Temporal changes in the properties of glaciers located on the central Tibetan Plateau are a sensitive indicator of climate change and the water supply. To estimate the regionwide glacier budgets for three study sites covering the region extending from West-Geladandong to Bugyai Kangri, we compared 1968/1969 topographic maps, the 2000 SRTM DEM, and recent ASTER DEMs for glacier mass budget calculations. Between ~1969 and ~2015, the specific mass budget was-0.31 ± 0.05 m w.e. a −1 for the entire Tanggula Mountains, which is lower than the global average. This ongoing mass loss is mainly caused by increasing summer temperatures since the 1960s. Heterogeneous glacier behavior can be explained by a combination of factors, including meteorological conditions, proglacial lakes, and surge-type glaciers. * Dates given as dd/mm/yyyy.
The increasing demands for portable, intelligent, and wearable electronics have significantly promoted the development of flexible supercapacitors (SCs) with features such as a long lifespan, a high degree of flexibility, and safety. MXenes, a class of unique two-dimensional materials with excellent physical and chemical properties, have been extensively studied as electrode materials for SCs. However, there is little literature that systematically summarizes MXene-based flexible SCs according to different flexible electrode construction methods. Recent progress in flexible electrode fabrication and its application to SCs is reviewed according to different flexible electrode construction methods based on MXenes and their composite electrodes, with or without substrate support. The fabrication methods of flexible electrodes, electrochemical performance, and the related influencing factors of MXene-based flexible SCs are summarized and discussed in detail. In addition, the future possibilities of flexible SCs based on MXene are explored and presented.
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