The InnovationPub Date : 2025-03-05eCollection Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100864
Xiaojing Ma, Chenhao Lin, Hengyu Yang, Yuhao Fu, Kun Liang, Xin Bao, Sheng Ye, Jian Wang, Peng Zhao, Jiang Chen, Shizhen Zhi, Longzhi Wu, Sichen Duan, Feng Cao, Qian Zhang, Jun Mao
{"title":"Elevating thermoelectric performance in the sub-ambient temperature range for electronic refrigeration.","authors":"Xiaojing Ma, Chenhao Lin, Hengyu Yang, Yuhao Fu, Kun Liang, Xin Bao, Sheng Ye, Jian Wang, Peng Zhao, Jiang Chen, Shizhen Zhi, Longzhi Wu, Sichen Duan, Feng Cao, Qian Zhang, Jun Mao","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100864","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100864","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solid-state thermoelectric coolers, which enable direct heat pumping by utilizing electricity, play an essential role in electronic refrigeration. Given that these devices usually cool down to the sub-ambient temperature range, their performance is critically dependent on the material properties at temperatures below 300 K. Consequently, enhancing the thermoelectric properties of materials at sub-ambient temperature is of paramount importance for advancing cooling technology. Herein, a single-crystalline Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>-based material has been prepared and exhibits high electron mobility. As a result, thermoelectric figure-of-merit values of ∼1.05 at 300 K and ∼0.87 at 250 K (along the <i>ab</i> plane) have been achieved, which are superior to commercial n-type Bi<sub>2</sub>(Te, Se)<sub>3</sub>. Thermoelectric coolers (single- and double-stage devices) based on the n-type single-crystalline Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>1.497</sub>Sb<sub>0.5</sub>Te<sub>0.003</sub> and p-type (Bi, Sb)<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> have been fabricated. The double-stage cooler demonstrates a remarkable maximum cooling temperature difference of ∼106.8 K at the hot-side temperature of 350 K, surpassing the performance of commercial Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>-based devices. Notably, the Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub>-based double-stage device exhibits exceptional cyclic stability, maintaining its cooling performance without any observable degradation after approximately 2,000 cycles between the input currents of 1 and 3 A. These findings show that single-crystalline Mg<sub>3</sub>Bi<sub>2</sub> alloys hold great promise for thermoelectric cooling applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100864"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-03-05eCollection Date: 2025-06-02DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100868
Jinkang Hu, Dailiang Peng, Jing M Chen, Alfredo R Huete, Le Yu, Zihang Lou, Enhui Cheng, Xuan Yang, Bing Zhang
{"title":"High-precision inversion of vegetation parameters in the AI era: Integrating hyperspectral remote sensing and deep learning.","authors":"Jinkang Hu, Dailiang Peng, Jing M Chen, Alfredo R Huete, Le Yu, Zihang Lou, Enhui Cheng, Xuan Yang, Bing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100868","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100868","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 6","pages":"100868"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169306/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-02-26eCollection Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100863
Lei Gu, Dominik L Schumacher, Hui-Min Wang, Jiabo Yin, Erich M Fischer
{"title":"Land-atmosphere feedbacks drive dryland drought and expansion under climate warming.","authors":"Lei Gu, Dominik L Schumacher, Hui-Min Wang, Jiabo Yin, Erich M Fischer","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100863","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100863","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100863"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105499/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-02-26eCollection Date: 2025-06-02DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100862
Ziyong Zhao, Wenyu Yang, Pei Hua, Peter Krebs, Jin Zhang
{"title":"Deicing salt exacerbates freshwater salinization under climate change and human activities.","authors":"Ziyong Zhao, Wenyu Yang, Pei Hua, Peter Krebs, Jin Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100862","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100862","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 6","pages":"100862"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169325/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-02-25eCollection Date: 2025-05-05DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100846
Huan Wang, Yongxiang Hu, Qianqian Ge, Yuanyuan Dang, Yi Yang, Long Xu, Xiaoyu Xia, Peng Zhang, Sheng He, Steven Laureys, Yan Yang, Jianghong He
{"title":"Thalamic burst and tonic firing selectively indicate patients' consciousness level and recovery.","authors":"Huan Wang, Yongxiang Hu, Qianqian Ge, Yuanyuan Dang, Yi Yang, Long Xu, Xiaoyu Xia, Peng Zhang, Sheng He, Steven Laureys, Yan Yang, Jianghong He","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100846","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with disorders of consciousness suffer from severe impairments in arousal and awareness alongside anomalous brain connections and aberrant neuronal activities. The thalamus, a crucial hub in the brain connectome, has been empirically inferred to maintain consciousness and wakefulness. Here, we investigated thalamic spiking, brain connectivity, consciousness states, and recovery outcomes following deep brain stimulation in 29 patients. Our study reveals that thalamic neuronal activity serves as a marker of consciousness state. Patients diagnosed with vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome exhibited less-active neurons, with longer and more variable burst discharges, than those in a minimally conscious state. Furthermore, neuronal profiles in the intralaminar thalamus, the direct stimulation site, predicted whether electrostimulation here improved recovery. Stronger tonic firing was correlated with enhanced thalamocortical connectivity and better recovery outcomes in patients. These findings suggest that thalamic spiking signatures, including single-neuron burst discharge and tonic firing, selectively indicate the representation and alteration of consciousness.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100846"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105493/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facet-oriented SnO<sub>2</sub>@Ni hollow fiber enables ampere-level CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction to formate with 85% single-pass conversion.","authors":"Yiheng Wei, Yanfang Song, Chang Zhu, Jianing Mao, Aohui Chen, Guanghui Feng, Gangfeng Wu, Xiaohu Liu, Shoujie Li, Guihua Li, Jiangjiang Wang, Xiao Dong, Wei Wei, Wei Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100844","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100844","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The electrochemical conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> into liquid fuels is a promising strategy for achieving carbon neutrality. Tin dioxide (SnO<sub>2</sub>) shows a notable ability to electrocatalytically convert CO<sub>2</sub> into formate, though its efficiency is significantly limited by its low catalytic activity. Herein, we construct facet-oriented SnO<sub>2</sub> nanoflowers all standing on a three-dimensional nickel hollow fiber that exhibits superior CO<sub>2</sub>-to-formate electrocatalytic performance. A formate selectivity of 94% and stability of 300 h with a current density of 1.3 A cm<sup>-2</sup> at -1.1 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode [RHE]) are attained under ambient conditions. Notably, an extremely high CO<sub>2</sub> single-pass conversion rate of 85% is achieved, outperforming prominent catalysts reported in electrocatalysis. The synergetic combination of the unique nanostructures and their advanced spatial configuration is proposed to be responsible for the facet-oriented SnO<sub>2</sub> with a hierarchical structure, providing fully exposed active sites and facilitating mass and charge transfers. Enhanced mass transfer in the hollow fiber electrode verified by electrochemical measurements and well-retained Sn<sup>4+</sup> species confirmed by <i>in situ</i> spectroscopy synergistically boost the high CO<sub>2</sub> conversion activity. <i>In situ</i> spectroscopy and theoretical calculation results demonstrate that the SnO<sub>2</sub>(101) facet favors ∗OCHO intermediate formation and ∗HCOOH desorption, leading to high formate selectivity. This study provides a straightforward approach to the precise fabrication of composite hollow fiber electrodes, enabling highly efficient electrocatalytic reactions with gas molecules.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 6","pages":"100844"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169250/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-02-21eCollection Date: 2025-07-07DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100845
Fanglu Luo, Zhiyong Xiao, Yichen Wang, Yi-Gang Xu
{"title":"Stabilized impact flux on the Moon at 2.8 Ga constrained by Chang'e-6 low-Ti basalts.","authors":"Fanglu Luo, Zhiyong Xiao, Yichen Wang, Yi-Gang Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100845","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100845","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 7","pages":"100845"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12277707/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144691846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}