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Nitride solid-state electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries

Sun, 09/03/2025 - 04:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04927F, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Weihan Li, Minsi Li, Haoqi Ren, Jung Tae Kim, Ruying Li, Tsun-Kong Sham, Xueliang Sun
Nitride solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) hold significant potential for addressing critical interfacial issues between SSEs and lithium metal in all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. These batteries are at the forefront of energy...
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“Head Surgery” of Polycyclic o-Quinones with Cyanated Aromatic Rings towards High Electron Mobility Acceptors Enable 19.6% Additive-Free Binary Organic Solar Cells

Sat, 08/03/2025 - 16:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00031A, PaperTainan Duan, Jia Wang, Xiaochan Zuo, Yanyi Zhong, Yuhong Long, Peiran Wang, Kaihuai Tu, Cheng Zhong, Jiangbin Zhang, Oleg Alekseevich Rakitin, Zhaoyang Yao, Xiangjian Wan, Yan Zhao, Bin Kan, Yongsheng Chen
The development of high-performance organic electron acceptors is pivotal for advancing organic optoelectronic devices. In this paper, a new synthetic approach was developed to construct fused-ring aromatic backbones and the...
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Anode-Free Sodium Metal Batteries: Optimisation of Electrolytes and Interphases

Sat, 08/03/2025 - 00:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00136F, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Huihua Li, Fanglin Wu, Jian Wang, Jingxuan Wang, Hongxu Qu, Minghua Chen, Huang Zhang, Stefano Passerini
Anode-free sodium metal batteries (AFSMBs) represent a significant advancement in energy storage technology, offering high energy density and cost-effective solutions. However, their applications are impeded by the critical sodium deposition...
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Self-powered electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from air and lignin

Fri, 07/03/2025 - 14:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE06106C, PaperYongrong Li, Denghao Ouyang, Xi Liu, Yichen Zhang, Zhiqiang Niu, JunYong Zhu, Xuejun Pan, Xuebing Zhao
Lignin, which is typically available as a by-product of pulping process and biomass biorefinery, is a sustainable feedstock for production of carbon fuels and materials. Here, we report a novel...
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Targeted Deflecting Zn2+ Migration Trajectory by Piezomagnetic Effect to Enable Horizontal Zn Deposition

Fri, 07/03/2025 - 14:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04115A, PaperChenming Zhou, Zhezhong Zhang, Mu Zhang, Xudong Sun, Jun Zhang, Gang Huang, Zhaolin Na
The rampant growth of dendrites caused by inhomogeneous Zn2+ ion flux and "tip effect" significantly hinder the development of aquesous Zn-ion batteries. The conventional artificial protective layers (APLs) improve Zn...
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Industrially viable formate production with 50% lower CO2 emissions

Thu, 06/03/2025 - 12:44
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00452G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Fanxu Meng, Zihan Shen, Xinlong Lin, Pengfei Song, Tianze Wu, Shibo Xi, Chao Wu, Zhenhui Ma, Daniel Mandler, Zhichuan J. Xu
The conventional production of formic acid is energy-intensive, requiring methanol and carbon monoxide reactions followed by hydrolysis under high temperature and pressure. Methanol electrochemical refinery (e-refinery) offers a sustainable alternative...
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