Chapter 193: 1 wave is not flat, 1 wave rises again

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Although he had already sentenced the manuscript to death in his heart, Xu Qiu read the other party's submission in a responsible way.
Unfortunately, no other highlights were found. The main innovations of this article are similar to Xu Qiu's AM-"new materials", "high efficiency", and "high crystallinity".
Moreover, JACS journals have very strict restrictions on the length of the text, so the experimental data reported in the text is not as detailed as Xu Qiu's AM.
The first unit of this work is a research group of the University of Hong Kong, which is not a small research group in the field of organic photovoltaics. The corresponding author is Yan Hu.
When Xu Qiu was reading the literature, he also saw Yan Hu's name many times. Every year, he produced a lot of articles, and he also published several articles in the major journals of "Nature"-"Nature Optics".
I didn't expect to crash with the experiment of their research group.
As for the editor to send the article to Teacher Wei, it is also expected.
The high probability is that the editor retrieved the AM published by Xu Qiu in the literature database.
Because their submission time was later than the time when the electronic version of Xu Qiu AM’s article was online, and the process after the article was received, first the author proof, finalize the final version, and then wait for about one month, the article will be online. Finally, wait a few more months before the official release.
When the article enters the online version, other researchers can search for the corresponding article from the corresponding journal, but there is no issue or volume number at this time, and the corresponding issue and volume number will be issued after the official publication.
Xu Qiu couldn't help sighing: "If we hadn't had this AM before, it would be fine for them to post a JACS for their work.
If they can submit the manuscript earlier, before our electronic version is online, maybe the final manuscript will not reach us. After all, ACS and Wiley are two companies, and the databases are not common. It is possible to publish the article at the same time. of.
But now that the articles are in our hands, their work is considered useless, and it is estimated that they can only make changes, and then post the article to the second district to return to the blood. "
Chen Wanqing said with emotion: "I understand Mr. Wei now, why I have always emphasized that ‘doing scientific research must be fast.’ Scientific research is not only fighting against the sky, but also competing with other researchers."
"Yes, but you can't blindly pursue speed and ignore the quality of work. After all, it is relatively rare to fight against people and collide with experiments." Xu Qiu paused:
"I guess they should also be doing some horizontal research based on PCE11, and they will definitely overlap with our other work. If they find side chain regulation, P3T, P5T, and special light absorption spectroscopy, these related studies We have rounded up all of the articles. Will their boss be so angry that they will cut this project off."
"There is still a high probability of a car crash, but our articles are almost published, it has nothing to do with us." Chen Wanqing said: "They are really slow, slow."
Xu Qiu continued to discuss with the school sisters and school sisters for a while, and began to write comments on the rejected manuscripts.
This is much easier to write than the opinions of major and minor changes. He completed it in a few minutes, with only a short paragraph:
"The author designed and synthesized a highly crystalline polymer donor material PffBT4T-2OD, and used it in organic solar cells under the fullerene system. The highest photoelectric efficiency can reach 10.16%. However, similar results have been achieved. There have been related reports: Adv.Mater., DOI:xxx. Therefore, from the perspective of the novelty of the article, I don't think this work is enough to be published in a high-level journal like JACS."
Then he emailed the written opinion document to Teacher Wei.
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After processing the review of the article, it is the turn of the non-fullerene review. Now that I have received the editor’s exact reply, I can start writing.
Taking into account the relatively large workload of the review, Xu Qiu and Chen Wanqing discussed it and decided to follow the method of writing the plan before.
Split an entire project into several modular tasks, and finally integrate them.
In addition, they also pulled the schoolgirls into the team that wrote the review. The three of them worked together, ranked by Xu Qiu, Chen Wanqing, and Han Jiaying.
Because the new journals that are not out of the JCR division can only be regarded as four districts during awards and graduation review, the attribution of this article is not particularly important.
For the preliminary division plan, Han Jiaying is responsible for the summary of the second part of the PDI classification materials, Chen Wanqing is responsible for the summary of the second part of the ADA classification materials, and Xu Qiu is responsible for the summary of the N2200 series and other series of materials. After the second part is completed, Xu Qiu Integrate the content into the text and discuss the division of labor in the next stage.
Since Han Jiaying didn't have much contact with the review, Xu Qiu was afraid that there would be a problem with her, so before the official start of work, she taught her a lesson:
"You must be detailed when citing documents, but you don't need to write everything you did in each job in the text, just pick out a few typical jobs under the corresponding classification sub-categories.
As for the picture, the molecular structure of the material needs to be drawn in a big picture to include all the materials involved.
Most of the other pictures can be directly quoted from other people’s work in accordance with the content of the main text. You can quote a whole picture or only part of the picture. This depends on the specific needs, and finally these quoted pictures Reorganize and become the picture in your own article.
This is the peculiarity of the review and does not force original pictures, but there is a little trouble citing other people’s pictures, which is to obtain the corresponding "re-creation" permission.
Don't worry too much. You can apply on the website of the journal company once you have written it. Most of the papers published in SCI journals have already authorized this authority to the journal.
Any content in the article, including pictures and text, can be re-created and quoted, provided that the source must be indicated and it is not used for commercial purposes. "
The school girl nodded repeatedly and summarized the key points in Xu Qiu's words and recorded it in the experimental notebook.
In addition to writing a review, Xu Qiu also made plans for Monday’s experiment to synthesize the simplest PDI-2 molecule. The raw materials were perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride and 3-aminopentane.
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Monday morning.
Because the research team had just held a group meeting when they came back from a vacation last Wednesday, today is mainly a supplementary report.
Chen Wanqing recounted the updated research plan. Teacher Wei's opinion was similar to Xu Qiu's, and she also questioned whether the design was a bit too complicated.
However, although the synthesis of the route he designed is difficult, at least it is feasible, and the raw materials used are relatively cheap, so he did not forcefully discourage it.
Moreover, Wei Xingsi also understands that in order to make breakthrough progress, it is necessary to design synthetic materials independently. The materials that can be purchased from optoelectronic companies are all researched and thoroughly studied by others.
Duan Yun also mentioned an additional research idea of ​​PVDF composite metal nanowires, which requires the purchase of silver, nickel, and cobalt nanowires. The initial experiment will cost almost several thousand yuan, and I will ask Mr. Wei to apply for funding.
Teacher Wei waved his hand, approved, and said: "A lot of funds have already been spent. You have to do it well and get results early."
"Okay, okay." Duan Yun responded with a smile, not knowing if he listened.
The group meeting ended early in only half an hour.
At ten thirty, Wei Xingsi hurried over and appeared at door 216.
Chen Wanqing did not hear anything. She was chasing the drama and was caught upright, but Teacher Wei only glanced at her and said to Xu Qiu:
"Your AEM message has come, and it has been greatly revised. I will take a look at it and make up some experiments. I will forward the email to you. Please take a closer look. We will study it later."
"Okay." Xu Qiuying made a peace. He really couldn't keep up with the changes. Originally, he planned to take the 11:30 school bus to Zhangjiang for synthesis. Now his synthesis plan has to be delayed again.
However, this is good news. The opinion is a big change, and the probability of the article being accepted is still very high.
Everyone cast envy eyes one after another, it is another SCI area!
Before graduating from the undergraduate course, I will immediately have two articles in one area, two articles in two areas, and some second and third articles.
Moreover, in terms of article quality, only Feifei Wu can compare with him in the laboratory now, and her EES and CM are also in the same area.
But Feifei Wu had more than two years of workload, while Xu Qiu only joined the group for less than a year.
However, no one feels jealous for it.
After all, there is no conflict of interest among the students in the group on scientific research.
There is no such a case that if you post one more article, I will post one less.
In fact, looking at the entire scientific research circle, it is also carried by everyone. Most of the time, the emphasis is on cooperation and win-win, and it is seldom that it is too old to die.
Unless, like Xu Qiu, he "robbed" a big article in Yan Hu's group, but this is a special case and rarely happens.
If Yan Hu's heart is not broad enough, it is still possible that he and Wei Xingsi will become enemies.
But it didn't have too much influence. The big deal is that every time you submit a manuscript, you just fill in Yanhu in the "Reviewers you don't want to meet".
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After laughing with the fellows in the research group for a while, Xu Qiu turned his attention to the review comments of his AEM article.
There are three opinions in total, two positive and one negative, editorial opinion: major changes, revision time: within 20 days.
The negative one is the suggestion to switch to AELM. The writing is somewhat subjective, yin and yang strange, and the writing style is like a foreigner. He also mentioned the AM by Xu Qiufa, to the effect of "You have already posted that AM, this job is not suitable I’m posting another AEM, AELM is more suitable for it."
Xu Qiu naturally refuses. Although AEM and AELM have a difference of one letter, the influence of the journal is much worse. AEM is the TOP of the first district, and AELM is only an ordinary second district.
There is no need to reply to this kind of comments, no need to thank, just ignore it.
On the whole, the editors are relatively optimistic about this article, otherwise a high-quality journal like AEM, sometimes a negative opinion may directly reject the manuscript.
You must know that the power of editors is very large.
On the one hand, he selected the reviewers, and in the face of articles that he didn't want to pass, he deliberately handed over the articles to those who were more "strict", that is, with a high rejection rate.
On the other hand, he can ignore the opinions of some reviewers. For example, he receives three opinions, two of which are not satisfied, and he can directly pass back his satisfactory opinion to the author.
At this time, the author may see the comments of reviewer 3, and may still wonder where reviewer 1 and 2 are?
The other two positive comments in the article, one minor revision and the other major revision.
The one with small changes seems to be a domestic reviewer with a more templated review opinion.
Several questions raised are relatively easy to correct, including editing pictures, supplementing text descriptions, and correcting wrong words. Supplementary experiments are not involved.
The one with the big change is obviously a foreigner, at least a researcher who lives in an English environment all the year round, and his language style is a bit slang.
In his opinion, in addition to some routine and better questions, he also asked for three additional experiments.
One is the HOMOLUMO energy level distribution diagram under DFT analysis, the other is the logarithmic coordinate diagram of the dark state J-V curve, and the other is TRPL data. Of course, the corresponding description part is also required.
For DFT analysis, Xu Qiu had only done one P4T without fluorine atom on Wei Teacher’s computer before. The one with fluorine atom was an advanced version made in the simulation laboratory. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
This is very simple. Use CHEMDRAW to draw the molecular structure diagram and run it on Teacher Wei's big computer.
The four systems only need to be done once, because the side chain has little effect on the results. In the simulation process, no matter how long the side chain is, it is replaced by a methyl group.
The dark state J-V curve, Xu Qiu and the others will test each time before testing the bright state, and the original data is there.
However, logarithmic coordinates are generally not used, and only a dark curve with normal coordinates is placed on the bright J-V curve in the text.
The main reason is that the logarithmic graph of the dark state J-V curve will not be analyzed. This is a relatively "old" theoretical analysis method, which was popular more than 20 years ago, and only occasionally appears in the current literature.
There will be popular test and characterization methods in each field at different time periods.
Including DFT, it is also a popular method in the early years, but it does not appear much now.
The GIWAXS experiment, which was rarely done in the early years, has now become one of the standard experimental methods in the field of organic photovoltaics.
It can be seen that this reviewer has a high probability of working in the field of organic photovoltaics for many years and still retains some early experimental habits.
But in any case, people have put forward these suggestions, if possible, we still have to do our best to make changes in accordance with the opinions.
Because if the article is revised and then sent for review, there is a high probability of these reviewers.
In addition, this AEM is originally an Article type article, unlike the AM article, the experimental data should be more detailed.
Of course, these problems mentioned above, although a little troublesome, are still relatively easy to solve.
The most critical question now is, what should TRPL do, which are instruments and equipment that are not available in the laboratory.