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Strategic atomic trapping at heterointerfaces for protonic ceramic cells

Reversible protonic ceramic cells face electrode interface degradation challenges. This study introduces an atomic trapping strategy to restructure heterointerfaces, improving power output and long-term stability while reducing precious metal usage.

Zuoqing Liu
Ruixi Qiao
Zongping Shao
ResearchOpen Access24 Nov 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-14
Interfacial oxide wedging for mechanical-robust electrode in high-temperature ceramic cells

Delamination and cracking hinder the durability of air electrodes in ceramic cells. Here, the authors introduce oxide wedging at particle interfaces to enhance mechanical robustness and thermal compatibility, significantly improving electrode longevity.

Yuan Zhang
Zhipeng Liu
Heping Xie
ResearchOpen Access30 Sept 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-13
Prediction of perovskite oxygen vacancies for oxygen electrocatalysis at different temperatures

Catalyst screening is an important process but it’s usually time-consuming and labor intensive. Here the authors report the prediction of oxygen vacancy for perovskites using machine learning techniques to develop suitable oxygen electrocatalysts for solid oxide fuel cells at reduced temperatures.

Zhiheng Li
Xin Mao
Zhonghua Zhu
ResearchOpen Access29 Oct 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-12
Hydration-induced stiffness enabling robust thermal cycling of high temperature fuel cells cathode

High-temperature fuel cells often face bulk cracking due to insufficient fracture strength and stiffness. Here, the authors show that chemical hydration enhances cathode mechanical properties, significantly improving thermal cycling stability and overall performance in proton ceramic fuel cells.

Hongxin Yang
Yuan Zhang
Heping Xie
ResearchOpen Access02 Apr 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-12
Co-expression of multi-genes for polynary perovskite electrocatalysts for reversible solid oxide cells

Polynary perovskite oxides are promising air electrodes for rSOCs, with configuration entropy (S_config) often linked to reactivity. However, high S_config alone does not strongly correlate with performance. This study develops a model identifying key descriptors to guide high-activity oxide discovery.

Xiaoxin Zhang
Hongyuan He
Yifei Sun
ResearchOpen Access25 Mar 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-14
Sintering-induced cation displacement in protonic ceramics and way for its suppression

The conductivity of protonic ceramic electrolytes for fuel cells is unsatisfactory due to poor sintering. Here, the authors report the adverse effects of dynamic Y3+ displacement on high-temperature membrane sintering and propose a new strategy for pre-doping Y into A-site to inhibit its further displacement.

Ze Liu
Yufei Song
Linjuan Zhang
ResearchOpen Access02 Dec 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-10
Role of autophagy in cadmium-induced apoptosis of primary rat osteoblasts

Wei Liu
Nannan Dai
Zongping Liu
ResearchOpen Access08 Feb 2016
Scientific Reports

Volume: 6, P: 1-8
Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of mouse carotid artery under disturbed flow and human carotid plaques identifies key cell populations in atherosclerosis development

Xuyang Liu
Xu Li
Yuming Xu
ResearchOpen Access01 Jul 2025
Scientific Reports

Volume: 15, P: 1-19
Synergistic dual-phase air electrode enables high and durable performance of reversible proton ceramic electrochemical cells

Efficient air electrodes drive reversible proton ceramic electrochemical cells, accelerating renewable energy conversion and storage. Here, the authors propose a highly active hybrid air electrode that effectively controls phase content, enhancing electrochemical activity and stability through synergistic effects.

Zuoqing Liu
Yuesheng Bai
Zongping Shao
ResearchOpen Access11 Jan 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-15
Three-dimensional flexible and conductive interconnected graphene networks grown by chemical vapour deposition

Chemical vapour deposition is one of the most promising strategies to grow high-quality graphene sheets on a large scale. It is now shown that this deposition technique can be extended to grow three-dimensional graphene networks with high conductivity and flexibility—both promising features for flexible electronics.

Zongping Chen
Wencai Ren
Hui-Ming Cheng
Research10 Apr 2011
Nature Materials

Volume: 10, P: 424-428
Cadmium-induced apoptosis in neuronal cells is mediated by Fas/FasL-mediated mitochondrial apoptotic signaling pathway

Yan Yuan
Yajing Zhang
Zongping Liu
ResearchOpen Access11 Jun 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-11
Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes

The successful deployment of protonic ceramic fuel cells requires the discovery of high-performance and low-cost cathode catalysts. Now, theoretical insights guide the rational design of a Ba_0.875Fe_0.875Zr_0.125O_3−δ material that achieves excellent oxygen reduction performance.

Zheng Wang
Yuhao Wang
Francesco Ciucci
Research01 Sept 2022
Nature Catalysis

Volume: 5, P: 777-787
A membrane-based seawater electrolyser for hydrogen generation

An efficient and scalable direct seawater electrolysis method for hydrogen production that addresses the side-reaction and corrosion problems associated with using seawater instead of pure water is demonstrated.

Heping Xie
Zhiyu Zhao
Zongping Shao
Research30 Nov 2022
Nature

Volume: 612, P: 673-678
HER2 recruits AKT1 to disrupt STING signalling and suppress antiviral defence and antitumour immunity

Wu et al. demonstrate that HER2 recruits AKT1 to disrupt the STING signalosome, thereby suppressing damage-induced cellular senescence and STING-mediated antiviral and antitumour responses in vivo.

Shiying Wu
Qian Zhang
Pinglong Xu
Research22 Jul 2019
Nature Cell Biology

Volume: 21, P: 1027-1040
Unusual synergistic effect in layered Ruddlesden−Popper oxide enables ultrafast hydrogen evolution

Water may serve as a renewable hydrogen fuel source to replace fossil fuels, although such electrolysis requires highly active catalysts. Here, authors explore Ruddlesden−Popper oxides as hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts that feature an unusual synergistic effect to promote high activity.

Yinlong Zhu
Hassan A. Tahini
Zongping Shao
ResearchOpen Access11 Jan 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-9
Oligomerization-primed coiled-coil domain interaction with Ubc13 confers processivity to TRAF6 ubiquitin ligase activity

Ubiquitin ligase TRAF6 catalyzes assembly of free polyubiquitin chains for TAK1 activation in the IL-1R/TLR pathways, but the mechanism underlying its processivity is unclear. Here, the authors show that TRAF6 coiled-coil oligomerization domain primes its interaction with Ubc13/Ub~Ubc13 to confer processivity.

Lin Hu
Jiafeng Xu
Zongping Xia
ResearchOpen Access09 Oct 2017
Nature Communications

Volume: 8, P: 1-13
Zearalenone altered the cytoskeletal structure via ER stress- autophagy- oxidative stress pathway in mouse TM4 Sertoli cells

Wanglong Zheng
Bingjie Wang
ZongPing Liu
ResearchOpen Access20 Feb 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-14
Author Correction: Zearalenone altered the cytoskeletal structure via ER stress– autophagy– oxidative stress pathway in mouse TM4 Sertoli cells

Wanglong Zheng
Bingjie Wang
ZongPing Liu
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access25 Jun 2020
Scientific Reports

Volume: 10, P: 1-4
Complement classical and alternative pathway activation contributes to diabetic kidney disease progression: a glomerular proteomics on kidney biopsies

Yang Yang
Ying Zhang
Guolan Xing
ResearchOpen Access02 Jan 2025
Scientific Reports

Volume: 15, P: 1-12
The ER stress regulator Bip mediates cadmium-induced autophagy and neuronal senescence

Tao Wang
Yan Yuan
Jiaqiao Zhu
ResearchOpen Access01 Dec 2016
Scientific Reports

Volume: 6, P: 1-14
Beclin-1-mediated Autophagy Protects Against Cadmium-activated Apoptosis via the Fas/FasL Pathway in Primary Rat Proximal Tubular Cell Culture

Gang Liu
Yan Yuan
Zongping Liu
ResearchOpen Access20 Apr 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-10
RNA-binding protein p54^nrb/NONO potentiates nuclear EGFR-mediated tumorigenesis of triple-negative breast cancer

Mengqin Shen
Ruixue Zhang
Jianjun Liu
ResearchOpen Access10 Jan 2022
Cell Death & Disease

Volume: 13, P: 1-14
Extremely efficient terahertz high-harmonic generation in graphene by hot Dirac fermions

Efficient terahertz harmonic generation—challenging but important for ultrahigh-speed optoelectronic technologies—is demonstrated in graphene through a nonlinear process that could potentially be generalized to other materials.

Hassan A. Hafez
Sergey Kovalev
Dmitry Turchinovich
Research10 Sept 2018
Nature

Volume: 561, P: 507-511
PARP-1 overexpression contributes to Cadmium-induced death in rat proximal tubular cells via parthanatos and the MAPK signalling pathway

Tongwang Luo
Yan Yuan
Zongping Liu
ResearchOpen Access28 Jun 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-13
A multicenter retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes of intracranial chondrosarcoma in 26 patients

Hongyuan Liu
Zongping Li
Yingxi Wu
ResearchOpen Access05 Sept 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-12
Gasdermin D inhibition ameliorates neutrophil mediated brain damage in acute ischemic stroke

Ruiyao Hu
Jing Liang
Bo Song
ResearchOpen Access08 Feb 2023
Cell Death Discovery

Volume: 9, P: 1-14
Human midbrain organoids: a powerful tool for advanced Parkinson’s disease modeling and therapy exploration

Xin Cui
Xinwei Li
Chengyuan Mao
ReviewsOpen Access20 Oct 2024
npj Parkinson's Disease

Volume: 10, P: 1-14
Nuclear scaffold protein p54^nrb/NONO facilitates the hypoxia-enhanced progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

Mengqin Shen
Ruixue Zhang
Jianjun Liu
ResearchOpen Access02 Jun 2021
Oncogene

Volume: 40, P: 4167-4183
Comparing watershed afforestation and natural revegetation impacts on soil moisture in the semiarid Loess Plateau of China

Zongping Ren
Zhanbin Li
Guoce Xu
ResearchOpen Access14 Feb 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-10

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