Shanghai Polytechnic University

Biomass-Assisted Hydrometallurgy and Pyrometallurgy for Sustainable Recovery of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes

Abstract Biomass-assisted metallurgy, defined as an umbrella term encompassing recycling technologies that utilize biomass in any form (living microorganisms, biomass-derived chemical compounds, or thermally converted biomass products) as lixiviants, reductants, and/or energy sou...

Ultrathin SiO2 Nanofibrous Membranes with Voronoi-like Nanonets for High-Flux Water Filtration and Elution-Free Microplastics Analysis

Abstract Inorganic microfiltration membranes are essential for water purification and microplastics detection; however, achieving high-flux water treatment and enabling straightforward microplastics analysis remain global challenges due to the limitations in the self-supporting n...

On the short-wavelength stability and the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability of some explicit solutions to the two-layer nonlinear three-dimensional water wave problem

Abstract This study is concerned with explicit solutions in the Eulerian framework to the three-dimensional nonlinear Euler equations with a free surface and an interface. Starting with a depth-dependent density, continuous within the fluid domain, except across the interface, we...

Towards trustworthy system latency optimization of Positron Emission Tomography with RBC and GNN

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a highly sensitive imaging instrument, and its system latency plays a pivotal role in real-world applications. We propose a novel trustworthy optimization method to reduce PET system latency by leveraging Role-Based Collaboration (RBC) and Gr...

High-Performance Thermoplastic Composites for Electromagnetic Shielding Applications

Abstract With the increasing complexity of electromagnetic environments, the demand for shielding materials in extreme service is rapidly expanding, and high-performance thermoplastic polymers have emerged as promising candidates owing to their various outstanding performances. H...

Dual-Network Synergistic Reinforcement toward Lightweight and High-Strength Flexible Graphite Bipolar Plates for Robust and Efficient Fuel Cells

Abstract The advancement of fuel cell technology plays a pivotal role in the development of hydrogen energy. Bipolar plates are important components of fuel cells. Developing flexural bipolar plates with stable mechanical properties and high conductivity addresses the critical ne...

Multiphysics modeling of chitosan nanocarrier thrombolysis in human arterial occlusion: insights into carrier retention and dosing strategy

Objectives To develop a human-scale multiphysics model for comparative evaluation of thrombolytic nanocarrier performance and dosing strategies under clinically relevant arterial conditions. Methods We coupled a systemic pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model with one-dimensional...

Design and Implementation of an Efficient Odor Reduction Process for a Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Station

Municipal solid waste transfer stations generate substantial odorous emissions during waste collection and compression, posing threats to the surrounding environment and public health. Existing odor control technologies predominantly employ single-process configurations, ill-suit...

Speech feature decoding and classification based on contact-type piezoelectric sensors and deep learning

Purpose Speech has become the preferred method of interaction for human-machine interfaces and internet of things (IoT) control; however, traditional air-conduction microphones are susceptible to environmental noise interference and lack sufficient security. To address these chal...

Synergetic Dopant and Additive Engineering of Hole Transporter for Outdoor‐Stable Perovskite Solar Modules

ABSTRACT The spiro‐OMeTAD hole‐transport layer (HTL) underpins high‐performance n–i–p perovskite solar cells (PSCs), but conventional hygroscopic lithium dopants and volatile additives undermine operational stability and complicate module fabrication. Here we introduce a synergis...

Tannic Acid‐Enhanced PVA /Sodium Alginate Dual‐Network Hydrogel for Wearable Strain Sensors

ABSTRACT This work presents the design and fabrication of a conductive dual‐network hydrogel for flexible strain sensing applications. The hydrogel is constructed from two interpenetrating networks: the first formed by hydrogen‐bonded tannic acid (TA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA),...

Meticulously Unsupervised Entity Alignment With Large Language Models

ABSTRACT Knowledge graph entity alignment refers to the process of identifying and linking entities that refer to the same real‐world object from different knowledge graphs. Structural heterogeneity and scarcity of training data have always been two major challenges that impede e...

YOLO-CSL: a lightweight real-time fabric defect segmentation network for industrial detection

To address the challenges of fabric defect detection and segmentation under complex textured backgrounds, including the fragmentation of continuous defects (e.g.broken yarns and scratches), frequent false and missed detections induced by strong texture interference, inaccurate de...

Exploring the urban-rural nexus: the impact of Gen Z’s involvement in rural development

In recent years, Chinese Generation Z (Gen Z) youth have expressed a growing interest in rural activities, driven by digital opportunities, lifestyle experimentation, and a sense of cultural nostalgia. Although it is not a mass movement yet, this change indicates changing desires...

Dynamic reconfigurable metamaterials for coordinated heat and charge transport

Coordinated control of coupled heat and charge transport is fundamental to advanced thermoelectric energy conversion and management. Existing thermoelectric metamaterials are largely limited to static or steady-state functionalities. While spatiotemporal modulation has enabled dy...

Collaborative Robust Multi-Objective Optimization of Electrode Air-Flotation Drying Under Equipment Aging Uncertainty

In the wet-process stage of lithium-ion battery manufacturing, double-sided coating combined with air-flotation drying can reduce repeated drying operations, thereby helping improve production throughput. However, the requirements of air-flotation drying for equipment stability,...

An engineered metal-to-insulator transition in a two-dimensional network of degenerate phosphorus quantum dots in silicon

Phosphorus quantum dots (QDs) in silicon are a prominent candidate for semiconductor quantum computing based on donor spins. In this work, we report the formation of degenerate phosphorus QDs with a radius of 3 nm confined in a two-dimensional plane in silicon. A multilayer of Si...