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Tailored on-surface fabrication of mesoporous metallic composites by direct pyrolysis of metal ion-accumulated micellar films for enhanced electrocatalytic water splitting

Thu, 09/01/2025 - 01:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03765K, PaperJingchun Wang, Yan Sun, Yan Cui, Huibin Qiu
Amphiphilic block copolymers have been ubiquitously utilized as templates for the diverse fabrication of mesoporous films with tunable structure and constitution. However, the formation process normally relies on a delicate...
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Deep reconstruction of Mo-based electrocatalyst for high-performance water/seawater oxidation at ampere-level current density

Thu, 09/01/2025 - 01:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04941A, PaperJianpeng Sun, Shuai Zhou, Zhan Zhao, Shiyu Qin, Xiangchao Meng, Chen-Ho Tung, Li-Zhu Wu
Development of highly efficient electrocatalysts for direct seawater splitting is promising for sustainable hydrogen gas (H2) production. Anodic reconstruction is often used for in-situ preparation of effective catalysts, which can...
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Oriented design of π-conjugated polymer framework for high-performance solid-state lithium batteries

Thu, 09/01/2025 - 01:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03104K, PaperXian Wu, Wei Zhang, Haotian Qu, Chaohong Guan, Chuang Li, Gongxun Lu, Chengshuai Chang, Zhoujie Lao, Yanfei Zhu, Lu Nie, Guangmin Zhou
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are garnering significant interest for use in solid-state lithium metal batteries. However, a critical challenge in the rational design of electrolytes lies in ensuring interfacial compatibility,...
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Surpassing 90% Shockley-Queisser VOC Limit in 1.79 eV Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells Using Bromine-Substituted Self-Assembled Monolayers

Wed, 08/01/2025 - 19:37
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04029E, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhouyin Wei, Qilin Zhou, Xiuxiu Niu, Shunchang Liu, Zijing Dong, Haoming Liang, Jinxi Chen, Zhuojie Shi, Xi Wang, Zhenrong Jia, Xiao Guo, Renjun Guo, Xin Meng, Yu-Duan Wang, Nengxu Li, Zhiguang Xu, Zaifang Li, Armin Gerhard Aberle, Xinxing Yin, Yi Hou
All-perovskite tandem solar cells (TSCs) hold the promise of surpassing the efficiency limits of single-junction solar cells. However, enhancing TSC efficiency faces the challenge of significant open-circuit voltage (VOC) loss...
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All-inorganic CsPbI2Br Perovskite Solar Cells with Thermal Stability at 250 °C and Moisture-Resilience via Polymeric Protection Layers

Wed, 08/01/2025 - 16:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02385D, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Rajarshi Roy, Mahdi Malekshahi Byranvand, Mohammadreza Zohdi, Theresa Magorian Friedlmeier, Chittaranjan Das, Wolfram Hempel, Weiwei Zuo, Mayank Kedia, José Juan Jerónimo-Rendon, Stephan Boehringer, Bekele Hailegnaw, Michael Vorochta, Sascha Mehl, Monika Rai, Ashish Kulkarni, Sanjay Mathur, Michael Saliba
All-inorganic perovskites, such as CsPbI2Br, have emerged as promising compositions due to their enhanced thermal stability. However, they face significant challenges due to their susceptibility to humidity. In this work,...
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In-situ Constructing Hydrophobic Channel Interconnecting Progressively Zincophilic Planes on Zn Surface for Stable Zn Metal Anode

Wed, 08/01/2025 - 10:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03945A, PaperMiao Yu, Jiawei Mu, Lingfeng Wang, Yuchao Niu, Wenjie Si, Jiale Li, Xiaoyu Liu, Tiantian Li, Xiangcun Li, Wenji Zheng, Yan Dai, Xiaobin Jiang, Gaohong He
The poor reversibility of Zn stripping/plating processes induces the unsatisfactory cycling stability of Zn anode and limits the practical application of aqueous zinc ion batteries. Herein, sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SCD) was introduced...
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Zinc Chemistry Regulated by Chitosan-Based Poly(aprotic/protic ionic liquid)s with Multi-Anion-Cation Interactions for Highly Reversible Zn-Ion Batteries

Wed, 08/01/2025 - 07:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05442C, PaperYongzhen Xu, Kui Chen, Mingwei Xu, Yue Li, Qing Wu, Shizhao Li, Chunhui Xie, Yunqi Li, Haibo Xie, Jun Huang
Aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) provide an enticing option for energy storage with cost-effectiveness, integral safety, and environmental benignity. However, the reversibility and lifespan of AZIBs are constrained by the uncontrolled...
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Deep learning for augmented process monitoring of scalable perovskite thin-film fabrication

Wed, 08/01/2025 - 00:37
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03445G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Felix Laufer, Markus Götz, Ulrich Wilhelm Paetzold
Reproducible large-area fabrication is one of the remaining challenges for the commercialization of perovskite photovoltaics. Imaging methods augmented with deep learning (DL) enable in-line detection of spatial or temporal inconsistencies...
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Interface Diagnostics Platform for Thin-Film Solid-State Batteries

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 15:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03915G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Victoria Castagna Ferrari, Sang Bok Lee, Gary W. Rubloff, David Stewart
Understanding the impedances of battery materials and their interfaces remains a major challenge, usually addressed by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) where frequency-dependent complex impedance of full battery cells is measured...
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Molten salt electrolytes with enhanced Li+-transport kinetics for fast-cycling of high-temperature lithium metal batteries

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 12:36
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04657A, PaperShuaishuai Yan, Nan Yao, Hao Liu, Zheng Zhang, Yang Lu, Zhi Liu, Wen-hui Hou, Pan Zhou, Hang-Yu Zhou, Xiang Chen, Kai Liu, Qiang Zhang
Ideal high-temperature lithium metal battery (LMB) electrolytes should have good thermal stability and compatibility with highly reactive cathodes/anodes. Yet, conventional liquid electrolytes usually show severe degradation and substantial safety risks...
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Combined intercalation and space-charge mechanism enabled high-capacity, ultrafast and long-lifespan sodium-ion storage for chalcogenides anodes

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 12:36
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03217A, PaperFeilong Pan, Zhao Li, Shiyu Yao, Jingyi Liu, Zhixuan Wei, Xiao Chen, Yu Xie, Fei Du
The increasing demand for advanced battery redox chemistry, surpassing intercalation, conversion, and alloying processes, is pivotal in driving the rapid progress of next-generation rechargeable batteries. Herein, we discover a new...
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Cation-regulated MnO2 Reduction Reaction Enabling Long-term Stable Zinc-Manganese Flow Batteries with High Energy Density

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 10:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03385J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yiqiao Wang, Hu Hong, Zhiquan Wei, Dedi Li, Xinru Yang, Jiaxiong Zhu, Pei Li, Shengnan Wang, Chunyi Zhi
Aqueous Zn-Mn flow batteries (Zn-Mn FBs) are a potential candidate for large-scale energy storage due to their high voltage, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, the unsatisfactory performance due to...
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Photomechanically accelerated degradation of perovskite solar cells

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 10:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04878D, PaperHaonan Wang, Qing Li, Yan Zhu, Xinyuan Sui, Xiulian Fan, Miaoyu Lin, Yifeng Shi, Yichu Zheng, Haiyang Yuan, Yu Zhou, Haibao Jin, Huagui Yang, Yu Hou, Shuang Yang
Understanding the origin of intrinsic instability for metal halide perovskites is indispensable for their advancement in opto-electronic applications. Here, we report a photomechanically accelerated degradation mechanism of perovskite thin films,...
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Crystal Plane Shielding and D-Band Modulation Synergistically Achieve Durable (100) Textured Zinc Anodes

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 10:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04025B, PaperXiangyu Ren, Guangwei Chen, Pengfei Chang, Shenghong Ju, Yunwen Wu
Problems of dendrites formation, hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and zinc anode corrosion have restricted the performance of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIB). In this work, we introduce 2-butene-1,4-diol (BED) into ZnSO4...
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A "grafting technique" to tailor the interfacial behavior of hard carbon anode for stable sodium-ion batteries

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 10:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05305B, PaperYu Sun, Daxian Zuo, Chengrong Xu, Bo Peng, Jing-Chang Li, Jie Yang, Sheng Xu, Xinyi Sun, Haoshen Zhou, Shaohua Guo
Hard carbon (HC), a commercially available anode for sodium-ion batteries(SIBs), suffers from the unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and massive irreversible sodium loss caused by oxygen-containing functional groups, resulting in...
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Modulating the solvation structure to enhance amorphous solid electrolyte interface formation for ultra-stable aqueous zinc anode

Mon, 06/01/2025 - 09:38

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03750B, PaperGuifang Zeng, Qing Sun, Sharona Horta, Paulina R. Martínez-Alanis, Peng Wu, Jing Li, Shang Wang, Maria Ibáñez, Yanhong Tian, Lijie Ci, Andreu Cabot
Zn(CF3COO)2 promotes the dual reduction of anions to fluoride and sulfide, forming an amorphous hybrid solid electrolyte interface (SEI). This SEI significantly benefits the plating/stripping of Zn anode and thereby improves the battery performance.
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Ordered interface regulation at Zn electrodes induced by trace gum additives for high-performance aqueous batteries

Thu, 02/01/2025 - 12:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04100C, PaperKuo Wang, Hongtu Zhan, Wenlong Su, Xiao-Xia Liu, Xiaoqi Sun
A macromolecule additive strategy is presented as a dual deceleration interfacial network to regulate Zn deposition behavior and inhibit side reactions. It enables the stable cycling of Zn electrodes in aqueous batteries.
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Fine-tuning the hierarchical morphology of multi-component organic photovoltaics via a dual-additive strategy for 20.5% efficiency

Thu, 02/01/2025 - 12:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,313-321
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03778B, PaperShitao Guan, Yaokai Li, ZhaoZhao Bi, Yi Lin, Yuang Fu, Kangwei Wang, Mengting Wang, Wei Ma, Jianlong Xia, Zaifei Ma, Zheng Tang, Xinhui Lu, Lijian Zuo, Hanying Li, Hongzheng Chen
The dual-additive strategy forms balanced crystallization and phase separation, with a record efficiency of 20.52% (certified 19.92%) achieved.
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Quenching-induced lattice modifications endowing Li-rich layered cathodes with ultralow voltage decay and long life

Thu, 02/01/2025 - 12:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,284-299
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02511C, PaperLingcai Zeng, Haoyan Liang, Yaqian Wang, Xiaolong Ying, Bao Qiu, Jiajie Pan, Yibin Zhang, Wen Wen, Xuechun Wang, Qingwen Gu, Junhao Li, Kaixiang Shi, Yanbin Shen, Quanbing Liu, Zhaoping Liu
A versatile brine-quenching strategy implements a combined surface-bulk-compatible structure design to modulate the intrinsic redox properties of Li-rich layered oxides, ultimately achieving ultra-long lifetimes and negligible voltage decay.
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Simultaneously improving the efficiencies of organic photovoltaic devices and modules by finely manipulating the aggregation behaviors of Y-series molecules

Thu, 02/01/2025 - 12:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,256-263
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04378B, PaperYaohui Li, Ziyan Jia, Peihao Huang, Chuanlin Gao, Yufei Wang, Shuangxi Xue, Shirong Lu, Yang (Michael) Yang
We have developed a novel liquid additive that boosts J-aggregation in NFAs through enhanced non-covalent interactions with the BTP core, leading to a record efficiency for thick-film (≥200 nm), large-area OPV modules.
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