Towards high performance polyimide cathode materials for lithium–organic batteries by regulating active-site density, accessibility, and reactivity
August 2024
Organic carbonyl electrode materials offer promising prospects for future energy storage systems due to their high theoretical capacity, resource sustainability, and structural diversity. Although much...
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Solvated metal complexes for balancing stability and activity of sulfur free radicals
August 2024
Free radicals can improve the reaction rate, but most of them are unstable due to unpaired electrons. Simultaneously maintaining their stability and activity is challenging. Herein, taking sulfur (S)...
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Opportunities and challenges in cathode development for non-lithium-ion batteries
August 2024
Lithium (Li)-ion batteries have stimulated the societal transformation to clean energy systems. This carry-on electricity is revolutionizing how society communicates, functions, and evolves efficiently...
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Sustainable nanostructured electrolyte additives for stable metal anodes
August 2024
Metal anodes (e.g., Li and Zn) are promising candidates for high-energy and high-power rechargeable batteries. However, the commercialization of metal anodes is hampered by irregular dendrite growth,...
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Correlating phase transition with heat generation through calorimetric data
August 2024
Despite the widespread utilization of Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), concerns regarding safety during operation persist owing to accidents and potential risks of fires and explosions. To comprehend the...
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High density iridium synergistic sites boosting CO-tolerate performance for PEMFC anode
August 2024
The usage of cheap crude H2 in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is still unrealistic to date, due to the suffering of the current Pt based nano-catalysts from impurities such as CO in anode....
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Revealing proton-coupled exchange mechanism in aqueous ion-exchange synthesis of nickel-rich layered cathodes for lithium-ion batteries
August 2024
Ion exchange is a promising synthetic method for alleviating severe cation mixing in traditional layered oxide materials for lithium-ion batteries, leading to enhanced structural stability. However,...
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Fabrication pressures and stack pressures in solid-state battery
August 2024
Solid-state batteries (SSBs) have received widespread attention with their high safety and high energy density characteristics. However, solid-solid contacts in the internal electrode material and the...
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Metal–organic frameworks and their derivatives for optimizing lithium metal anodes
August 2024
Lithium metal anodes (LMAs) have been considered the ultimate anode materials for next-generation batteries. However, the uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth and huge volume expansion that can occur...
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Tailoring the electron redistribution of RuO2 by constructing a Ru-O-La asymmetric configuration for efficient acidic oxygen evolution
Available online 28 August 2024
Stabilizing the highly active RuO2 electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is critical for the application of proton exchange membrane water electrolysis, but this remains challenging...
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Synergetic energy coupled thermal catalytic systems for CO2 reduction
Available online 20 August 2024
Converting CO2 into fuel or chemicals using renewable energy is a promising strategy for closing the anthropogenic carbon cycle. However, due to the highly stable C=O bond, CO2 activation requires a...
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Hole-selective-molecule doping improves the layer thickness tolerance of PEDOT:PSS for efficient organic solar cells
Available online 7 August 2024
When used in organic solar cells, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) aligns interfacial energy levels, promotes hole extraction, blocks electrons, and optimizes the...
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Development of noble metal-free electrocatalysts towards acidic water oxidation: From fundamental understanding to state-of-the-art catalysts
Available online 14 July 2024
The development of low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acid electrolytes is critical to the widespread implementation of proton electrolyte membrane water...
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Hydrogel polymer electrolytes toward better zinc-ion batteries: a comprehensive review
Available online 9 July 2024
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) represent a promising solution for “beyond-lithium-ion” chemistries, but certain problems hinder their further development, especially when conventional aqueous electrolytes...
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Synergistic effect of oxygen species and vacancy for enhanced electrochemical CO2 conversion to formate on indium oxide
June 2024
Indium-based oxides are promising electrocatalysts for producing formate via CO2 reduction reaction, in which ∗OCHO is considered the key intermediate. Here, we identified that the ∗COOH pathway could...
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Highly ordered inkjet-printed quantum-dot thin films enable efficient and stable QLEDs with EQE exceeding 23%
June 2024
Inkjet-printed quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are emerging as a promising technology for next-generation displays. However, the progress in fabricating QLEDs using inkjet printing technique...
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Unlocking power of neighboring vacancies in boosting hydrogen evolution reactions on two-dimensional NiPS3 monolayer
June 2024
This study investigates the effect of defect engineering on the catalytic activity of a NiPS3 monolayer catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Three different types of vacancies on the...
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Reliability of transparent conductive oxide in ambient acid and implications for silicon solar cells
June 2024
Transparent conductive oxide (TCO) films, known for their role as carrier transport layers in solar cells, can be adversely affected by hydrolysis products from encapsulants. In this study, we explored...
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Stimuli-responsive coordination polymers toward next-generation smart materials and devices
June 2024
Stimuli-responsive coordination polymers (CPs) are among one of the most prolific research areas in developing the next-generation functional materials. Their capability of being accurately excited...
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Unlocking the potential of silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries: A claw-inspired binder with synergistic interface bonding
June 2024
Binders play a crucial role in enhancing the cycling stability of silicon anodes in next-generation Li-ion batteries. However, traditional linear polymer binders have difficulty withstanding the volume...
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Recent advances in rare earth compounds for lithium–sulfur batteries
June 2024
Lithium–sulfur batteries are considered potential high-energy-density candidates to replace current lithium-ion batteries. However, several problems remain to be solved, including low conductivity,...
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An all-biomaterials-based aqueous binder based on adsorption redox-mediated synergism for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries
June 2024
The complex multistep electrochemical reactions of lithium polysulfides and the solid–liquid–solid phase transformation involved in the S8 to Li2S reactions lead to slow redox kinetics in lithium–sulfur...
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Revitalizing sodium-ion batteries via controllable microstructures and advanced electrolytes for hard carbon
June 2024
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) with low cost and high safety are considered as an electrochemical energy storage technology suitable for large-scale energy storage. Hard carbon, which is inexpensive and...
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Defects in photoreduction reactions: Fundamentals, classification, and catalytic energy conversion
June 2024
Powered by optical energy, photocatalytic reduction for fuel production promises to be an ideal long-term solution to a number of key energy challenges. Photocatalysts with enhanced light absorption,...
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Multifunction integration within magnetic CNT-bridged MXene/CoNi based phase change materials
Available online 22 June 2024
Developing advanced nanocomposite phase change materials (PCMs) integrating zero-energy thermal management, microwave absorption, photothermal therapy and electrical signal detection can promote the...
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