Spatial structure regulation towards armor-clad five-membered pyrroline nitroxides catholyte for long-life aqueous organic redox flow batteries
February 2024
Five-membered pyrroline nitroxides with high-potential is fascinating as catholyte for aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs), however, it suffers from a primary deficiency of insufficient stability...
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Unveiling an S-scheme F–Co3O4@Bi2WO6 heterojunction for robust water purification
February 2024
Devising a desirable nano-heterostructured photoelectrode based on the charge transfer kinetics mechanism is a pivotal strategy for implementing efficient photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) technology, since...
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Neighboring effect in single-atom catalysts for the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction
February 2024
Although single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted enormous attention for their applications in the electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) due to their extraordinary catalytic activity and well-defined...
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Wettability adjustment to enhance mass transfer for heterogeneous electrocatalysis and photocatalysis
February 2024
This review describes recent advances in wettability adjustment to improve the main green energy conversion and storage systems, i.e., photocatalysis and electrocatalysis. Because both are redox reactions...
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Health monitoring by optical fiber sensing technology for rechargeable batteries
February 2024
With the proposal of a “smart battery,” real-time sensing by rechargeable batteries has become progressively more important in both fundamental research and practical applications. However, many traditional...
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Understanding the influence of crystal packing density on electrochemical energy storage materials
February 2024
Crystal structure determines electrochemical energy storage characteristics; this is the underlying logic of material design. To date, hundreds of electrode materials have been developed to pursue superior...
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Anodes for low-temperature rechargeable batteries
Available online 29 February 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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Mesoscale interplay among composition heterogeneity, lattice deformation, and redox stratification in single-crystalline layered oxide cathode
Available online 28 February 2024
Single-crystalline layered oxide materials for lithium-ion batteries are featured by their excellent capacity retention over their polycrystalline counterparts, making them sought-after cathode candidates....
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Versatile carbon-based materials from biomass for advanced electrochemical energy storage systems
Available online 24 February 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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Sustainable nanostructured electrolyte additives for stable metal anodes
Available online 22 February 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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Fabrication pressures and stack pressures in solid-state battery
Available online 9 February 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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Synergistic effect of oxygen species and vacancy for enhanced electrochemical CO2 conversion to formate on indium oxide
Available online 2 February 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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Characteristics, materials, and performance of Ru-containing oxide cathode materials for rechargeable batteries
Available online 1 February 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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Reliability of transparent conductive oxide in ambient acid and implications for silicon solar cells
Available online 20 January 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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Enhanced bulk and interfacial charge transfer in Fe:VOPO4 modified Mo:BiVO4 photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Available online 20 January 2024
Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) is a promising photoanode material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. However, its performance is greatly hindered by poor bulk and interfacial charge transfer....
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Stimuli-responsive coordination polymers toward next-generation smart materials and devices
Available online 14 January 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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Opportunities and challenges in cathode development for non-lithium-ion batteries
Available online 12 January 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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High density iridium synergistic sites boosting CO-tolerate performance for PEMFC anode
Available online 10 January 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
Available online 6 January 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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Defects in photoreduction reactions: Fundamentals, classification, and catalytic energy conversion
Available online 6 January 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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Ultra-thick, dense dual-encapsulated Sb anode architecture with conductively elastic networks promises potassium-ion batteries with high areal and volumetric capacities
December 2023
Ultra-thick, dense alloy-type anodes are promising for achieving large areal and volumetric performance in potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), but severe volume expansion as well as sluggish ion and electron...
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2D-materials-based optoelectronic synapses for neuromorphic applications
December 2023
Optoelectronic artificial synapses (OEASs) are essential for realizing artificial neural networks (ANNs) in next-generation information processing that has high transmission speed, high bandwidth, and...
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Enhancing low-temperature electrochemical kinetics and high-temperature cycling stability by decreasing ionic packing factor
December 2023
Present-day Li+ storage materials generally suffer from sluggish low-temperature electrochemical kinetics and poor high-temperature cycling stability. Herein, based on a Ca2+ substituted Mg2Nb34O87...
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Observation of electron–phonon coupling and linear dichroism in PL spectra of ultra-small CsPbBr3 nanoparticle solution
December 2023
Blue-emission (∼480 nm) CsPbBr3 nanoparticles with ultra-small size (∼2.1 nm) are synthesized using the liquid nitrogen freezing with the ligand of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid (DBSA). Asymmetric...
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High-voltage, low-temperature supercapacitors enabled by localized “water-in-pyrrolidinium chloride” electrolyte
December 2023
Aqueous electrolytes offer superior prospects for advanced energy storage. “Water-in-salt” (WIS) electrolytes exhibit a wide electrochemical stability window (ESW), but their low conductivity, high...
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