Global inland surface water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs,important components of the hydrosphere and ecosphere,are increasingly affected by climate change.Generating bathymetric volume-areaheight (BVAH) curves ...Global inland surface water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs,important components of the hydrosphere and ecosphere,are increasingly affected by climate change.Generating bathymetric volume-areaheight (BVAH) curves for global inland surface water bodies can enhance our understanding of their topography and climate impacts.However,accurately quantifying the topographic patterns of these water bodies remains challenging due to the difficulties in collecting comprehensive bathymetric data.Therefore,we collected and processed over 2000 bathymetric maps of global water bodies from over 50 different data sources and then developed the BVAH model.Finally,the BVAH hydrological curves of 16671 global inland surface water bodies (larger than 10 km~2) were generated.The results include but are not limited to (1) For most targeted water bodies,area (A) and volume (V) exhibit significant power function relationships with surface heights (H),with optimal power values quantified as 1.42 for A and 2.42 for V.(2) The BVAH model outperforms GLOBathy in estimating area and volume changes,achieving higher correlation coefficients (CC) of approximately 0.962 for the area and 0.991 for volume,and demonstrating lower percentages of root mean squared errors (PRMSE) around 10.9% for the area and 4.8% for volume.(3) In the case study of the Xizang Plateau and various large global reservoirs,the BVAH curve database can capture dynamic volume changes.As a unified simulation of the bathymetric topographical patterns,our bathymetric dataset and corresponding BVAH curve database have great potential to contribute to effective water resource management and ecological conservation efforts worldwide.展开更多
With the development of blockchain technology,a variety of mutually independent blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum,as well as private and consortium chains,coexist in large numbers.As a linker of the blockchain ...With the development of blockchain technology,a variety of mutually independent blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum,as well as private and consortium chains,coexist in large numbers.As a linker of the blockchain network,blockchain interoperability will link more blockchain ecosystems,realize the interconnection of the blockchain and enhance the scalability of the blockchain.This paper summarizes typical blockchain interoperability projects.Firstly,it proposes a blockchain interoperability definition and an architecture model.Secondly,it analyzes technical characteristics of blockchain interoperability,and typical blockchain interoperability cases are compared.Finally,the trend of future development of blockchain interoperability technology is summarized and discussed.展开更多
Non-graphitized carbon(NGC)has been extensively utilized as carbonaceous anode in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs).However,more optimization to achieve competitive capacity and stability is still challenging for SIBs.In the...Non-graphitized carbon(NGC)has been extensively utilized as carbonaceous anode in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs).However,more optimization to achieve competitive capacity and stability is still challenging for SIBs.In the study,the dopant strategy is utilized to construct nitrogen/sulfur-doped non-graphitized carbon(N-NGC or S-NGC)shell decorated on three-dimensional graphene foam(GF)as a self-support electrode.The highly disordered microstructures of heteroatom doped carbons are produced by applying a low-temperature pyrolysis treatment to precursors containing nitrogen and sulfur.The DFT calculations of Na-ion adsorption energies at diverse heteroatom sites show marginal-S,pyrrolic N and pyridinic N with more intensive Na-ion adsorption ability than middle-S,C=O and pristine carbon.The N-NGC with dominant small graphitic regions delivers adsorption ability to Na-ion,while the S-NGC with significant single carbon lattice stripes demonstrates redox reaction with Na-ion.Evidently,in comparison with only adsorption-driven slope regions at high potential for N-NGC,the redox reaction-generated potentialplateau enables non-graphitized S-NGC superior discharge/charge capacity and cycle-stability in the slope region.This work could provide deep insight into the rational design of non-graphitized carbon with rich microstructure and composition.展开更多
[Objectives]This study was conducted to improve the efficiency of callus induction and redifferentiation,and construct high-frequency plant regeneration techniques of tissue culture in Anthuium andraeanum.[Methods]The...[Objectives]This study was conducted to improve the efficiency of callus induction and redifferentiation,and construct high-frequency plant regeneration techniques of tissue culture in Anthuium andraeanum.[Methods]The effects of different genotypes,explant types and hormonal conditions on callus induction and re-differentiation of A.andraeanum were studied by using the aseptic A.andraeanum test-tube plantlets as test materials.[Results]Among the four kinds of aseptic A.andraeanum plantlets,the callus induction using stem segments with leaves was the best,followed by stem segments and leaves,and the petioles were the worst;among the six A.andraeanum varieties tested,the callus production rates of four varieties reached 100%;and the callus differentiation rate reached 93.3%-100%through the organogenesis pathway,and the suitable differentiation medium was 1/2MS+ZT 0.5 mg/L+2,4-D 0.1 mg/L.[Conclusions]The research results provide a new experimental basis for optimizing the technical system of A.andraeanum rapid propagation.展开更多
[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between HSPs and the response of high temperature stress.[Methods]Molecular biological techniques were applied to clone and analyze the gene sequenc...[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between HSPs and the response of high temperature stress.[Methods]Molecular biological techniques were applied to clone and analyze the gene sequence of DpHsp70 gene.The changes in the expression of DpHsp70 gene under high temperature stress and exogenous salicylic acid(SA)were observed and further analyzed by qRT PCR.[Results]The coding region of the Dahlia DpHsp70 gene was 705 bp,encoding 234 amino acid residues(GenBank accession number:MH102288).Aligned with Compositae plants,the Dahlia DpHsp70 gene shared more than 83%homology in gene sequence while 99%-100%homology in amino acid sequence.Under the 35℃high temperature stress,the expression of DpHsp70 gene in Dahlia petals significantly increased.Meanwhile,the expression of DpHsp70 gene further increased under SA at 35℃temperature,which was significantly higher than those of the control group and the 35℃high temperature stress treatment group.It was demonstrated that the Hsp70 gene in Compositae is with highly conservative property and its expression could be up-regulated in response to high temperature stress.It can also be concluded that applying exogenous SA can improve the high temperature resistance of Dahlia.[Conclusions]This study provides a new experimental basis for elucidating the physiological function and mechanism of Dahlia in response to high temperature stress.展开更多
[Objectives]This study was conducted to explore the physiological mechanism of uniconazole in response to drought stress in Dahlia pinnata.[Methods]With potted seedlings of D.pinnata variety‘Danbanhuang’as an experi...[Objectives]This study was conducted to explore the physiological mechanism of uniconazole in response to drought stress in Dahlia pinnata.[Methods]With potted seedlings of D.pinnata variety‘Danbanhuang’as an experimental material,the effects of different concentrations(10,20,30 and 50 mg/L)of uniconazole on the photosynthetic characteristics of D.pinnata under drought stress and rewatering conditions were discussed.[Results]With the extension of drought time,the chlorophyll SPAD value,net photosynthetic rate,transpiration rate,and stomatal conductance of each treatment group decreased significantly,while the intercellular CO_(2)concentration showed a trend of first decreasing and then increasing;and after pretreatment of uniconazole spraying on leaves,it could alleviate the inhibition of drought stress on the photosynthesis of D.pinnata,and was beneficial to the recovery of photosynthetic capacity of D.pinnata after rewatering,and the effect of leaf application concentration of 30 mg/L was the best.It showed that exogenous uniconazole helps to improve the drought resistance of D.pinnata.[Conclusions]This study provides a new experimental basis for the chemical regulation of stress resistance in D.pinnata and its production and application.展开更多
Classification of quantum phases is one of the most important areas of research in condensed matter physics.In this work,we obtain the phase diagram of one-dimensional quasiperiodic models via unsupervised learning.Fi...Classification of quantum phases is one of the most important areas of research in condensed matter physics.In this work,we obtain the phase diagram of one-dimensional quasiperiodic models via unsupervised learning.Firstly,we choose two advanced unsupervised learning algorithms,namely,density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise(DBSCAN)and ordering points to identify the clustering structure(OPTICS),to explore the distinct phases of the Aubry–André–Harper model and the quasiperiodic p-wave model.The unsupervised learning results match well with those obtained through traditional numerical diagonalization.Finally,we assess similarity across different algorithms and find that the highest degree of similarity between the results of unsupervised learning algorithms and those of traditional algorithms exceeds 98%.Our work sheds light on applications of unsupervised learning for phase classification.展开更多
Selenium sulfide(SeS2)cathodes have attracted much concern as an optimized choice comparing to sulfur and selenium for lithium and sodium storage.However,it also suffers from poor cycling stability due to the dissolut...Selenium sulfide(SeS2)cathodes have attracted much concern as an optimized choice comparing to sulfur and selenium for lithium and sodium storage.However,it also suffers from poor cycling stability due to the dissolution of reaction intermediate products.In this study,N-doped Interconnected carbon aerogels was applied as an efficient SeS2 host by infiltrating selenium sulfide into its microporous structure(denoted as SeS2@NCAs),which could effectively accommodate the volume change of SeS2 during cycling and alleviate the dissolution of reaction intermediate products.Therefore,as for Na storage,the SeS2@NCAs cathode delivers a superior long-term cycling performance of 536 mA·h·g^-1 at a current density of 0.5 A·g^-1 after 1,000 cycles with only 0.04%capacity decline per cycle and a high rate performance(524 mA·h·g^-1 at 2 A·g^-1 and 745 mA·h·g^-1 at 0.1 A·g^-1 retained),indicating the remarkable cycling stability of SeS2@NCAs cathodes.展开更多
Background:Childhood maltreatment(CM)is a potential risk factor for some neuropsychiatric disorders in adulthood(e.g.depression and anxiety)and alters trajectories of brain development.Accumulating evidence suggests t...Background:Childhood maltreatment(CM)is a potential risk factor for some neuropsychiatric disorders in adulthood(e.g.depression and anxiety)and alters trajectories of brain development.Accumulating evidence suggests that functional connectivity of the limbic system,especially the amygdala,is highly associated with childhood maltreatment,although not all studies have found this.These inconsistent results may be due to differential alterations of amygdala resting-state functional connectivity(rsFC)following childhood maltreatment.Objective:Our aim was to investigate the relationship between the rsFC of amygdala subregions and CM severity,as well as to develop a stable rsFC-based model for inferring the severity of CM.Methods:In this study,we employed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire(CTQ)to assess CM severity in each individual.We explored the relationship between the rsFC of amygdala subregions(i.e.centromedial-CMA,basolateral-BLA,superficial-SFA amygdala)and CM experience in a discovery dataset of n=110 healthy Chinese participants by linear multiple regression analysis.Subsequent dimensional and categorical approach were performed to elucidate the relationship between rsFCs and CM severity and CM subtypes,respectively.A support vector regression model was then conducted to validate the associations between rsFCs and total CTQ scores.Moreover,we also verified the model into another independent replication dataset(n=38).Results:Our findings suggested that childhood maltreatment was negatively associated with rsFC between the right superficial amyg-dala and perigenual anterior cingulate cortex(pgACC)/postcentral gyrus(PCG)but not the other two amygdala subregions.Moreover,SFA-pgACC coupling was more associated with physical neglect whereas the SFA-PCG was more related to emotional neglect.In addi-tion,supervised machine learning confirmed that using these two rsFCs as predictors could stably estimate continuous maltreatment severity in both discovery and replication datasets.Conclusion:The current study supports that the rsFCs of superficial amygdala are related to childhood maltreatment and which may be a potential biomarker for the effects of childhood maltreatment-related psychiatric disorders(i.e.depression and anxiety).展开更多
Finely adjusting the local environment of Cu single atom(SA)is crucial but challenging for the fabrication of electrocatalysts for the CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)to produce clean energy methane(CH_(4)).Herein,p...Finely adjusting the local environment of Cu single atom(SA)is crucial but challenging for the fabrication of electrocatalysts for the CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)to produce clean energy methane(CH_(4)).Herein,poly(ionic liquid)s-stabilized Cu SAs with tunable Br-Cu-Cx configuration were directly synthesized through the self-polymerization of the ionic liquid monomer,a bis-vinylimidazolium salt,in the presence of Cu precursor.Synchrotron X-ray absorption fine structure,soft X-ray absorption,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses showed that the Cu SAs were coordinated with N-heterocyclic carbene derived from the imidazole ring.The optimal catalyst Cu@P-2 with moderate Cu loading afforded a high Faradaic efficiency of∼70%at a high current of-250 mA cm^(-2)in the CO_(2)RR to CH_(4),associating with a turnover frequency as high as 1.0 s^(-1).This outstanding performance is assigned to the high density Cu SAs reaching strong affinity towards*CO intermediates in the case of moderate Cu loading,as revealed by in situ attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy analysis and theoretical calculated free energy profiles of CO_(2)RR to CH_(4).展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41971377 & No. 41901346)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Peking University。
文摘Global inland surface water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs,important components of the hydrosphere and ecosphere,are increasingly affected by climate change.Generating bathymetric volume-areaheight (BVAH) curves for global inland surface water bodies can enhance our understanding of their topography and climate impacts.However,accurately quantifying the topographic patterns of these water bodies remains challenging due to the difficulties in collecting comprehensive bathymetric data.Therefore,we collected and processed over 2000 bathymetric maps of global water bodies from over 50 different data sources and then developed the BVAH model.Finally,the BVAH hydrological curves of 16671 global inland surface water bodies (larger than 10 km~2) were generated.The results include but are not limited to (1) For most targeted water bodies,area (A) and volume (V) exhibit significant power function relationships with surface heights (H),with optimal power values quantified as 1.42 for A and 2.42 for V.(2) The BVAH model outperforms GLOBathy in estimating area and volume changes,achieving higher correlation coefficients (CC) of approximately 0.962 for the area and 0.991 for volume,and demonstrating lower percentages of root mean squared errors (PRMSE) around 10.9% for the area and 4.8% for volume.(3) In the case study of the Xizang Plateau and various large global reservoirs,the BVAH curve database can capture dynamic volume changes.As a unified simulation of the bathymetric topographical patterns,our bathymetric dataset and corresponding BVAH curve database have great potential to contribute to effective water resource management and ecological conservation efforts worldwide.
基金supported in part by the 2020 Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Project:Network Identifier Construction Project。
文摘With the development of blockchain technology,a variety of mutually independent blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum,as well as private and consortium chains,coexist in large numbers.As a linker of the blockchain network,blockchain interoperability will link more blockchain ecosystems,realize the interconnection of the blockchain and enhance the scalability of the blockchain.This paper summarizes typical blockchain interoperability projects.Firstly,it proposes a blockchain interoperability definition and an architecture model.Secondly,it analyzes technical characteristics of blockchain interoperability,and typical blockchain interoperability cases are compared.Finally,the trend of future development of blockchain interoperability technology is summarized and discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52272296,51502092)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(JKD01211601,1222201718002)+1 种基金the National Overseas High-Level Talent Youth Program in Chinathe Eastern Scholar Project of Shanghai。
文摘Non-graphitized carbon(NGC)has been extensively utilized as carbonaceous anode in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs).However,more optimization to achieve competitive capacity and stability is still challenging for SIBs.In the study,the dopant strategy is utilized to construct nitrogen/sulfur-doped non-graphitized carbon(N-NGC or S-NGC)shell decorated on three-dimensional graphene foam(GF)as a self-support electrode.The highly disordered microstructures of heteroatom doped carbons are produced by applying a low-temperature pyrolysis treatment to precursors containing nitrogen and sulfur.The DFT calculations of Na-ion adsorption energies at diverse heteroatom sites show marginal-S,pyrrolic N and pyridinic N with more intensive Na-ion adsorption ability than middle-S,C=O and pristine carbon.The N-NGC with dominant small graphitic regions delivers adsorption ability to Na-ion,while the S-NGC with significant single carbon lattice stripes demonstrates redox reaction with Na-ion.Evidently,in comparison with only adsorption-driven slope regions at high potential for N-NGC,the redox reaction-generated potentialplateau enables non-graphitized S-NGC superior discharge/charge capacity and cycle-stability in the slope region.This work could provide deep insight into the rational design of non-graphitized carbon with rich microstructure and composition.
基金Supported by the Applied Basic Research Project of Suzhou City(SNG201605)
文摘[Objectives]This study was conducted to improve the efficiency of callus induction and redifferentiation,and construct high-frequency plant regeneration techniques of tissue culture in Anthuium andraeanum.[Methods]The effects of different genotypes,explant types and hormonal conditions on callus induction and re-differentiation of A.andraeanum were studied by using the aseptic A.andraeanum test-tube plantlets as test materials.[Results]Among the four kinds of aseptic A.andraeanum plantlets,the callus induction using stem segments with leaves was the best,followed by stem segments and leaves,and the petioles were the worst;among the six A.andraeanum varieties tested,the callus production rates of four varieties reached 100%;and the callus differentiation rate reached 93.3%-100%through the organogenesis pathway,and the suitable differentiation medium was 1/2MS+ZT 0.5 mg/L+2,4-D 0.1 mg/L.[Conclusions]The research results provide a new experimental basis for optimizing the technical system of A.andraeanum rapid propagation.
基金Supported by Applied Basic Research Program of Suzhou City,Jiangsu Province(SYN201405).
文摘[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between HSPs and the response of high temperature stress.[Methods]Molecular biological techniques were applied to clone and analyze the gene sequence of DpHsp70 gene.The changes in the expression of DpHsp70 gene under high temperature stress and exogenous salicylic acid(SA)were observed and further analyzed by qRT PCR.[Results]The coding region of the Dahlia DpHsp70 gene was 705 bp,encoding 234 amino acid residues(GenBank accession number:MH102288).Aligned with Compositae plants,the Dahlia DpHsp70 gene shared more than 83%homology in gene sequence while 99%-100%homology in amino acid sequence.Under the 35℃high temperature stress,the expression of DpHsp70 gene in Dahlia petals significantly increased.Meanwhile,the expression of DpHsp70 gene further increased under SA at 35℃temperature,which was significantly higher than those of the control group and the 35℃high temperature stress treatment group.It was demonstrated that the Hsp70 gene in Compositae is with highly conservative property and its expression could be up-regulated in response to high temperature stress.It can also be concluded that applying exogenous SA can improve the high temperature resistance of Dahlia.[Conclusions]This study provides a new experimental basis for elucidating the physiological function and mechanism of Dahlia in response to high temperature stress.
基金Applied Basic Research Program of Suzhou City(SYN201405).
文摘[Objectives]This study was conducted to explore the physiological mechanism of uniconazole in response to drought stress in Dahlia pinnata.[Methods]With potted seedlings of D.pinnata variety‘Danbanhuang’as an experimental material,the effects of different concentrations(10,20,30 and 50 mg/L)of uniconazole on the photosynthetic characteristics of D.pinnata under drought stress and rewatering conditions were discussed.[Results]With the extension of drought time,the chlorophyll SPAD value,net photosynthetic rate,transpiration rate,and stomatal conductance of each treatment group decreased significantly,while the intercellular CO_(2)concentration showed a trend of first decreasing and then increasing;and after pretreatment of uniconazole spraying on leaves,it could alleviate the inhibition of drought stress on the photosynthesis of D.pinnata,and was beneficial to the recovery of photosynthetic capacity of D.pinnata after rewatering,and the effect of leaf application concentration of 30 mg/L was the best.It showed that exogenous uniconazole helps to improve the drought resistance of D.pinnata.[Conclusions]This study provides a new experimental basis for the chemical regulation of stress resistance in D.pinnata and its production and application.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications(Grant Nos.NY223109,NY220119,and NY221055)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2022M721693)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12404365)。
文摘Classification of quantum phases is one of the most important areas of research in condensed matter physics.In this work,we obtain the phase diagram of one-dimensional quasiperiodic models via unsupervised learning.Firstly,we choose two advanced unsupervised learning algorithms,namely,density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise(DBSCAN)and ordering points to identify the clustering structure(OPTICS),to explore the distinct phases of the Aubry–André–Harper model and the quasiperiodic p-wave model.The unsupervised learning results match well with those obtained through traditional numerical diagonalization.Finally,we assess similarity across different algorithms and find that the highest degree of similarity between the results of unsupervised learning algorithms and those of traditional algorithms exceeds 98%.Our work sheds light on applications of unsupervised learning for phase classification.
基金The work supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFC0807600)Fundam ental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.WK2320000035).
文摘Selenium sulfide(SeS2)cathodes have attracted much concern as an optimized choice comparing to sulfur and selenium for lithium and sodium storage.However,it also suffers from poor cycling stability due to the dissolution of reaction intermediate products.In this study,N-doped Interconnected carbon aerogels was applied as an efficient SeS2 host by infiltrating selenium sulfide into its microporous structure(denoted as SeS2@NCAs),which could effectively accommodate the volume change of SeS2 during cycling and alleviate the dissolution of reaction intermediate products.Therefore,as for Na storage,the SeS2@NCAs cathode delivers a superior long-term cycling performance of 536 mA·h·g^-1 at a current density of 0.5 A·g^-1 after 1,000 cycles with only 0.04%capacity decline per cycle and a high rate performance(524 mA·h·g^-1 at 2 A·g^-1 and 745 mA·h·g^-1 at 0.1 A·g^-1 retained),indicating the remarkable cycling stability of SeS2@NCAs cathodes.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,UESTC[grant number ZYGX2020J027-WHZ]Natural Science Foundation of sichuan Province[grant number 2022NSFSC1375-WHZ]+1 种基金Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation[grant number 2021A1515110511-WHZ]Sichuan Science and Technology Program[grant number 2020YFS0484 WXY].
文摘Background:Childhood maltreatment(CM)is a potential risk factor for some neuropsychiatric disorders in adulthood(e.g.depression and anxiety)and alters trajectories of brain development.Accumulating evidence suggests that functional connectivity of the limbic system,especially the amygdala,is highly associated with childhood maltreatment,although not all studies have found this.These inconsistent results may be due to differential alterations of amygdala resting-state functional connectivity(rsFC)following childhood maltreatment.Objective:Our aim was to investigate the relationship between the rsFC of amygdala subregions and CM severity,as well as to develop a stable rsFC-based model for inferring the severity of CM.Methods:In this study,we employed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire(CTQ)to assess CM severity in each individual.We explored the relationship between the rsFC of amygdala subregions(i.e.centromedial-CMA,basolateral-BLA,superficial-SFA amygdala)and CM experience in a discovery dataset of n=110 healthy Chinese participants by linear multiple regression analysis.Subsequent dimensional and categorical approach were performed to elucidate the relationship between rsFCs and CM severity and CM subtypes,respectively.A support vector regression model was then conducted to validate the associations between rsFCs and total CTQ scores.Moreover,we also verified the model into another independent replication dataset(n=38).Results:Our findings suggested that childhood maltreatment was negatively associated with rsFC between the right superficial amyg-dala and perigenual anterior cingulate cortex(pgACC)/postcentral gyrus(PCG)but not the other two amygdala subregions.Moreover,SFA-pgACC coupling was more associated with physical neglect whereas the SFA-PCG was more related to emotional neglect.In addi-tion,supervised machine learning confirmed that using these two rsFCs as predictors could stably estimate continuous maltreatment severity in both discovery and replication datasets.Conclusion:The current study supports that the rsFCs of superficial amygdala are related to childhood maltreatment and which may be a potential biomarker for the effects of childhood maltreatment-related psychiatric disorders(i.e.depression and anxiety).
基金the funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.22072065,22178162,and 22222806)the Distinguished Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province(grant no.BK20220053)+1 种基金the Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province(grant no.JNHB-035)Agency for Science,Technology and Research(A*STAR)through Low Carbon Energy Research Finding Initiative(grant nos.LCERFI01-0033 and U2102d2006).
文摘Finely adjusting the local environment of Cu single atom(SA)is crucial but challenging for the fabrication of electrocatalysts for the CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)to produce clean energy methane(CH_(4)).Herein,poly(ionic liquid)s-stabilized Cu SAs with tunable Br-Cu-Cx configuration were directly synthesized through the self-polymerization of the ionic liquid monomer,a bis-vinylimidazolium salt,in the presence of Cu precursor.Synchrotron X-ray absorption fine structure,soft X-ray absorption,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses showed that the Cu SAs were coordinated with N-heterocyclic carbene derived from the imidazole ring.The optimal catalyst Cu@P-2 with moderate Cu loading afforded a high Faradaic efficiency of∼70%at a high current of-250 mA cm^(-2)in the CO_(2)RR to CH_(4),associating with a turnover frequency as high as 1.0 s^(-1).This outstanding performance is assigned to the high density Cu SAs reaching strong affinity towards*CO intermediates in the case of moderate Cu loading,as revealed by in situ attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy analysis and theoretical calculated free energy profiles of CO_(2)RR to CH_(4).
