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Robotic‐assisted bronchoscopy (RAB) is a newly developed bronchoscopic technique for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). The objective of this meta‐analysis was to analyze the diagnostic yield and safety of RAB in patients with PPLs. Five databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, CENTRAL, and ClinicalTrials.gov) were searched from inception to April 2023. Two independent investigators screened retrieved articles, extracted data, and assessed the study quality. The pooled diagnostic yield and complication rate were estimated. Subgroup analysis was used to explore potential sources of heterogeneity. Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots and the Egger test. Sensitivity analysis was also conducted to assess the robustness of the synthesized results. A total of 725 lesions from 10 studies were included in this meta‐analysis. No publication bias was found. Overall, RAB had a pooled diagnostic yield of 80.4% (95% CI: 75.7%–85.1%). Lesion size of >30 mm, presence of a bronchus sign, and a concentric radial endobronchial ultrasound view were associated with a statistically significantly higher diagnostic yield. Heterogeneity exploration showed that studies using cryoprobes reported better yields than those without cryoprobes (90.0%, 95% CI: 83.2%–94.7% vs. 79.0%, 95% CI: 75.8%–82.2%, p < 0.01). The pooled complication rate was 3.0% (95% CI: 1.6%–4.4%). In conclusion, RAB is an effective and safe technique for PPLs diagnosis. Further high‐quality prospective studies still need to be conducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A well‐designed pore structure and optimized interface will improve specific capacitances of carbon‐based supercapacitor electrodes significantly. Herein, a simple strategy is used to prepare the hierarchically porous 3D‐printed carbon aerogel (CA) electrodes via combining direct ink writing, freezing drying, carbonization, and polypyrrole (PPy) posttreatment. The 3D‐printed CA electrodes without PPy present a quasi‐proportional increase in areal capacitance as thickness, achieving an extremely high areal capacitance of 6875 mF cm–2 under a thickness of 2.2 mm. Additionally, PPy posttreated 3D‐printed CA (PPy@CA) electrode has improved wettability and contact conductivity, which shows a further significant increase of areal capacitance to 8126 mF cm–2. After 10 000 continuous cycles, the PPy@CA electrode exhibits an excellent cyclic stability similar to that of 3D‐printed CA electrode by maintaining 91% of its original capacitance. This simple strategy may provide a novel insight to dramatically boost the energy storage properties of supercapacitor electrodes and their functionalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A well‐designed pore structure and optimized interface will improve specific capacitances of carbon‐based supercapacitor electrodes significantly. Herein, a simple strategy is used to prepare the hierarchically porous 3D‐printed carbon aerogel (CA) electrodes via combining direct ink writing, freezing drying, carbonization, and polypyrrole (PPy) posttreatment. The 3D‐printed CA electrodes without PPy present a quasi‐proportional increase in areal capacitance as thickness, achieving an extremely high areal capacitance of 6875 mF cm–2 under a thickness of 2.2 mm. Additionally, PPy posttreated 3D‐printed CA (PPy@CA) electrode has improved wettability and contact conductivity, which shows a further significant increase of areal capacitance to 8126 mF cm–2. After 10 000 continuous cycles, the PPy@CA electrode exhibits an excellent cyclic stability similar to that of 3D‐printed CA electrode by maintaining 91% of its original capacitance. This simple strategy may provide a novel insight to dramatically boost the energy storage properties of supercapacitor electrodes and their functionalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The improved wettability and contact conductivity of CA electrodes lead to an extremely high areal capacitance up to 8126 mF cm SP -2 sp . 3D printing of carbon aerogels, areal capacitance, electrodes, polypyrrole composites, posttreatment A Simple Strategy for Constructing Hierarchical Composite Electrodes of PPy-Posttreated 3D-Printed Carbon Aerogel with Ultrahigh Areal Capacitance over 8000 mF cm-2 (Adv. [Extracted from the article]