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Tailoring a multi-system adaptable gel polymer electrolyte for the realization of carbonate ester and ether-based Li-SPAN batteries

Wed, 29/01/2025 - 09:43

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2576-2587
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04556K, PaperYan Zhang, Zhaokun Wang, Yanrui Pan, Hao Yu, Zuohang Li, Chen Li, Su Wang, Yue Ma, Xixi Shi, Hongzhou Zhang, Dawei Song, Lianqi Zhang
The development of PFGPE is conducive to achieving excellent performance for carbonate ester and ether based Li-SPAN batteries.
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Does trapped O2 form in the bulk of LiNiO2 during charging?

Wed, 29/01/2025 - 09:43

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2530-2540
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04354A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mikkel Juelsholt, Jun Chen, Miguel A. Pérez-Osorio, Gregory J. Rees, Sofia De Sousa Coutinho, Helen E. Maynard-Casely, Jue Liu, Michelle Everett, Stefano Agrestini, Mirian Garcia-Fernandez, Ke-Jin Zhou, Robert A. House, Peter G. Bruce
The charge storage mechanism in LiNiO2 in Li-ion batteries is still under debate. Here, we show that trapped O2 forms during delithiation in LiNiO2, accommodated by Ni vacancies, which form in the Ni layer.
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Thermosensitive slurry electrolyte design for efficient electrochemical heat harvesting

Wed, 29/01/2025 - 07:44
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04976D, PaperPei Liu, Boyang Yu, Yilin Zeng, Yifan Zhang, Xuan Cai, Xue Long, Hua Jiang, Wendong Yang, Shuangyan Gui, Jinhua Guo, Jia Li, Jun Zhou, Jiangjiang Duan
Efficient and cost-effective recovery technologies are needed to harvest the abundant energy stored in low-grade heat sources (< 100 °C). Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle (TREC) is a promising approach for...
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Catalyst-Electrolyte Interface Engineering Propels Progress on Acidic CO2 Electroreduction

Tue, 28/01/2025 - 23:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05715E, Review Articleyunling Jiang, linsen huang, chaojie chen, Yao Zheng, Shizhang Qiao
Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) presents a viable strategy to transfer the dominant greenhouse gas, CO2, into high-value-added chemicals, supporting carbon neutrality. CO2RR in alkaline and neutral media have thrived...
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Guiding Vertical Growth and Improving Buried Interface of Pb-Sn Perovskite Film by 2D Perovskite Seeds for Efficient Narrow Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells and Tandems

Tue, 28/01/2025 - 18:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05948D, PaperJianxiong Yang, Zelin Wang, Xiaojia Zhao, Weiyin Gao, Gang Xing, Xiaobo Wang, Liangxu Wang, Changbo Li, Yuyi Wang, Yumin Ren, Wenjun Liu, Fan Yang, Jiaxiang Sun, He Dong, Lingfeng Chao, Yipeng Zhou, Yonghua Chen, Zhongbin Wu, Chenxin Ran, Wei Huang
Developing narrow-bandgap Pb-Sn perovskite solar cells (PSCs) for all-perovskite tandem device has been the hotspot during the past few years. To maximumly absorb infrared light, sufficient thickness of Pb-Sn perovskite...
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Enhanced electrical performance of perovskite solar cells via strain engineering

Tue, 28/01/2025 - 14:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03760J, PaperSiyang Cheng, Yuanhang Yang, Xueliang Zhu, Yahui Li, Hao Li, Wenqi Xiong, Zhuo Zheng, Sheng Li, Yong Liu, Xiaoze Liu, Qianqian Lin, Shengjun Yuan, Enzheng Shi, Zhiping Wang
Strain plays a pivotal role in determining the electronic properties and overall performance of perovskite solar cells. Here, we identify that the conventional crystallization process induces strain heterogeneity along the...
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Exploiting thiolate/disulfide redox couples toward large-scale electrochemical carbon dioxide capture and release

Tue, 28/01/2025 - 14:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04739G, PaperXiaoxin Li, Chao Deng, Rong Chen, Xu Li, Furong Xie, Zinan Wu, Yu Xie, Song Wang, Guo-Ming Weng
Reducing global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is a critical issue that requires sustainable, energy-efficient and scalable solutions. Electrochemical carbon dioxide capture and release with redox active molecule has drawn an...
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Elucidating lithium-ion diffusion kinetics in cation-disordered rocksalt cathodes

Tue, 28/01/2025 - 09:41

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04580G, PaperByungwook Kang, Jonghun Park, Byunghoon Kim, Sung-O Park, Jaekyun Yoo, Seungju Yu, Hyuk-Joon Kim, Jun-Hyuk Song, Kisuk Kang
Dependency of lithium diffusion kinetics on the site energy variations in DRX. In DRX, lithium ions occupying larger-volume octahedral sites exhibit more unstable site energies. This instability serves as an activation barrier.
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Simultaneously Improving Efficiency, Stability and Intrinsic Stretchability of Organic Photovoltaic Films via Molecular Toughening

Mon, 27/01/2025 - 15:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05893C, PaperKaihu Xian, Kai Zhang, Tao Zhang, Kangkang Zhou, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Jianhui Hou, Hao-Li Zhang, Yanhou Geng, Long Ye
A key advantage of intrinsically stretchable organic photovoltaics (IS-OPVs) is that the output power can increase with the enlargement of the photoactive area during stretching. Designing wearable IS-OPV devices that...
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High-efficiency unbiased water splitting with photoanodes harnessing polycarbazole hole transport layers

Sat, 25/01/2025 - 08:35

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2541-2553
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03353H, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jin Wook Yang, Su Geun Ji, Chang-Seop Jeong, Jaehyun Kim, Hee Ryeong Kwon, Tae Hyung Lee, Sol A Lee, Woo Seok Cheon, Seokju Lee, Hyungsoo Lee, Min Sang Kwon, Jooho Moon, Jin Young Kim, Ho Won Jang
The conformal heterojunction of a competent hole transport layer onto the nanoporous BiVO4 photoanode is highly challenging, despite its promise for unbiased photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting.
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Pre-constructing a mortice-tenon joint based-layer to achieve an enhanced SEI on Li metal anode

Sat, 25/01/2025 - 02:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04617J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kun Wang, Chutao Wang, Sheng Liu, Congcong Du, Qingyi Zheng, Jiaqing Cui, Xinxin Yang, Yuxin Tang, Ruming Yuan, Ming-sen Zheng, Jingmin Fan, Quan-Feng Dong
One of the determining factors for lithium anode is an ideal protective layer which has two basic requirements: one is its own strength, the other is a strong bond with...
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Fewer temperature ties: scalable integration and broad selection of phase change materials for both heating and cooling

Sat, 25/01/2025 - 00:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04223A, PaperXiaoxue Kou, Jiatong Jiang, Baoshan Xie, He Shan, Primož Poredoš, Ruzhu Wang
The change of seasons necessitates alternate heating and cooling systems, which are indispensable for nearly a third of the global population. Integrating latent thermal energy storage (LTES) and heat pumps...
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Thermal-stimulated spin disordering accelerates water electrolysis

Fri, 24/01/2025 - 11:38

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04597A, PaperFakang Xie, Yu Du, Mengfei Lu, Shicheng Yan, Zhigang Zou
The thermal-stimulated paramagnetic interface is a potential route to reduce electrons scattering from local magnetic moments in anti-ferromagnetic materials.
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From 20% Single-Junction Organic Photovoltaic to 26% Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells: Self-Assembled Hole Transport Molecules Matters

Thu, 23/01/2025 - 10:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05533K, PaperXiaokang Sun, Fei Wang, Guo Yang, Xiaoman Ding, Jie Lv, Yonggui Sun, Taomiao Wang, Chuanlin Gao, Guangye Zhang, Wenzhu Liu, Xiang Xu, Soumitra Satapathi, Xiaoping Ouyang, Annie Ng, Long Ye, Mingjian Yuan, Hongyu Zhang, Hanlin Hu
Achieving high efficiency in both single-junction organic solar cells (OSCs) and tandem solar cells (TSCs) significantly relies on hole transport layers constructed from self-assembled molecules (SAM) with a well-ordered, face-on...
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Integrated Polyanion-Layered Oxide Cathodes Enabling 100,000 Cycle Life for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Thu, 23/01/2025 - 08:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05110F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhiyu Zou, Yongbiao Mu, Meisheng Han, Youqi Chu, Jie Liu, Kunxiong Zheng, Qing Zhang, Manrong Song, JIAN Qinping, Yilin Wang, Hengyuan Hu, Fenghua Yu, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei, Lin Zeng, Tianshou Zhao
The practical application of Na3V2(PO4)3, a polyanionic cathode for sodium-ion batteries, is constrained by its poor electronic conductivity, limited specific capacity, and slow kinetics. In this study, an integrated polyanion-layered...
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Introducing atomistic dynamics at van der Waals surfaces for enhancing thermoelectric performance in layered Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3

Wed, 22/01/2025 - 18:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04930F, PaperAdil Mansoor, Bushra Jabar, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Tayyaba Najam, Muhammad Ishaq, Shuo Chen, Fu Li, Xiao-Lei Shi, Yuexing Chen, Guang-xing Liang, Zhi-Gang Chen, Zhuang-hao Zheng
Thermoelectric (TE) enables the direct conversion of heat into electricity, but the performance of state-of-the-art layered materials has been limited due to restricted approaches to decoupling carrier and phonon transport....
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Enhanced High-Temperature Energy Storage in Semi-Aromatic Polyimides via Dual Regulation of Short-range Ordered and Crosslinked Architectures

Wed, 22/01/2025 - 18:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04519J, PaperGuanghu He, Hang Luo, Yuan Liu, Yuting Wan, Bo Peng, Deng Hu, Fan Wang, Xiaona Li, Jiajun Peng, Huan Wang, Dou Zhang
Polymer-based dielectric capacitors for extreme environments require materials with exceptional electrical insulation. Polyimide (PI) is a promising candidate for high-temperature energy storage, yet it suffers from charge transfer complexes (CTCs)...
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A ruthenium-titania core–shell nanocluster catalyst for efficient and durable alkaline hydrogen evolution

Wed, 22/01/2025 - 18:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04867A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hyun Woo Lim, Tae Kyung Lee, Subin Park, Dwi Sakti Aldianto Pratama, Bingyi Yan, Sung Jong Yoo, Chan Woo Lee, Jin Young Kim
Anion-exchange-membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) is an emerging technology for hydrogen production. While nanoparticles are used as catalysts to enhance catalytic activity, they face durability challenges due to high surface energy...
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Unveiling the impact of photoinduced halide segregation on performance degradation in wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells

Wed, 22/01/2025 - 14:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05604C, PaperYuxiao Guo, Cong Zhang, Linqin Wang, Xingtian Yin, Bihui Sun, Changting Wei, Xin Luo, Shiyu Yang, Licheng Sun, Bo Xu
Halide segregation under light exposure is a critical factor contributing to performance degradation of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells (WBG PSCs). While this degradation has been traditionally linked to deficits in...
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Single-atom Tungsten Doping Induced Chemical-electrochemical Coupled Pathway on Ni(OH)2 Enables Efficient Urea Electrooxidation

Wed, 22/01/2025 - 14:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05340K, PaperLebin Cai, Haoyun Bai, Jilong Li, Feng Xie, Kang Jiang, Ying-Rui Lu, Hui Pan, Yongwen Tan
Electrocatalytic urea oxidation reaction (UOR) has emerged as a promising alternative to oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for wastewater recycling and energy recovery. However, traditional UOR pathway on NiOOH surface faces...
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