Insights for understanding multiscale degradation of LiFePO4 cathodes
March 2022
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) based on olivine LiFePO4 (LFP) offer long cycle/calendar life and good safety, making them one of the dominant batteries in energy storage stations and electric vehicles,...
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Solid-state lithium batteries: Safety and prospects
March 2022
Solid-state lithium batteries are flourishing due to their excellent potential energy density. Substantial efforts have been made to improve their electrochemical performance by increasing the conductivity...
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Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of electrically conductive polymers and polymer nanocomposites and their applications
July 2022
Additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional (3D) printing, offers a unique solution for fabricating complex geometries with high tolerances. Currently, many commercial additive manufacturing machines...
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Recent progress in transition-metal-oxide-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in natural seawater splitting: A critical review
April 2023
Direct electrolytic splitting of seawater for the production of H2 using ocean energy is a promising technology that can help achieve carbon neutrality. However, owing to the high concentrations of...
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Designing safer lithium-based batteries with nonflammable electrolytes: A review
December 2021
Lithium-based batteries have had a profound impact on modern society through their extensive use in portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems. However, battery safety...
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A perspective of ZnCl2 electrolytes: The physical and electrochemical properties
December 2021
Molten ZnCl2 hydrates are ionic liquids at room temperature, which exhibit intriguing physical and electrochemical properties. Continuous efforts have been devoted over several decades to understanding...
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Nitrate additives for lithium batteries: Mechanisms, applications, and prospects
December 2021
Lithium-metal batteries (LMBs) are considered as one of the most promising energy storage devices due to the high energy density and low reduction potential of the Li-metal anode. However, the growth...
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Advanced polymer-based electrolytes in zinc–air batteries
September 2022
Zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are expected to be some of the most promising power sources for wearable and portable electronic devices and have received widespread research interest. As an ion conductor...
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Micro/nano metal–organic frameworks meet energy chemistry: A review of materials synthesis and applications
April 2023
Micro/nano metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their numerous unique properties, with many synthetic methods and strategies being reported for...
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Recent progress in cathodic reduction-enabled organic electrosynthesis: Trends, challenges, and opportunities
May 2022
Compared with general redox chemistry, electrochemistry using the electron as a potent, controllable, yet traceless alternative to chemical oxidants/reductants usually offers more sustainable options...
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Anode corrosion in aqueous Zn metal batteries
February 2023
Given their low cost and intrinsic safety, aqueous Zn metal batteries (AZMBs) are drawing increasing attention in the field of smart grids and large-scale energy storage. However, the Zn metal anode...
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Advanced characterizations and measurements for sodium-ion batteries with NASICON-type cathode materials
January 2022
NASICON (Na superionic conductor)-type cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have attracted extensive attention due to their mechanically robust three-dimensional (3D) framework, which has...
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Advances in bismuth-telluride-based thermoelectric devices: Progress and challenges
Available online 23 March 2023
By effectively converting waste heat into electricity, thermoelectric materials and devices can provide an alternative approach to tackle the energy crisis. Amongst thermoelectric materials, bismuth...
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Emerging design principles, materials, and applications for moisture-enabled electric generation
January 2022
Smart generators that collect energy from the ambient environment are a new approach for meeting growing global energy needs. Moisture is one of the most abundant resources in the ambient environment,...
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Ultrafine Cu nanoclusters confined within covalent organic frameworks for efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CH4 by synergistic strategy
Available online 4 March 2023
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (ECR) to high value-added chemicals by using renewable electricity presents a promising strategy to realize “carbon neutrality”. However, the ECR system is still limited...
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Recent progress in flexible organic solar cells
February 2023
Photovoltaic cells are one of the most promising renewable energy sources to address energy and environmental issues. Amongst the many photovoltaic technologies, organic solar cells (OSCs) have numerous...
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Recent progress in electrochemical C–N coupling reactions
February 2023
Electrochemical C–N coupling has generated intense research interest as a promising approach to reduce carbon and nitrogen emissions and store excess renewable electricity in valuable chemicals (e.g.,...
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by organic/inorganic hybrids
April 2023
Electroreduction of CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels utilizing renewable electricity offers a sustainable way to meet the carbon-neutral goal and a viable solution for the storage of intermittent...
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Crack-free single-crystalline Co-free Ni-rich LiNi0.95Mn0.05O2 layered cathode
January 2022
The rapid growth in global electric vehicles (EVs) sales has promoted the development of Co-free, Ni-rich layered cathodes for state-of-the-art high energy-density, inexpensive lithium-ion batteries...
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MXenes: Synthesis strategies and lithium-sulfur battery applications
March 2022
Since their discovery in 2011, the two-dimensional transition-metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides known as MXenes have attracted considerable attention due to their metallic conductivity, mechanical...
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Modulating single-molecule charge transport through external stimulus
Available online 1 March 2023
Understanding and tuning charge transport over a single molecule is a fundamental topic in molecular electronics. Single-molecule junctions composed of individual molecules attached to two electrodes...
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Tailoring the structure of silicon-based materials for lithium-ion batteries via electrospinning technology
December 2021
Silicon (Si) is one of the most promising anode materials for the next generation of lithium-ion battery (LIB) due to its high specific capacity, low lithiation potential, and natural abundance. However,...
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Towards sustainability with self-healing and recyclable perovskite solar cells
November 2022
Lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been considered one of the most promising candidates for future energy supply, whereas just solar cell does not guarantee sustainability. Owing to the...
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Defect engineering in molybdenum-based electrode materials for energy storage
May 2022
Molybdenum-based materials have stepped into the spotlight as promising electrodes for energy storage systems due to their abundant valence states, low cost, and high theoretical capacity. However,...
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Spinel/Post-spinel engineering on layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries
November 2021
•The spinel-like structure could play an important role in boosting electron transport to coordinate with the timely Na+ insertion/extraction and function as a stabilizer for the host cathode structures.•This...
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