An automatic catchment and root irrigation device for desert trees

Now, there are 36 million km2 of deserts on the planet, a quarter of the land area, and expanding by 60,000 km2 per year. To combat climate change and achieve the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, China is engaged in afforestation. However, water scarcity, strong winds and shortcomings of current irrigation methods make afforestation a major challenge. Based on the problems, we design an automatic catchment and root irrigation device for desert trees

Improved Electrochemical Performance of Li-Rich Cathode Materials via Spinel Li₂MoO₄ Coating

Li-rich manganese-based cathode materials (LRMs) are considered one of the most promising cathode materials for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) because of their high energy density. However, there are problems such as a capacity decay, poor rate performance, and continuous voltage drop, which seriously limit their large-scale commercial applications. In this work, Li1.2Mn0.54Co0.13Ni0.13O2 coated with Li2MoO4 with a unique spinel structure was prepared with the wet chemistry method and the subsequent calcination process. The Li2MoO4 coating layer with a spinel structure could provide a 3D Li+ transport channel, which is beneficial for improving rate performance, while protecting LRMs from electrolyte corrosion, suppressing interface side reactions, and improving cycling stability. The capacity retention rate of LRMs coated with 3 wt% Li2MoO4 increased from 69.25% to 81.85% after 100 cycles at 1 C, and the voltage attenuation decreased from 7.06 to 4.98 mV per cycle. The lower Rct also exhibited an improved rate performance. The results indicate that the Li2MoO4 coating effectively improves the cyclic stability and electrochemical performance of LRMs