Bin Zhu

Jan 7, 2025 | nature.com | Manish Singh |Bin Zhu |Faze Wang

AbstractProton conductivity plays a crucial role in the advancement of materials for proton ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) and a variety of electrochemical devices. Traditional approaches to enhancing proton conductivity in perovskites have largely relied on doping strategies to induce structural oxygen vacancies. However, these methods have yet to overcome the challenges associated with achieving desired proton conductivity.

Aug 31, 2024 | nature.com | Zhen-Yu Wu |Wenbo Zhai |Jinlei Li |Jianyong Feng |Wei Li |Yi Yu | +3 more

AbstractConverting solar energy into fuels is pursued as an attractive route to reduce dependence on fossil fuel. In this context, photothermal catalysis is a very promising approach through converting photons into heat to drive catalytic reactions. There are mainly three key factors that govern the photothermal catalysis performance: maximized solar absorption, minimized thermal emission and excellent catalytic property of catalyst.

Jul 19, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Liang Bao |Zan Zhu |Ahmed Ismail |Bin Zhu

AbstractEssential gene products carry out fundamental cellular activities in interaction with other components. However, the lack of essential gene mutants and appropriate methodologies to link essential gene functions with their partners poses significant challenges. Here, we have generated deletion mutants in 32 genes previously identified as essential, with 23 mutants showing extremely slow growth in the SK36 strain of Streptococcus sanguinis.

Jun 18, 2024 | nature.com | Bin Zhu |Myrna G. Serrano

AbstractThe human microbiome plays a crucial role in human health. However, the influence of maternal factors on the neonatal microbiota remains obscure. Herein, our observations suggest that the neonatal microbiotas, particularly the buccal microbiota, change rapidly within 24–48 h of birth but begin to stabilize by 48–72 h after parturition. Network analysis clustered over 200 maternal factors into thirteen distinct groups, and most associated factors were in the same group.

May 21, 2024 | nature.com | Jinlei Li |Linsheng Wu |Ning Xu |Dayang Zhao |Peng Wang |Wei Li | +2 more

AbstractThe sequestration of atmospheric CO2 through plant photosynthesis helps to mitigate climate change while providing other ecological benefits. However, heat and drought stress can limit plant growth and thus the mitigation potential of vegetation, particularly in drylands. Here we present a photosynthetically active radiative cooling film that decreases the ambient air temperature, minimizes the level of water evaporation and increases photosynthesis in dryland plants.