure of solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) to reduce the cation diffusion activation energy is presented. Two heavily W-doped sodium thioantimonate SSEs, Na2.895 W0.3 Sb0.7 S4 and Na2.7 W0.3 Sb0.7 S4 are designed, both exhibiting exceptionally low activation energy and enhanced room temperature (RT) ionic conductivity; 0.09 eV, 24.2 mS/cm and 0.12 eV, 14.5 mS/cm. At -15 °C the Na2.895 W0.3 Sb0.7 S4 displays a total ionic conductivity of 5.5 mS/cm. The 30 % W content goes far beyond the 10-12 % reported in the prior studies, and results in novel pseudo-cubic or orthorhombic structures. Calculations reveal that these properties result from a combination of multiple diffusion mechanisms, including vacancy defects, strongly correlated modes and excessive Na-ions. An all-solid-state battery (ASSB) using Na2.895 W0.3 Sb0.7 S4 as the primary SSE and a sodium sulfide (Na2 S) cathode achieves a reversible capacity of 400 mAh g-1 .
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- Xuyong Feng
- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712-1591, USA
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712-1591, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712-1591, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, 9700S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712-1591, USA
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Feng X, Fang H, Liu P, Wu N, Self EC, Yin L, Wang P, Li X, Jena P, Nanda J, Mitlin D. Heavily Tungsten‐Doped Sodium Thioantimonate Solid‐State Electrolytes with Exceptionally Low Activation Energy for Ionic Diffusion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xuyong Feng
- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI) The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712-1591 USA
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- Department of Physics Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA 23284 USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI) The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712-1591 USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI) The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712-1591 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37830 USA
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- X-ray Science Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Lemont IL 60439 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida State University Tallahassee FL 32306 USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory 9700S. Cass Avenue Lemont IL 60439 USA
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- Department of Physics Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA 23284 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37830 USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program & Texas Materials Institute (TMI) The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712-1591 USA
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Zahiri B, Patra A, Kiggins C, Yong AXB, Ertekin E, Cook JB, Braun PV. Revealing the role of the cathode-electrolyte interface on solid-state batteries. NATURE MATERIALS 2021; 20:1392-1400. [PMID: 34017118 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01016-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Interfaces have crucial, but still poorly understood, roles in the performance of secondary solid-state batteries. Here, using crystallographically oriented and highly faceted thick cathodes, we directly assess the impact of cathode crystallography and morphology on the long-term performance of solid-state batteries. The controlled interface crystallography, area and microstructure of these cathodes enables an understanding of interface instabilities unknown (hidden) in conventional thin-film and composite solid-state electrodes. A generic and direct correlation between cell performance and interface stability is revealed for a variety of both lithium- and sodium-based cathodes and solid electrolytes. Our findings highlight that minimizing interfacial area, rather than its expansion as is the case in conventional composite cathodes, is key to both understanding the nature of interface instabilities and improving cell performance. Our findings also point to the use of dense and thick cathodes as a way of increasing the energy density and stability of solid-state batteries.
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- Beniamin Zahiri
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation, Kettering, OH, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation, Kettering, OH, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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OUP accepted manuscript. Microscopy (Oxf) 2021; 71:i116-i131. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfab032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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