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Feng Wang, Linfeng Xiao, Yuwei Jiang, Xijun Liu, Xue Zhao, Qingquan Kong, Abdukader Abdukayum and Guangzhi Hu

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Trace cobalt-inserted platinum lattice gap to enable bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

Jie Yang, Shilong Song, Zhanwei Chen, Bo Zhang, Yuyu Guo, Ying Guo and Hepeng Zhang

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Insights into the pH effect on hydrogen electrocatalysis

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Optimal selection of RuO2 for durable oxygen evolution reactions in acidic media by continuous regulation of Ru–O covalency

Xintong Li, Guanzhen Chen, Yan Liu, Ruihu Lu, Chao Ma, Ziyun Wang, Yunhu Han and Dingsheng Wang

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 4200
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Ru doping and interface engineering synergistically boost the electrocatalytic performance of a WP/WP2 nanosheet array for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Zhichang Hu, Zhizhong Xiao, Wei Wei, Jian Yang, Xiaoyu Huang, Qingcheng Lu, Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Huidan Lu and Yongping Liu

Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 12492
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Suppressing migration of Ru in a high-entropy alloy for durable acidic oxygen evolution

Le Su, Xiaokang Chen, Yi Tan, Wei-Qiao Deng, Hao Wu and Xiangyang Miao

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Electronic structure modulation of Ru sites toward efficient water splitting

Jixiang Jiao and Shichun Mu

Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 433
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In situ surface reconstruction of heterostructure Ni2P/CoP/FeP4 nanowires network catalyst for high-current-density overall water splitting

Ting Zhao, Bingbing Gong, Guancheng Xu, Jiahui Jiang and Li Zhang

Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2024, 61, 269
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Modulating the covalency of Ru-O bonds by dynamic reconstruction for efficient acidic oxygen evolution

Luqi Wang, Sung-Fu Hung, Sheng Zhao, Yue Wang, Suwan Bi, Shaoxiong Li, Jian-Jie Ma, Chenchen Zhang, Ying Zhang, Linlin Li, Tsung-Yi Chen, Han-Yi Chen, Feng Hu, Yuping Wu and Shengjie Peng

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Salt-Assisted Synthesis of 2D Materials for Electrochemical Applications

Kang Chen, Liang Huang and Kaifu Huo

Electrochem. Energy Rev., 2026, 9
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Boron‐Induced Interstitial Effects Drive Water Oxidation on Ordered Ir−B Compounds

Ding Chen, Ruohan Yu, Hongyu Zhao, Jixiang Jiao, Xueqin Mu, Jun Yu and Shichun Mu

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
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Role of Interfacial Water in Improving the Activity and Stability of Lattice‐Oxygen‐Mediated Acidic Oxygen Evolution on RuO2

Liqing Wu, Wenxia Huang, Dongyang Li, Bingbing Zhao, Haiqing Zhou and Wei Luo

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Optimizing the coordination environment of active sites to enhance heterogeneous electrocatalytic performances

Yuhao Duan, Dehong Chen, Ruiyong Zhang, Yunmei Du and Lei Wang

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 522, 216243
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Synergistic hybridization between third-period and fifth-period transition metal orbitals in entropy-stabilized layered double hydroxides for long-term oxygen evolution catalysis

Shengnan Na, Xugen Shi, Dong-Feng Chai, Dongxuan Guo and Jinlong Li

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 693, 137641
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Oxygen Vacancy‐Electron Polarons Featured InSnRuO2 Oxides: Orderly and Concerted In‐Ov‐Ru‐O‐Sn Substructures for Acidic Water Oxidation

Yanhui Sun, Mingyue Xiao, Feng Liu, Jun Gan, Shixin Gao and Jingjun Liu

Advanced Materials, 2024, 36
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Unbiased Photoelectrochemical H2O2 Coupled to H2 Production via Dual Sb2S3‐Based Photoelectrodes with Ultralow Onset Potential

Lei Wang, Fei Guo, Shijie Ren, Rui‐Ting Gao and Limin Wu

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024, 63
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Unveiling mechanistic regulation strategies in transition metal oxide catalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

Qianglong Qi, Sanyuan Zhu, Zijian Liu, Chengxu Zhang and Jue Hu

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Reconstructing a stable surface on pyrite-type iridium telluride to promote the oxygen evolution reaction in acid

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Chem Catalysis, 2026, 6, 101580
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Actualizing Anion–Cation Dual Active Sites in a Single Substance for Hydrogen Evolution

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 53526
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Advanced RuO2-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction: A perspective from coordination structures

Qian Sun, Jiaxin Zhang, Wei Kong Pang, Bernt Johannessen, Peng Li, Guoqiang Zhao and Huaming Yang

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Amorphous-rich RuMnO aerogel with weakened Ru–O covalency for efficient acidic water oxidation

Tao Zhao, Yunzhen Jia, Qiang Fang, Runxin Du, Genyan Hao, Wenqing Sun, Guang Liu, Dazhong Zhong, Jinping Li and Qiang Zhao

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2025, 104, 414
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Surface hydroxyl enriched ruthenium selenide nanoparticles for efficient seawater hydrogen evolution reaction

Ming-Xia Hu, Le-Wei Shen, Yong Wang, Wen-Ying Zhao, Kang-Yi Xiong, Ling Shen, Yi Lu, Jie Ying, Yu-Xuan Xiao, Wei Geng, Kenneth I. Ozoemena, Maria Magdalena Titirici, Ge Tian and Xiao-Yu Yang

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Cooperative d-electron density regulation on layered double hydroxides for boosting overall water/seawater splitting

Jianqing Zhou, Runxin Duan, Jiayong Xiao, Siyu Zhang, Chuqiang Huang, Yunlong Xie, Lun Yang, Yisi Liu, Yue Du, Luo Yu and Ying Yu

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2026, 114, 808
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One-step corrosion inducing the amorphous/crystalline-Co0.8Ru0.2/RuCoOx heterostructures for urea-assisted water decomposition at ampere-level current density

Jinghan Xu, Jinhong Ren, Yunmei Du, Yanru Liu, Dehong Chen, Ruiyong Zhang and Lei Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 498, 155291
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Harmonization of acidic OER activity and stability of ruthenium-manganese oxide by optimization of amorphous-crystalline heterostructure

Lin Liu, Jun Chen, Ailong Li, Shuang Kong, Ying Zhang, Yafei Qiao, Pengfei Zhang, Can Li and Hongxian Han

Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2026, 82, 61
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Role of Interfacial Water in Improving the Activity and Stability of Lattice‐Oxygen‐Mediated Acidic Oxygen Evolution on RuO2

Liqing Wu, Wenxia Huang, Dongyang Li, Bingbing Zhao, Haiqing Zhou and Wei Luo

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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Strategic Modulation of *OH Characteristics via Metal‐Support Interactions and Charge Gradient in RuMo@RuMoOx for Enhanced Water Oxidation

Ao Cai, Ding Zhou, Siyang Luo, Na Luo, Junhui Pei, Xiongfeng Zeng, Fengxiang Chen, Xiaoman Xiong, Weilin Xu and Na Yao

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
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Waste PET plastic-mediated synthesis of manganese- and cobalt-doped RuO2 catalyst for electro-oxidation of water with robust stability

Yunxing Zhao, Denian Li, Xuanyuan Ni, Pengcheng Cai, Guanghao Chen, Dongsheng Xia, Zixu Sun and Haoran Yuan

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2025, 215, 108056
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Molten Salt‐Assisted Synthesis of Catalysts for Energy Conversion

Ding Chen and Shichun Mu

Advanced Materials, 2024, 36
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Asymmetric Site-Enabled O–O Coupling in Co3O4 for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Minghui Cui, Rongjing Guo, Yansong Zhou, Wenqi Zhao, Yanjing Liu, Wenbo Luo, Qiongrong Ou and Shuyu Zhang

ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 16353
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Local charge redistribution-induced OER mechanism switching in RuO2-based catalysts for efficient PEM electrolysis

Xuyan Zhou, Zijie Yang, Yinnan Qian, Zhaoyan Luo, Lei Zhang, Qianling Zhang, Chuanxin He, Zhengtang Luo and Xiangzhong Ren

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2026, 112, 967
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Mitigating over-oxidation and optimizing electronic structure of ruthenium sites by binary Ni-Mo 2N support for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

Meishu Xin, Aiping Wu, Dongxu Wang, Youming Dong, Yuying Fan, Xianyun Yue, Chungui Tian and Honggang Fu

Nano Research, 2026, 19, 94908372
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Core–Shell Co‐CoxP Nanoparticle‐Embedded N‐Doped Carbon Nanowhiskers Hollow Sphere for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis

Wei Zhu, Wenhui Hu, Ying Wei, Yi Zhang, Kunming Pan, Songtao Zhang, Xinxin Hang, Mingbo Zheng and Huan Pang

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Paired Fe Single‐Atoms Coordinated by N and Se as Oxygen Electrocatalysts for High‐Performance Zinc‐Air Battery

Hui‐Min Xu, Kai‐Hang Yue, Hong‐Cheng Zhang, Xiao‐Qi Gong, Shao‐Lan Zheng, Meng‐Han Yin, Guang‐Hui Xia and Gao‐Ren Li

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Self-Supported Fe-Doped MoNi4 Alloy Nanosheet Array as a Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for Water and Urea Splitting

Yuxin Zhao, Peng Zhou, Ziting Li, Bingxin Zhao, Wenyue Jiang, Xiaoshuang Chen, Jinping Wang, Rui Yang and Chunling Zuo

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2024, 7, 14609
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A Networked Catalytic Layer Derived from Composite Nanowires Integrated with Pt Core and Active Pt-Doped RuO2 Shell for Efficient Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis at Low Anode Loadings

Heng Zhang, Lili Liu, Liu Pei, Dongdong Wang and Xindong Wang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2026, 18, 26285
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Highly Active and Stable Nitrogen‐Doped Ruthenium Oxide/Titanium Nitride Composite Anode Electrocatalyst for Practical Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

Heng Zhang, Lili Liu, Liu Pei, Dongdong Wang and Xindong Wang

Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15
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Enhanced Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Performance by Anchoring Iridium Oxide Nanoparticles on Co3O4

Gege Tao, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiaohui Liu, Yanqin Wang and Yong Guo

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 1350
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Activating the hydrogen evolution and overall water splitting performance of stable highly efficiency V doped NiMoSex electrocatalyst by a selenization process

Pengyu Hu, Shunming Li, Jingzong Qu, Jie Zhou, Zibo Wang, Yanan Wang, Anran Chen and Tao Sun

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 158, 150501
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Lattice Strain Engineering in Ru-Based Electrocatalysts for Efficient Acidic Overall Water Splitting and Ru Dissolution Suppression

Xiaoxiao Duan, Ning Wen, Shu Liu, Haiping Li, Xiuling Jiao, Dairong Chen and Yuguo Xia

ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 10119
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Engineering oxygen-evolving catalysts for acidic water electrolysis

Xuan Minh Chau Ta, Thành Trần-Phú, Thi Kim Anh Nguyen, Manjunath Chatti and Rahman Daiyan

Applied Physics Reviews, 2024, 11
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Oxygen octahedral void-confined iodine single-site RuO2 catalysts for water reduction

Jixiang Jiao, Ding Chen, Hongyu Zhao, Ying Dong, Weihao Zeng, Xueqin Mu, Xupo Liu, Jiawei Zhu, Xu Luo, Zhenhua Tao, Qingqu Zhou and Shichun Mu

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 361, 124650
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Doped RuO2 for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction: From Transitional Metals, Main‐Group Metals to Nonmetals

Rui Li, Junfei Zhao, Yanqiang Li, Chenxi Zhang and Siru Chen

ChemSusChem, 2026, 19
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Tailoring Coordination Fields of Asymmetric MO5S1‐Type Metal–Organic Frameworks Catalysts for Accelerated Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Tengjia Ni, Xianbiao Hou, Jian Zhou, Canhui Zhang, Shuixing Dai, Lei Chu, Huanlei Wang, Heqing Jiang and Minghua Huang

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
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Electronic Modulation of RuCo Catalysts on TiO2 Nanotubes Promoting Durable Acidic Overall Water Splitting

Hengyi Chen, Zehua Gao, Shijie Ren, Rui‐Ting Gao, Limin Wu and Lei Wang

Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15
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Unbiased Photoelectrochemical H2O2 Coupled to H2 Production via Dual Sb2S3‐Based Photoelectrodes with Ultralow Onset Potential

Lei Wang, Fei Guo, Shijie Ren, Rui‐Ting Gao and Limin Wu

Angewandte Chemie, 2024, 136
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Advances in Ru-based acidic OER electrocatalysts: Addressing the activity-stability trade-off

Yurui Wang, Yang Liu, Jinqiang Zhang and Hyoyoung Lee

Sustainable Chemistry for Energy Materials, 2025, 1, 100004
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Regulation strategies in ruthenium-based metal chalcogenides for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Jin Li, Jiaqi Zhu, Yue Li, Nannan Tong, Guilong Liu, Yuchao Wang, Naiteng Wu, Xianming Liu and Yongpeng Lei

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 111725
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Highly soluble and stable Rhein as an anolyte for aqueous redox flow batteries

Haochen Li, Zhilin Du, Dawei Feng and Wonmi Lee

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Recent advancements and perspectives of hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts based on molybdenum phosphides

Hai Bang Truong, Nguyen Tien Tran and Ha Huu Do

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 80, 696
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Advanced Molten‐Salt Synthesis: A Powerful Platform for Engineering High‐Performance Electrocatalysts

Feifei Mao, Jinteng Guan, Baichao Liu, Qiming Zhao, Kyungsaeng Kim, Penggao Liu and Yangyang Tan

Carbon Neutralization, 2026, 5
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RuTe2 heterophase homojunction induced built-in electric field drives ultrafast hydrogen evolution reaction kinetics

Hongyu Zhao, Ding Chen, Yuxiao Dong, Yurao Chen, Jixiang Jiao, Jun Yu, Yiwen Li and Shichun Mu

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 374, 125409
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β-Mo2C nanoparticles/carbon nanotubes Mott-Schottky nanoarray on carbon cloth as freestanding cathodes for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Shuanghui Zeng, Xiangqun Zeng, Lan Jiang, Zhao Ding, Jiao-Jing Shao and Jie Zhao

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Built‐in Electric Field in Ru/CoP Bifunctional Electrocatalyst Enhances Hydrazine‐Assisted Water Splitting

Kang Ji, Shiyu Wang, Shuyun Yao, Yingjie Ji, Jingxian Li, Xiaojun Wang, Lanlan Shi, Guixi Wang, Weikun Ren, Jun Wang, Feike Zhang, Jiangzhou Xie, Zhiyu Yang and Yi‐Ming Yan

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P, Al-co-mediated prussian blue analog as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting

Huaiqing Yan, Chaocao Cao, Changhong Sun, Xinyu Li, Yilong Wang, Qianwen Chen, Hangyan Gong, Gang Wang and Fuxi Bao

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2026, 1051, 186037
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Constructing CoP/Ni2P Heterostructure Confined Ru Sub‐Nanoclusters for Enhanced Water Splitting in Wide pH Conditions

Huimin Zhang, Wenhao Liu, Zhenhao Li, Liang Qiao, Kebin Chi, Xiaoyan Guo, Dong Cao and Daojian Cheng

Advanced Science, 2024, 11
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Anion Effect in Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Small Organic Molecule Oxidation

Zhe Liu, Guoxin Ma, Xiaoyu Zhu, Yaoyao Shen, Xinkai Guo, Yani Ding, Jia Liu, Diab Khalafallah, Xiaoxiao Huang, Bingrong Guo and Siwei Li

ACS Energy Lett., 2026, 11, 1514
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Constructing hierarchically micro-nanostructured NiFe LDH/ β-NiOOH to boost oxygen evolution reaction

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 111, 134
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Interface engineering induced phase transition strategy boosts the efficiency and stability of Co2VO4@FeOOH for water oxidation

Haoyu Li, Shaorui Yuan, Zhezhe Wang, Bo Yao, Xu Tian and Yude Wang

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Boron‐Induced Interstitial Effects Drive Water Oxidation on Ordered Ir−B Compounds

Ding Chen, Ruohan Yu, Hongyu Zhao, Jixiang Jiao, Xueqin Mu, Jun Yu and Shichun Mu

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024, 63
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Toward a molecular-scale picture of water electrolysis: mechanistic insights, fundamental kinetics and electrocatalyst dynamic evolution

Man Chen, Yingju Yang, Yuandong Ding and Jing Liu

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Lanthanum modification boosts the performance of cobalt-iron carbonate hydroxide for robust saline electrolysis

Xueling Wei, Jiawei Gao, Peng Dai, Shige Zhang, Xiangyu Zou and Taotao Ai

Fuel, 2026, 423, 139281
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