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Non-destructive Stripping Electrochemistry Enables Long-Life Zinc Metal Batteries

Wed, 22/01/2025 - 02:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05044D, PaperChaojiang Niu, Ruiting Guo, Xiong Liu, Kun Ni, Fan-Jie Xia, Huazhang Zhang, Yu Liu, Xinzhe Dai, Litong Shi, Xuanpeng Wang, Chunhua Han, Liqiang Mai
Current research focuses on regulating Zn plating behavior to address dendrite issue. Although significant improvements in the lifespans of symmetric batteries have been achieved, full batteries do not demonstrate a...
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A Comprehensive Investigation of Sr Segregation Effects on the High-temperature Oxygen Evolution Reaction Rate

Wed, 22/01/2025 - 02:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05056H, PaperWeicheng Feng, Geng Zou, Tianfu Liu, Rongtan Li, Jingcheng Yu, Yige Guo, Qingxue Liu, Xiaomin Zhang, Junhu Wang, Na Ta, Mingrun Li, Peng Zhang, Xing-Zhong Cao, Runsheng Yu, Yuefeng Song, Meilin Liu, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao
While the effects of Sr segregation on the performance and stability of perovskite electrodes in solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) have been widely studied, most attention has been focused on...
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A highly elastic and Li-ion conductive binder enables stable operation of silicon microparticle anodes in high-capacity and high-energy-density pouch cells

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 13:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04306E, PaperZeheng Li, Zhengwei Wan, Zheng Lin, Mengting Zheng, Jianhui Zheng, Shangshu Qian, Yao Wang, Tinglu Song, Zhan Lin, Jun Lu
The pulverization and disintegration of silicon microparticles (SiMPs) cause additional adherend failure, rendering the highly efficient binders for Si nanoparticle anodes ineffective for SiMP anodes. Herein, we report a grafted...
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Digitally-assisted structure design of a large-size proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 13:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,631-644
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04713C, PaperWenming Huo, Linhao Fan, Yunfei Xu, Mohamed Benbouzid, Wenzhen Xu, Fei Gao, Weizhuo Li, Nian Shan, Biao Xie, Haipeng Huang, Bohao Liu, Yassine Amirat, Chuan Fang, Xiaohui Li, Quanquan Gan, Feiqiang Li, Kui Jiao
A digitally-assisted method is proposed to accelerate the structure design of large-size proton exchange membrane fuel cells, including backward engineering and forward design.
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Advancing high-temperature electrostatic energy storage via linker engineering of metal–organic frameworks in polymer nanocomposites

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 13:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,620-630
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04085F, PaperZongliang Xie, Zhiyuan Huang, He Li, Tianlei Xu, Haoyu Zhao, Yunfei Wang, Xi Pang, Zhiqiang Cao, Virginia Altoé, Liana M. Klivansky, Zaiyu Wang, Steve W. Shelton, Shiqi Lai, Peng Liu, Chenhui Zhu, Michael D. Connolly, Corie Y. Ralston, Xiaodan Gu, Zongren Peng, Jian Zhang, Yi Liu
Linker engineering of the UiO-66-based metal–organic framework series reveals its untapped potential as nanofillers for boosting the heat-resistant electrostatic energy storage performance of polyetherimide at 200 °C.
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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Boosting the solar water oxidation performance of a BiVO4 photoanode by crystallographic orientation control”’ by C. Lu and X. Wang, Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02619E

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 11:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04959D, CommentHyun Soo Han, In Sun Cho, Xiaolin Zheng
Additional experimental evidence was provided to demonstrate the growth of the [001]-textured BiVO4 on polycrystalline substrates.
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Comment on “Boosting the solar water oxidation performance of a BiVO4 photoanode by crystallographic orientation control” by H. S. Han, S. Shin, D. H. Kim, I. J. Park, J. S. Kim, P. Huang, J. Lee, I. S. Cho and X. Zheng, Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11,...

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 11:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02619E, CommentChaojing Lu, Xinyu Wang
The presence of scarce (101)-oriented F:SnO2 grains in the fluorine-doped SnO2 layer with a slight (100) texture seems insufficient to drive predominantly (001)-oriented growth of a BiVO4 photoanode through the alleged microscale epitaxy.
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Lean-solvent solid electrolytes for safer and more durable lithium batteries: a crucial review

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 09:42

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05293E, Review ArticleChenyu Xiong, Yuefeng Meng, Yao Wang, Bingyue Ling, Mengyu Ma, Hao Yan, Feiyu Kang, Dong Zhou, Baohua Li
This review thoroughly examines the impact of lean-solvent solid electrolyte (LSEs) on for safer and more durable lithium batteries. It also provides a comprehensive overview of existing LSEs.
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Regulating Interfacial Kinetics Boost the Durable Ah-Level Zinc-ion Batteries

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 05:37
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04372C, PaperShenglong Li, Yunpeng Zhong, Jiangtao Huang, Guojun Lai, Le Li, Long Jiang, Xieyu Xu, Bingan Lu, Yangyang Liu, Jiang Zhou
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) with low cost and inherited safety have been viewed as crucial candidates for the energy storage system, whose commercialization is hindered by the interfacial instability including...
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Unlocking high-current-density nitrate reduction and formaldehyde oxidation synergy for scalable ammonia production and fixation

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 05:37
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04382K, PaperLinjie Zhang, Yimeng Cai, Yanghua Li, Chen Sun, Yi Xiao, Yibing Yang, Dechao Chen, Dongdong Xiao, Chi-Feng Lee, Yunjian Wang, Shiqiang Feng, Hsiao-Tsu Wang, Yu-Cheng Shao, Ting-Shan Chan, Hirofumi Ishii, Nozomu Hiraoka, Xiuyun Wang, Jun Luo, Lili Han
Nitrate electroreduction to ammonia holds great promise in sustainable green ammonia synthesis, yet faces the dearth of competent electrocatalysts adapting varying nitrate concentrations, and the inadequate ammonia fixation. Herein, we...
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Constructing a Dual-Fiber Network in High Efficiency Organic Solar Cells via Additive-Induced Supramolecular Interactions with Both Donor and Acceptor

Tue, 21/01/2025 - 02:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05375C, PaperNan Wei, Lu Hao, Yaoyao Wei, Yawen Guo, Haoming Song, Jieni Chen, Zhenyu Yang, Ziqing Bian, Yetai Cheng, Wenkai Zhang, Qiaoling Chen, Yahui Liu, Wenchao Zhao, Xinjun Xu, Zhishan Bo
We designed and synthesized three chlorinated thiazole additives, namely TZ-Cl, TZ-2Cl and TZ-3Cl, which are characterized by an increasing number of chlorine atoms. Our research findings demonstrate the presence of...
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Semi-transparent photovoltaics

Mon, 20/01/2025 - 20:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04209C, Review ArticleChunyu Xu, Yifan Chen, Zijin Zhao, Bowen Yang, Jiajia Suo, Kun Ba, Alexey B. Tarasov, Yulun Wu, xin xin Lian, Ming Luo, Yiqiang Zhan, Yifeng Chen, Jifan Gao, Xiaoliang Mo, Wallace C. H. Choy, Jianlu Wang, Hong Zhang, Junhao Chu
Semi-transparent photovoltaics (STPVs) have attracted an increasing attention thanks to their ability to seamlessly integrate power generation with light transmission. They can complement traditional opaque photovoltaics, significantly broadening their potential...
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Enhanced moisture and thermal stability of transparent electrodes via crosslinking for large-area flexible organic photovoltaic modules

Mon, 20/01/2025 - 17:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05154H, PaperXin Lu, Yang Liu, Ruiyu Tian, Xinjie Liu, Yuanyuan Wang, Yinhua Zhou
Moisture and thermal stability of flexible transparent electrodes are important for fabricating efficient large-area flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules. Recently, silver nanowires (AgNWs) embedded polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) has been fabricated...
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Identification of the dual roles of Al2O3 coatings on NMC811-cathodes via theory and experiment

Mon, 20/01/2025 - 10:42

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03444A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Richard L. B. Chen, Farheen N. Sayed, Hrishit Banerjee, Israel Temprano, Jing Wan, Andrew J. Morris, Clare P. Grey
Aluminium oxide coatings on Ni-rich layered oxide materials have the dual functions of scavenging protic and acidic species from the electrolyte, and in stabilising surface oxygen against chemical oxidation of electrolyte species at high potentials.
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High-Entropy Alloy Catalysts for Advanced Hydrogen-Production Zinc-Based Batteries

Mon, 20/01/2025 - 07:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05500D, Paperzhiwen lu, Wei Sun, Pingwei Cai, Linfeng Fan, Kai Chen, Jiyuan Gao, Hao Zhang, Junxiang Chen, Zhenhai Wen
H2-producing zinc batteries hold promise as an electrochemical energy technology due to their unique ability to simultaneously generate electricity and hydrogen. However, their widespread adoption and commercialization have been hindered...
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Surface charge transfer doping of narrow-bandgap Sn–Pb perovskites for high-performance tandem solar cells

Sat, 18/01/2025 - 19:42

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2512-2520
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03898J, PaperQiang Sun, Zhiguo Zhang, Haixuan Yu, Junyi Huang, Xiongjie Li, Letian Dai, Qi Wang, Yan Shen, Mingkui Wang
This study reports on the surface charge transfer doping of narrow-bandgap Sn/Pb binary metal perovskites with benzyl viologen. The as-fabricated all perovskite two-terminal tandem solar cell exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 26.33%.
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Redistributing zinc-ion flux by work function chemistry toward stabilized and durable Zn metal batteries

Fri, 17/01/2025 - 05:39

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2554-2565
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04304E, PaperQiang Hu, Jisong Hu, Fei Ma, Yunbo Liu, Lincai Xu, Lei Li, Songtao Zhang, Xingquan Liu, Jingxin Zhao, Huan Pang
A multifunctional NbN-modified separator and an innovative work function chemistry strategy are designed to enhance the durability of ZMBs.
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Ultrathin dense LiF coverage coupled with a near-surface gradient fluorination lattice enables fast-charging long-life 4.6 V LiCoO2

Thu, 16/01/2025 - 05:38

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2765-2775
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03464J, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhihong Bi, Zonglin Yi, Liangzhu Zhang, Gongrui Wang, Anping Zhang, Shihao Liao, Qinghe Zhao, Zhangquan Peng, Li Song, Yi Wang, Zhiwei Zhao, Shiqiang Wei, Wenguang Zhao, Xiaoyu Shi, Mingrun Li, Na Ta, Jinxing Mi, Shunning Li, Pratteek Das, Yi Cui, Chengmeng Chen, Feng Pan, Zhong-Shuai Wu
Schematic diagram of the fluorination interfacial reconstruction process and mechanism for stabilizing the cathode/electrolyte interface.
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Lithium-ion battery cell formation: status and future directions towards a knowledge-based process design

Thu, 16/01/2025 - 05:38

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2686-2733
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03559J, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Felix Schomburg, Bastian Heidrich, Sarah Wennemar, Robin Drees, Thomas Roth, Michael Kurrat, Heiner Heimes, Andreas Jossen, Martin Winter, Jun Young Cheong, Fridolin Röder
This review examines the key process of lithium-ion battery cell formation. Influencing factors, challenges, experimental and simulation tools required for knowledge-based process design of current and emerging battery technologies are addressed.
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Triple-junction perovskite–perovskite–silicon solar cells with power conversion efficiency of 24.4%

Thu, 16/01/2025 - 05:38

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,2800-2814
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03687A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hang Hu, Sophie X. An, Yang Li, Seyedamir Orooji, Roja Singh, Fabian Schackmar, Felix Laufer, Qihao Jin, Thomas Feeney, Alexander Diercks, Fabrizio Gota, Somayeh Moghadamzadeh, Ting Pan, Michael Rienäcker, Robby Peibst, Bahram Abdollahi Nejand, Ulrich W. Paetzold
Key advances on triple-junction perovskite–perovskite–Si solar cells with an unprecedented efficiency of 24.4% and enhanced long-term thermal stability are reported via the development of high-performance middle perovskite solar cell.
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