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...
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....
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...
Conductive and zincophilic textile-stabilized Zn anode for flexible Zn-I2 battery
November 2025
Aqueous Zinc-metal batteries (AZBs) hold great promise for energy storage applications, yet their practical deployment is hindered by challenges such as dendrite formation and parasitic side reactions...
An active high-entropy air electrode for enhanced reversible solid oxide cell performance and stability
November 2025
The insufficient stability and poor surface reaction kinetics (i.e., oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER)) of air electrodes are significant factors hindering the development...
Identifying the tri-roles of anion vacancy on improving K-ion storage
August 2025
Anion vacancy engineering (AVE) is an emerging strategy to improve K-ion storage of conversion-type anode materials, despite its intensive application in Li/Na-ion batteries. The existing mechanisms...
Dual-pathway self-promoting piezocatalytic H2O2 generation over Bi5Ti3FeO15 nanofibers and the mechanism
August 2025
Piezocatalytic hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation is a promising synthesis method that has received increasing attention; however, the reaction pathway requires further investigation. Here, Bi5Ti3FeO15...
Hierarchically mesoporous Fe-N-C single-atom catalysts for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis in rechargeable zinc-air batteries
August 2025
Rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) hold significant promise for next-generation energy storage due to their unique advantages in safety, energy and cost. However, their commercial application remains...
PA-doped high-temperature proton exchange membranes containing bis-cation pairs with excellent PA retention capability for fuel cells
August 2025
The thiol-imidazole functionalized (p-triphenyl-pentafluorobenzaldehyde) polymer (IMPTP) was prepared and quaternized with different side chains to obtain imidazolium-modified Me-IMPTP, He-IMPTP and...
A new pyridine-based porous organic polymer composited high-temperature proton exchange membrane
August 2025
As promising high-temperature proton exchange membranes, phosphoric acid (PA) doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) membranes still face challenges, including excessive PA leaching and limited long-term stability....
Optimization strategies for enhancing the stability of Cu-based catalysts
August 2025
Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (ECO2RR) serves as a promising approach for converting CO2 into energy-dense fuels and high-value chemicals, garnering substantial interest across academic...
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...
2D Ti3C2Tx as efficient cathode electrocatalyst for hybrid electrolyte Li-air battery
August 2025
Hybrid electrolyte lithium-air batteries (HELABs) face challenges such as the high cathode overpotential, cycling instability, and catalyst degradation, limiting their widespread use in practical applications....
Optimization of single crystal surface and interface structures for electrocatalysis
August 2025
For emerging renewable and sustainable energy technologies, single crystal materials have become key materials to enhance electrocatalytic performance because of their atomic-level ordered structures...
Asymmetric ruthenium-iron dipole enabling fast alkaline water splitting on ruthenium-doped iron-nickel layered double hydroxides
August 2025
Electrically driven water splitting is an efficient method for green hydrogen production; however, its practical application is substantially constrained by the kinetically sluggish anodic oxygen evolution...
Local microenvironment reactive zone engineering promotes water activation
May 2025
Beyond conventional electrocatalyst engineering, recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of manipulating the local reaction environment to enhance the performance of electrocatalytic reactions....
Comparative development and evaluation of Fe–N–C electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: The effect of pyrolysis and iron-bipyridine structures
May 2025
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) constitute a promising avenue for environmentally friendly power generation. However, the reliance on unsustainable platinum-based electrocatalysts used...
Comparative study on the electrochemical performance of β-manganese dioxide-3D graphene mixtures with (without) carbon nanotubes
May 2025
Manganese dioxide is widely used as a cathode material in aqueous zinc-ion batteries, and the cathode material is a key factor limiting the performance of these batteries. In this study, β-manganese...