CO2 electrolysis: Advances and challenges in electrocatalyst engineering and reactor design
May 2023
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) coupled with renewable electrical energy is an attractive way of upgrading CO2 to value-added chemicals and closing the carbon cycle. However, CO2RR electrocatalysts...
Ultrafast Joule heating technology for functional nanomaterials synthesis: Recent progress, challenges, and perspectives
November 2025
Ultrafast Joule heating (JH) has emerged as a powerful and scalable platform for rapid thermal processing of advanced nanomaterials. By delivering transient, high-intensity electrical pulses, JH induces...
Synthesis strategies of hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries
May 2024
Sodium-ion battery (SIB) is an ideal candidate for large-scale energy storage due to high abundant sodium sources, relatively high energy density, and potentially low costs. Hard carbons, as one of...
Progress in metal oxide-based electrocatalysts for sustainable water splitting
August 2024
Metal oxide-based electrocatalysts are promising alternatives to platinum group metals for water splitting due to their low cost, abundant raw materials, and impressive stability. This review covers...
Review and perspective of materials for flexible solar cells
February 2021
Thin-film flexible solar cells are lightweight and mechanically robust. Along with rapidly advancing battery technology, flexible solar panels are expected to create niche products that require lightweight,...
Porous carbon materials for CO2 capture, storage and electrochemical conversion
May 2023
Continuous accumulation and emission into the atmosphere of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), a major greenhouse gas, has been recognized as a primary contributor to climate change associated with...
Engineering of entropy-driven surface doping towards stabilized high-voltage NCM cathodes: Li (Ni, Co, Mn, Ce, La, Zr, Al) Ox
November 2025
Ni-rich LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 (NCM) cathodes in layered oxide cathodes are attractive for high-energy lithium-ion batteries but suffer from rapid capacity fade and thermal instability at high charge voltages....
Advancements in biomass gasification and catalytic tar-cracking technologies
November 2024
Biomass, heralded as sustainable “green coal”, plays a crucial role in energy conservation and achieving “dual carbon” objectives through clean conversion. This paper reviews advancements in biomass...
High-entropy strategies transforming solid oxide cells: Progress and perspectives
February 2026
Solid oxide cells (SOCs) have emerged as one of the key technologies for low-carbon energy transition due to their fuel flexibility and high system efficiency. However, their long-term deployment remains...
High-power radiatively cooled thermoelectric generator for diurnal waste heat harvesting
February 2026
Governed by the second law of thermodynamics, waste heat generation is inevitable and has been a major source of energy loss and environmental concern in human society. Harvesting waste heat into useful...
Recent advances of bismuth-based electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction: Strategies, mechanism and applications
May 2023
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), driven by clean electric energy such as solar and wind, can not only alleviate environmental greenhouse effect stemming from excessive CO2 emissions,...
Recent advances in the high entropy materials for advanced energy storage with machine learning
November 2025
High-entropy materials (HEMs) show exceptional mechanical properties, highly adjustable chemical characteristics, and outstanding stability, making them suitable for energy storage. However, the broad...
High-entropy liquid electrolytes in rechargeable batteries: Merits and challenges
November 2025
The growing severity of environmental challenges has accelerated advancements in renewable energy technologies, highlighting the critical need for efficient energy storage solutions. Rechargeable batteries,...
Multi-scale modeling of the multi-phase flow in water electrolyzers for green hydrogen production
August 2025
Water electrolyzers play a crucial role in green hydrogen production. However, their efficiency and scalability are often compromised by bubble dynamics across various scales, from nanoscale to macroscale...
Bridging reaction activity mismatch through asymmetric structure design for all-soluble all-iron aqueous redox flow battery
February 2026
All-soluble all-iron flow batteries are considered a promising technology for low-cost and large-scale energy storage. In the past few years, efforts have been taken to design various iron chelates...
A density-functional-theory-based and machine-learning-accelerated hybrid method for intricate system catalysis
August 2021
Being progressively applied in the design of highly active catalysts for energy devices, machine learning (ML) technology has shown attractive ability of dramatically reducing the computational cost...
Sustainable ternary solvent strategy for high-efficiency slot-die coated perovskite solar cells
Available online 16 January 2026
Slot-die coating is a promising, scalable deposition technology to progress the commercialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), where solvent engineering is critical for producing sustainable high-performance...
Carbon materials for enhanced photothermal conversion: Preparation and applications on steam generation
May 2024
Photothermal conversion attracted lots of attention in the past years and sorts of materials were explored to enhance photothermal efficiency. In the past years, solar-driven desalination by photothermal...
Current state and prospect on the development of advanced nuclear fuel system materials: A review
February 2021
The intricate balance between reactor economics and safety necessitates the emergence of new and advanced nuclear systems and, very importantly, advanced materials, which can overcome current shortcomings...
Advances in CIGS thin film solar cells with emphasis on the alkali element post-deposition treatment
August 2023
In the past tens of years, the power conversion efficiency of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) has continuously improved and been one of the fastest growing photovoltaic technologies that can also help us achieve...
Advances and challenges of electrolyzers for large-scale CO2 electroreduction
February 2023
CO2 electroreduction (CO2ER) to high value-added chemicals is considered as a promising technology to achieve sustainable carbon neutralization. By virtue of the progressive research in recent years...
Performance degradation and mitigation strategies of hydrogel-based zinc-ion batteries: A review
February 2026
Hydrogel zinc ion batteries (HZIBs) represent a cutting-edge advancement in energy storage systems, leveraging the exceptional properties of hydrogels, including superior mechanical flexibility and...
Intrinsically high-performance n-type copper (I/II) chloride thermocells
February 2026
Thermocells are attracting growing interest as a promising thermoelectric technology for low-grade heat harvesting. However, the scarcity of high-performance redox couples featuring intrinsically high...
Designing single-atom catalysts toward improved alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction
August 2022
Electrochemical water splitting powered by renewables-generated electricity represents a promising approach for green hydrogen production. However, the sluggish kinetics for the hydrogen evolution reaction...
Recent progress in thermodynamic and kinetics modification of magnesium hydride hydrogen storage materials
February 2024
Hydrogen energy has emerged as a pivotal solution to address the global energy crisis and pave the way for a cleaner, low-carbon, secure, and efficient modern energy system. A key imperative in the...