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West Bengal govt allows 10 trains carrying migrant labourers to enter state




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2020 NFL Schedule: Everything to know about the Baltimore Ravens schedule

The NFL schedule just dropped which means we're one step closer to football. Here's what we know about the Ravens upcoming season.




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What Fred Warner learned from 49ers' tough Super Bowl loss vs. Chiefs

Fred Warner has watched Super Bowl LIV a few times, and he knows what went wrong against the Chiefs.




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Patriots sign draft picks Devin Asiasi and Michael Onwenu to contracts

The New England Patriots have been rapidly locking up their draft picks in the wake of the 2020 NFL Draft. They signed two more to contracts on Friday.




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Where does Patriots-Ravens rivalry stand without Tom Brady in New England?

The New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens both suffered disappointing defeats in last season's NFL playoffs, but they appear headed in opposite directions as the 2020 campaign approaches.




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Surprise release of Saints G Larry Warford puts 3-time Pro Bowler on open market

Opportunity knocks for teams in need of interior line help.




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Colts' Rivers named head coach-in-waiting at Alabama HS

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers has already lined up the first job of his post-playing career. Rivers was introduced Friday as the head coach-in-waiting at St. Michael Catholic High School in a news conference on campus. The 16-year veteran of the Los Angeles Chargers signed a one-year deal worth $25 million guaranteed in March.




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49ers schedule 2020: Predicting why they can, can't match 2019 success

The 49ers are going to be good next season. But how good?




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Bears could make a move for recently-released Saints guard Larry Warford

One of the best guards of 2019 is all of a sudden on the market.




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'Around The NFL' crew breaks down teams playing in prime time

The "Around The NFL" crew breaks down teams playing in prime time in 2020.




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Patriots sign Michael Onwenu, leaving only two draft picks unsigned

The Patriots announced yet another signing of a draft pick. Actually, they announced four, but three previously were reported. The team has come to terms with offensive guard Michael Onwenu, a sixth-round choice. He becomes the eighth choice to agree to terms, leaving only second-round safety Kyle Dugger and third-round tight end Dalton Keene unsigned. [more]




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Why Ryan Pace believes in Trubisky despite declining fifth-year option

General manager Ryan Pace and the Bears have decided to decline a fifth-year option on Mitch Trubisky. However, Pace still believes in the quarterback.




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What 49ers' Laken Tomlinson learned from Joe Staley on, off the field

Joe Staley left 49ers guard Laken Tomlinson with some valuable lessons.




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Patriots Talk Podcast: Schedule breakdown like no other with Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry

The new era of New England Patriots football has its schedule and Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry are breaking it down on the latest edition of Curran's Patriots Talk Podcast.




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Will Raiders rookie Bryan Edwards be a serviceable fantasy WR?

Yahoo Fantasy’s Liz Loza and NFL writer Eric Edholm provide their NFL player comparisons for the rookie wideout from South Carolina. Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.




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Former NFL player Myron Rolle now a doctor treating coronavirus patients

The NFL released its schedule for the upcoming season last night despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Myron Rolle, a former NFL player who is now a neurosurgery resident at Massachusetts General hospital, joined CBSN to discuss whether there is a safe way to play sports during this time. 




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NFL Network's Chris Wesseling on 2020 Cleveland Browns: 'They're either a top-10 offense or Baker Mayfield is a failure'

NFL Network's Chris Wesseling takes a look at the Cleveland Browns and quarterback Baker Mayfield heading into the 2020 season.




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Joe Burrow: “We’re waiting to see” about COVID-19 before signing

Defensive tackle Derrick Brown, the seventh overall choice, became the league's initial first-round draft pick to sign his rookie deal. He agreed to a fully guaranteed, four-year, $23.621 million contract Friday. Uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a question of whether some owners might hold onto signing bonus money longer than usual. The Bills, [more]




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Hollywood Brown and Lamar Jackson 'are going to set their own mark in history'

Marquise Brown knows that he still has another gear after an injury-riddled first season.




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NFL Network's Steve Smith Sr.: 'Beware' of creative tricks from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in 2020

NFL Network's Steve Smith Sr. warns to "beware' of creative tricks from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in 2020.




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NFL Network's Mike Robinson: Philadelphia Eagles should still be favored vs. Dallas Cowboys in NFC East

NFL Network's Mike Robinson believes the Philadelphia Eagles should still be favored vs. Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East.




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Chargers will try to prepare rookie Justin Herbert without live practice

With restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chargers are tasked with preparing prized rookie quarterback Justin Herbert virtually.




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How 49ers lucked out with 2020 NFL schedule compared to last season

The 49ers are far less likely to encounter the extreme weather they dealt with at various points last season.




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NFL Network's Jane Slater: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones 'had a hand in' Dallas Cowboys playing opening game at SoFi Stadium

NFL Network's Jane Slater says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones "had a hand in" Dallas Cowboys playing opening game at SoFi Stadium.




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NFL Network's Mike Robinson, Steve Wyche discuss Los Angeles Rams' top questions for 2020

NFL Network's Mike Robinson and Steve Wyche discuss Los Angeles Rams' top questions for 2020.




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NFL Network's Steve Smith Sr.: 'Pressure is still on' Seattle Seahawks to sign outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney

NFL Network's Steve Smith Sr. believes pressure is still on Seattle Seahawks to sign outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney.




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Report: Texans interested in Larry Warford

Larry Warford isn't going to be out of work long. Only as long as it takes the Pro Bowl offensive guard to make up his mind on his next home. The Texans are interested in Warford, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports only hours after the Saints released the lineman. That's not a surprise [more]




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Whole lot of 'revenge' games for Tom Brady in this Buccaneers schedule

Don't you want me, baby?...DJ Bean points out that Tom Brady's first season in Tampa Bay is loaded with games against teams who passed on the legendary former Patriots quarterback in free agency.




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Deshaun Watson: Bears NEVER ONCE talked to me before 2017 draft

It seems there isn't much we agree on these days, but one thing America is united on is this: The Bears blew it in 2017. Even Bears fans wouldn't argue that point. Chicago, of course, could have had Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson and didn't have to trade up to No. 2 overall to get [more]




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Betty Wold Johnson, mom of New York Jets owners, dies at 99

Betty Wold Johnson earned the title of “First Lady of the Jets” throughout her time around the team.




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NFL schedule hints at determination to conduct Week One, then reassess

The NFL's regular-season schedule surprisingly opens with a bang. In a year during which the NFL could have loaded up the first weekend with so-so games and fans would have lapped it up like malnourished kittens, the league has instead loaded nine division games into Week One. From the banner raising in Kansas City featuring [more]




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Saints cut 3-year starter, 3-time Pro Bowl guard Warford

The New Orleans Saints have cut three-time Pro Bowl right guard Larry Warford, whose three-year run as a starter was cast into doubt by the club's selection of interior lineman Cesar Ruiz in the first round of the NFL draft. Warford, whose termination was announced Friday by general manager Mickey Loomis, started all 44 games in which he played for New Orleans since signing a four-year, $34 million contract in 2017. The 6-foot-3, 317-pound Warford also was named to the Pro Bowl for a third straight season in 2019, when he started 15 games.




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Texans' Deshaun Watson tweets about Bears' lack of interest during 2017 draft

Everything's totally fine!




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Deshaun Watson says Bears 'never once' talked to him ahead of 2017 NFL draft

"The Bears NEVER ONCE talked to me..."




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Report: Bears considering pursuit of Larry Warford

As expected, Larry Warford quickly has become a highly sought-after free agent. Hours after the Saints released the offensive guard, the Texans expressed interest. The Bears also are considering pursuing Warford, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports. They might not have long to consider whether they're interested. The Bears signed Germain Ifedi, a first-round [more]




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Sports Talk Live Podcast: Breaking down the Bears' 2020 schedule

David Haugh, Chuck Garfien and Mark Carman join Kap for a casual Friday edition of SportsTalk Live.




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2020 NFL Season: Despite offseason upgrades, Bears are Week 1 underdog vs. Lions

Believe it or not, Las Vegas experts favor the Lions over the Bears in Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season.




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Looking forward to these fun rookie matchups

Here are some rookie-against-rookie battles we can't wait to see in 2020.




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An all-in-one supercapacitor with high stretchability via a facile strategy

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8255-8261
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00757A, Communication
Yihe Wang, Chi Lv, Guochen Ji, Ruofei Hu, Junping Zheng
There are many studies about integrating supercapacitors to meet actual application needs, but challenges remain in assembling the device without a current collector and other additions.
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Two-step sequential blade-coating of high quality perovskite layers for efficient solar cells and modules

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8447-8454
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02043E, Paper
Junwen Zhang, Tongle Bu, Jing Li, Hengyi Li, Yanping Mo, Zhengli Wu, Yifan Liu, Xiao-Li Zhang, Yi-Bing Cheng, Fuzhi Huang
A two-step sequential blade-coating process in air to fabricate high-efficiency perovskite solar cells and modules.
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Vanadium nitride for aqueous supercapacitors: a topic review

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8218-8233
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01490G, Review Article
Ying Liu, Qianghong Wu, Lingyang Liu, Pantrangi Manasa, Long Kang, Fen Ran
Supercapacitors have emerged as the most attractive complementary devices between batteries and conventional capacitors, while a high performance electrode material is key to their energy storage advancement.
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Recent advances in nanostructured intermetallic electrocatalysts for renewable energy conversion reactions

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8195-8217
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01809K, Review Article
Ho Young Kim, Sang Hoon Joo
This review summarises recent advances in the synthesis and electrocatalytic application of intermetallic nanostructures.
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Phosphate ion and oxygen defect-modulated nickel cobaltite nanowires: a bifunctional cathode for flexible hybrid supercapacitors and microbial fuel cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8722-8730
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01423K, Paper
Wenda Qiu, Quanhua Zhou, Hongbing Xiao, Chun Zhou, Wenting He, Yu Li, Xihong Lu
The exploration of efficient and cost-effective cathodes for flexible hybrid supercapacitors (HSCs) and microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is highly desirable but challenging.
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Conjugated polyelectrolyte with potassium cations enables inverted perovskite solar cells with an efficiency over 20%

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8238-8243
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01279C, Communication
Luozheng Zhang, Xianyong Zhou, Jiaming Xie, Shi Chen, Sanghoon Bae, Jeehwan Kim, Baomin Xu
A conjugated polyelectrolyte bearing stronger ability of defect-passivation and hole-extraction yields an efficiency of 20.01% as a hole transporting material.
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An environmentally adaptive quasi-solid-state zinc-ion battery based on magnesium vanadate hydrate with commercial-level mass loading and anti-freezing gel electrolyte

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8397-8409
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01033B, Paper
Weijun Zhou, Jizhang Chen, Minfeng Chen, Anran Wang, Aixiang Huang, Xinwu Xu, Junling Xu, Ching-Ping Wong
A quasi-solid-state zinc-ion battery exhibits remarkable areal and volumetric energy/power densities and excellent cyclability from −30 to 60 °C.
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Screening metal-free photocatalysts from isomorphic covalent organic frameworks for the C-3 functionalization of indoles

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8706-8715
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02164D, Paper
Ziping Li, Songjie Han, Chunzhi Li, Pengpeng Shao, Hong Xia, He Li, Xiong Chen, Xiao Feng, Xiaoming Liu
An excellent framework photocatalyst was screened from a series of isomorphic COFs. The photocatalytic properties of C-3 functionalization of indoles by COF-based photocatalysts were first reported.
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Rocking-chair capacitive deionization with flow-through electrodes

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8476-8484
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA14112J, Paper
Yong Liu, Xin Gao, Kai Wang, Xinyue Dou, Haiguang Zhu, Xun Yuan, Likun Pan
Flow-through Rocking-chair Capacitive Deionization system with ultrahigh desalination rate is built for the first-time, in which sodium-pre-intercalated MnO2 coated carbon nanofiber aerogels are employed as the flow-through electrode.
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Robust FeOOH/BiVO4/Cu(In, Ga)Se2 tandem structure for solar-powered biocatalytic CO2 reduction

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8496-8502
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02069A, Paper
Jinhyun Kim, Yang Woo Lee, Eun-Gyu Choi, Passarut Boonmongkolras, Byoung Wook Jeon, Hojin Lee, Seung Tae Kim, Su Keun Kuk, Yong Hwan Kim, Byungha Shin, Chan Beum Park
A robust, scalable FeOOH/BiVO4/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 tandem structure achieves unbiased, long-term photobiocatalytic conversion of CO2 to formate.
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PCE11-based polymer solar cells with high efficiency over 13% achieved by room-temperature processing

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8661-8668
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02271C, Paper
Jianyun Zhang, Wenrui Liu, Ming Zhang, Shengjie Xu, Feng Liu, Xiaozhang Zhu
Non-fullerene acceptors featuring excellent miscibility with temperature-dependent aggregation polymer PCE11 enable room-temperature processed polymer solar cells with high efficiency over 13%.
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The critical effect of water content in the electrolyte on the reversible electrochemical performance of Zn–VPO4F cells

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8,8262-8267
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01622E, Communication
Hooman Yaghoobnejad Asl, Shyam Sharma, Arumugam Manthiram
The critical role of water as a source of H+ working ions and reactive species in the Zn–VPO4F electrochemical system with an ionic liquid electrolyte.
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