Lithium-rich alloy as stable lithium metal composite anode for lithium batteries
December 2024
Lithium (Li) metal is a promising anode material for high energy density Li batteries due to its high specific capacity and low redox potential. However, its practical applications are hindered by issues...
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Precision engineering of high-performance Ni-rich layered cathodes with radially aligned microstructure through architectural regulation of precursors
December 2024
Microstructure engineering serves as a potent approach to counteract the mechanical deterioration of Ni-rich layered cathodes, stemming from anisotropic strain during Li+ (de)intercalation. However,...
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Low concentration electrolyte: A new approach for achieving high performance lithium batteries
December 2024
The conventional perspective suggests that low-concentration electrolytes (LCEs) face challenges in achieving stable charge/discharge properties due to the decreased ionic conductivity resulting from...
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Cutting-edge advances in pressurized electrocatalytic reactors
Available online 27 December 2024
As an important component in electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems, electrochemical reactors (ECRs) are widely used for commodity chemical synthesis, including electrolytic H2 production,...
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Unraveling the dipole field in ultrathin, porous, and defective carbon nitride nanosheets for record-high piezo-photocatalytic H2O2 production
Available online 27 December 2024
Piezo-photocatalysis is capable of concerting mechanical vibration into chemical energy, portraying a promising alternative technology for H2O2 production. However, low mechanical energy conversion...
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Advancing Mn-based electrocatalysts: evolving from Mn-centered octahedral entities to bulk forms
Available online 24 December 2024
Developing transition metal compound (TMC) catalysts is complicated by the intricate relationship between their crystal and electronic structures and their catalytic performance. To address this challenge,...
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Bubble evolution dynamics in alkaline water electrolysis
Available online 14 December 2024
It is anticipated that alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) technology will assume a significant role in the future energy sector, facilitating the integration of renewable energy and hydrogen production....
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Organic–inorganic S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts: design, synthesis, applications, and challenges
Available online 14 December 2024
Since the concept was introduced in 2019, step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunctions have emerged as an important subclass of heterojunction technology and attracted much attention for solar energy conversion....
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Insights into electrocatalysis through in situ electrochemical surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Available online 7 December 2024
Electrocatalysis plays an essential role in sustainable energy conversion technologies such as fuel cells, water electrolysis, and the carbon dioxide reduction reaction that occurs at solid–liquid interfaces....
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Probing a solid electrolyte interphase layer with sub-nanometer pores using redox mediators
Available online 3 December 2024
The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer is crucial for lithium-ion batteries and has a significant impact on the electrochemical performance of negative electrodes, particularly for conversion-type...
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Influence of active hydrogen on pathway selection in electrochemical nitrate reduction
Available online 30 November 2024
Electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction in alkaline condition involves two reactants, the nitrate () and the water (H2O). Although the significance of the active *H species produced from the dissociation...
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Advancements in electrochemical synthesis: expanding from water electrolysis to dual-value-added products
Available online 16 November 2024
The application of electrochemical technologies for chemical and fuel synthesis offers a significantly more eco-friendly method than traditional industrial practice. However, electrochemical synthesis...
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Bio-inspired and programmable Marangoni motor for highly maneuverable and adaptable S-aquabots
Available online 15 November 2024
Mobility, environmental adaptability, and functionality are essential attributes of robots, but these become challenging for small-scale on-water robots, also referred to as S-aquabots. Herein, we propose...
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Scalable production of high-performance electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting at large current densities
Available online 14 November 2024
Electrochemical water splitting is a pivotal technology in the large-scale production of green hydrogen for sustainable future energy provisions. Highly active, stable electrocatalysts have been extensively...
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Engineering bimetallic cluster architectures: harnessing unique “remote synergy effect” between Mn and Y for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction
Available online 13 November 2024
Integrating single atoms and clusters into a unified catalytic system represents a novel strategy for enhancing catalytic performance. Compared to single-atom catalysts, those incorporating both single...
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Thermodynamic and kinetic insights for manipulating aqueous Zn battery chemistry: towards future grid-scale renewable energy storage systems
Available online 5 November 2024
The invention of aqueous Zn batteries (AZBs) traces back to the eighteenth century. Recently, however, AZBs have been undergoing a renaissance due to the urgent need for renewable energy storage devices...
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Investigating explainable transfer learning for battery lifetime prediction under state transitions
October 2024
Battery lifetime prediction at early cycles is crucial for researchers and manufacturers to examine product quality and promote technology development. Machine learning has been widely utilized to construct...
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Catalyst-free electrochemical SNAr of electron-rich fluoroarenes using carboxylic acids
October 2024
Herein, an electrochemically driven catalyst-free nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) of electron-rich fluoroarenes with carboxylic acids as weak nucleophiles under mild conditions was reported....
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Characteristics, materials, and performance of Ru-containing oxide cathode materials for rechargeable batteries
October 2024
Li-rich Mn-based cathode materials have attracted extensive attention due to their remarkable energy density contributed by additional anionic redox. However, they always suffer from some undesired...
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Metal−support interaction in single-atom electrocatalysts: A perspective of metal oxide supports
October 2024
The discovery of single-atom catalysts (SACs) represents a groundbreaking advancement in the field of catalysis over the past decades. With the in-depth exploration of relevant structure-activity relationships,...
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Versatile carbon-based materials from biomass for advanced electrochemical energy storage systems
October 2024
The development of new energy storage technology has played a crucial role in advancing the green and low-carbon energy revolution. This has led to significant progress, spanning from fundamental research...
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Textured CsPbI3 nanorods composite fibers for stable high output piezoelectric energy harvester
October 2024
The utilization of piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) based on halide perovskite materials has demonstrated significant promise for energy harvesting applications. However, the challenge of synthesizing...
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Recent advances in flexible self-oscillating actuators
October 2024
Soft actuators are constituted by a type of intelligent materials, and they can generate reversible mechanical motions under external stimuli. They usually achieve continuous actuation by manual turning...
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Anodes for low-temperature rechargeable batteries
October 2024
Rechargeable alkali metal ion (Li+, Na+, K+) batteries have shown great success in room-temperature energy storage. However, their low-temperature (subzero temperature) applications are still severely...
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Understanding synergistic catalysis on Pt–Cu diatomic sites via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy in sulfur redox reactions
October 2024
Sulfur redox reactions render lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries with an energy density of > 500 Wh kg−1 but suffer a low practical capacity and fast capacity fade due to sluggish sulfur redox reaction...
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