Jianwei Sun, Shuqing Guo^*, Shikai Li

Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.9, pp. 3625-3646, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.067159 - 26 August 2025

Abstract Since lithium-ion batteries have been put into use, the recession of work cycle efficiency at low temperatures has received widespread attention. In this paper, we investigated the effect of low temperature (−5°C, 0°C, 5°C) environments on the performance of lithium-ion batteries, which are well-known for their excellent discharge performance, cycle life, and safety. However, lithium-ion batteries exhibit significant capacity degradation at low temperatures, especially at 0°C, losing availability after only 10 cycles. Therefore, we conducted cycle degradation tests at 1C discharge and 100% charge-discharge conditions. In this paper, we analyzed the surface morphology, structure, and More > Graphic Abstract

Tianshuo Liu^1,2, Xiaoyu Cui¹, Lihao Lu^2,3, Kongkuai Ying^2,*, Yang Wang^2,3, Kangjun Liu², Zilong Wang¹, Zhenhua Jiang^2,3, Shaoshuai Liu^2,3,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 739-750, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2025.064532 - 30 June 2025

Abstract Helium sorption cooler technology is a key means to realize highly reliable low-vibration very low-temperature environments, which have important applications in fields such as quantum computing and space exploration. The laboratory designed a superfluid suppression small hole and a multi-ribbed condenser, developed a reliable-performance helium sorption cooler (HSC), and conducted experimental studies. Experimental results show that the prototype can achieve the lowest cooling temperature of 873 mK without load by filling 6 MPa helium at room temperature. The low-temperature hold time is 26 h, and the temperature fluctuation is within 0.8 mK. The cooling power More >

N. G. Basil Ralph^a, S. Shanmugha Soundare^b, R. Harshinee^a, S. Ariponnammal^a,*

Chalcogenide Letters, Vol.21, No.6, pp. 483-491, 2024, DOI:10.15251/CL.2024.216.483

Abstract Nanocomposite SnSeO₃/ZnSeO₃ has been synthesized by hydrothermal method. EDAX and XRD confirm the perfect formation of SnSeO₃/ZnSeO₃ nano composite. It shows an interesting morphology of rectangular bar. Particle size is determined as 137.3nm. It is an effective applicant for applications in optoelectronic field. The energy gap of SnSeO₃/ZnSeO₃ nanocomposite is 5.52 eV. Urbach energy value obtained is 0.0635 eV. Refractive index obtained from optical energy gap is 1.926. PL emission spectrum obtains a strong efficient emission in UV (~387.7 nm) region, weak emission in green (~520.7 nm) region, and moderate emission in red (~788.7 nm) region. The More >

Yue Zhao^1,2,#, Shah Faheem Afzal^2,#, Zhu Chen², Khan Arif Kamal^1,2, Yuzhi Fei², Xin Meng^1,2, Jie Ren^2,*, Hua Liu^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.11, pp. 3109-3130, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.056548 - 30 November 2024

Abstract Acer rubrum is an important garden color-leafed plant. Its leaves will turn red in autumn, which is of great ornamental value. The leaf color change in Acer rubrum is closely associated with anthocyanins accumulation. In anthocyanin synthesis and accumulation, various transcription factor families play significant regulatory roles, including the basic (region) leucine zipper (bZIP). However, there is no report on the systematic identification and functional analysis of the bZIPs in Acer rubrum. In this study, 137 bZIPs distributed on 29 chromosomes of Acer rubrum were identified and renamed according to their locations on the chromosomes. According to the constructed… More >

Ziao Wang^1,3,4,#, Likun An^1,3,4,#, Yongmei Cui^1,2,3,4, Yixiong Bai^1,3,4, Guangping Du¹, Kunlun Wu^1,2,3,4,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.11, pp. 2755-2766, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.055852 - 30 November 2024

Abstract In this study, we analyzed the agronomic and physiological indicators of the leaves and roots of 60 hulless barley varieties under low-temperature treatment, identified the crucial indicators that can reflect the ability of hulless barley to tolerate low-temperature, and evaluated the ability of different hulless barley varieties to tolerate low-temperature. The results indicated significant differences in the agronomic and physiological indicators of 60 hulless barley varieties subjected to low-temperature treatment. Most of the agronomic indicators significantly decreased, whereas most of the physiological indicators significantly increased. However, the magnitude of changes in each agronomic and physiological… More >

Sumrit Mopoung^*, Narissara Namkaew, Sasiwan Srikasaem

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.12, No.8, pp. 1433-1454, 2024, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2024.052925 - 06 September 2024

Abstract Activated carbon preparation from sugarcane leaves and rice straw by carbonization (250°C–400°C) and activation at 500°C were studied. The effects of pre-oxidation, hydrolysis of derived charcoals by boiled KMnO₄ aqueous solution were evaluated. The derived charcoals products were pretreated using oxidation-hydrolysis with 1–5 wt.% KMnO₄ at 100°C and then activated at 500°C. The derived charcoal and activated carbon products were characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM-EDS and BET. Iodine number and methylene blue number of derived products were also used for the analysis of the products. It was found that fabricated charcoal materials made at 350°C–400°C possess… More > Graphic Abstract

Honghui Sun^1,2,#, Ruichao Liu^1,2,#, Yueting Qi¹, Hongsheng Gao¹, Xueting Wang¹, Ning Jiang^1,2, Xiaotong Guo^1,2, Hongxia Zhang¹, Chunyan Yu^1,2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.3, pp. 533-549, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.049417 - 28 March 2024

Abstract Grapes, one of the oldest tree species globally, are rich in vitamins. However, environmental conditions such as low temperature and soil salinization significantly affect grape yield and quality. The glutamate receptor (GLR) family, comprising highly conserved ligand-gated ion channels, regulates plant growth and development in response to stress. In this study, 11 members of the VvGLR gene family in grapes were identified using whole-genome sequence analysis. Bioinformatic methods were employed to analyze the basic physical and chemical properties, phylogenetic trees, conserved domains, motifs, expression patterns, and evolutionary relationships. Phylogenetic and collinear analyses revealed that the VvGLRs… More >

Tianyu Zhou¹, Liang Hao¹, Xin Xu^2,3, Meng Si^2,3, Lian Zhang^2,3,*

Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.1, pp. 145-168, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.042798 - 27 December 2023

Abstract This paper discussed the experimental results of the performance of an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system with an ultra-low temperature heat source. The low boiling point working medium R134a was adopted in the system. The simulated heat source temperature (SHST) in this work was set from 39.51°C to 48.60°C by the simulated heat source module. The influence of load percentage of simulated heat source (LPSHS) between 50% and 70%, the rotary valve opening (RVO) between 20% and 100%, the resistive load between 36 Ω and 180 Ω or the no-load of the generator, as well… More >

Genhai Hu^1,*, Maoni Chao¹, Xiuren Zhou², Yuanzhi Fu²

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.9, pp. 2535-2554, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.030163 - 28 July 2023

Abstract Gossypium hirsutum L. is an important cash crop native to the subtropics and is widely cultivated around the world. Low temperature is an important stress that seriously affects seed germination and emergence during planting. In this study, transcriptomic profiles of low-temperature- and normal-temperature-germinated seeds of Xinluzao 25, a variety with low-temperature tolerance and high germination rates, were analyzed and compared. The following results were obtained. (1) A total of 81.06 Gb of clean data were obtained after transcriptome sequencing and assembly, and 76,931 non-redundant Unigene sequences were obtained after data consolidation and concatenation; of these, 69,883… More >

Hongxiu Gao¹, Lin Zhu², Tianqi Liu¹, Xueyu Leng¹, Zhenxing Zhu³, Wei Xie¹, Haitao Lv¹, Zhengxun Jin¹, Ping Wu^4,#, Zhongchen Zhang^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.6, pp. 1743-1763, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.026516 - 11 April 2023

Abstract Cyclophilin (CYP) plays an important role in plant response to stress, and OsCYP2, one gene of cyclophlilin family, is involved in auxin signal transduction and stress signaling in rice. However, the mechanism that OsCYP2 is involved in rice response to low temperature is still unclear. We identified a new OsCYP2 allelic mutant, lrl3, with fewer lateral roots, and the differences in shoot height, primary root length and adventitious root length increased with the growth process compared to the wild-type plant. Auxin signaling pathway was also affected and became insensitive to gravity. The transgenic rice plants with over-expression… More >