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Soft Conjugation Extension Strategy of Self-Assembled Molecules for Achieving Efficient and Mechanically Stable Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Wed, 13/08/2025 - 01:37
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03823E, PaperBiao Zhou, Mingliang Li, Qi Xiong, Liren Zhang, Shiwei Zhang, Jiayun Sun, Jinyao Tang, Wallace C. H. Choy
Flexible perovskite solar cells (f-PSCs) hold immense potential for wearable and portable applications but face critical challenges in efficiency and mechanical durability. Herein, we propose a soft conjugation extension strategy...
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Uncovering the Impact of Battery Design Parameters on Health and Lifetime Using Short Charging Segments

Tue, 12/08/2025 - 12:34
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03268G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Wendi Guo, Søren Byg Vilsen, Yaqi Li, Ashima Verma, Daniel Ioan Stroe, Daniel Brandell
Frequent fast charging of lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) demands robust health monitoring, not only to ensure long-term performance and user confidence, but also to support emerging applications such as vehicle-to-grid (V2G),...
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Scalable Synthesis of Amorphous NiFe Oxide Hollow Microspheres via Glucose-Mediated Spray Pyrolysis for Industrial Hydrogen Production

Tue, 12/08/2025 - 03:33
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE01802A, PaperZixuan Guo, Fengyu Lai, Bowen Song, Shubo Wang, Harishchandra Singh, Parisa Talebi, Lin Zhu, Yuran Niu, Graham King, Yucheng Huang, Baoyou Geng
Developing high-performance, low-cost oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is crucial for advancing anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) in large-scale industrial green hydrogen production. Herein, We report a glucose-mediated spray...
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Central Core Asymmetric Acceptor Design Enables Over 20% Efficiency in Binary Organic Solar Cells by Suppressing Non-Radiative Energy Loss and Optimizing Nanomorphology

Mon, 11/08/2025 - 18:35
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03005F, PaperJian Liu, Zhaochen Suo, Longyu Li, Wenkai Zhao, Jingyi Huo, Jiye Chen, Guankui Long, Zhaoyang Yao, Chenxi Li, Xiangjian Wan, Yongsheng Chen
Asymmetric acceptors characterized by core asymmetry exhibit great potential for achieving outstanding efficiency, despite the limited number of relevant studies reported to date. In this work, we propose an asymmetric...
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A Janus-Type Quasi-Solid-State Electrolyte Enabling Dual-Ion Relay for Long Lifespan of Nonaqueous Zinc Batteries†

Mon, 11/08/2025 - 14:36
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03224E, PaperShunshun Zhao, Sinian Yang, Xuanrui Huang, Xinwei Wang, Haojie Xu, Qing Ma, Yong Chen, Guoxiu Wang, Shimou Chen
Quasi-solid-state or solid-state electrolytes are promising to address the long-standing challenges in zinc batteries, such as Zn dendrite formation and inevitable side reactions. Herein, we report an anhydrous Janus quasi-solid-state...
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Cr-enhanced selective dealloying and sequential electrochemical reconstruction to tailor NiFe-based integrated catalysts for industrial-level water oxidation

Mon, 11/08/2025 - 09:37
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03448E, PaperWeiwei Zhang, Xiran He, Pei yao Pan, jiantao wang, Lu Liu, Long Hou, Xue Fan, Xionggang Lu, Xing Yu, Xi Li
In-situ reconstruction of multi-element alloy into oxyhydroxides is a promising path to efficient, durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts. However, uncontrolled elemental dissolution during reconstruction disrupts target compositions, compromising long-term...
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Direct visualization and mechanistic insights into initial lithium plating in anode-free lithium metal batteries

Fri, 08/08/2025 - 19:32
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE01956G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jin Su, Chun Huang
Anode-free lithium metal batteries (AFBs), which use bare Cu current collectors, represent a promising energy storage technology that offers higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Without a lithium metal...
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Interfacial supramolecular interactions regulated oligomer networking into robust sub-nanochannels for efficient osmotic energy conversion

Fri, 08/08/2025 - 17:34
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03350K, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Gang Lu, Hubao A, Hengyue Xu, Yan Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhao, Huacheng Zhang, Raf Dewil, Bart Van der Bruggen, Shuang Zheng
Oligomer-engineered membranes overcome fundamental limitations in blue energy harvesting by synergistically controlling ion selectivity and flux at the molecular scale. Here, we develop a 5-nm-thick sulfonated membrane engineered through interfacial...
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Operando monitoring of gassing dynamics in lithium-ion batteries with optical fiber photothermal spectroscopy

Fri, 08/08/2025 - 09:36
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE04211A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Tianye ZHENG, Haihong Bao, Feifan Chen, Jingwen Wu, Pengcheng Zhao, Hoi Lut Ho, Shoufei Gao, Yingying Wang, Jiaqiang Huang, Leiting Zhang, Steven Boles, Wei Jin
Gaseous molecules are an inherent byproduct of (electro-)chemical reactions in lithium-ion battery cells during both formation cycles and long-term operation. While monitoring gas evolution can help understand battery chemistry and...
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Unraveling the Degradation Mechanism of Sodium Iron Hexacyanoferrate Cathode in Sodium Ion Batteries

Thu, 07/08/2025 - 11:31
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02117K, PaperJunyi Dai, Jiahao Li, Fangxin Ling, Yu Yao, Yanru Wang, Mingze Ma, Jian Feng, Jun Xia, Yinbo Zhu, Hai Yang, Xianhong Rui, Hengan Wu, Yan Yu
Sodium iron hexacyanoferrates (Na2FeFe(CN)6) are considered among the most promising cathode materials for sodium ion batteries due to their high theoretical energy density and low cost. However, structural Fe(CN)64- vacancies...
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Multiple-coupling optimization strategy for significantly enhancing the output power density of a compact magneto-mechano-electric energy harvester

Wed, 06/08/2025 - 15:34

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE01346A, PaperYiwei Xu, Xin He, Xianfeng Liang, Heng Huang, Jingen Wu, Dengfeng Ju, Jinghong Guo, Shuxiang Dong, Zhongqiang Hu, Ming Liu
A multiple-coupling optimization strategy was proposed to enhance the power density of an MME-EH. The optimized MME-EH with a compact volume of 0.97 cm3 achieved a record-high output power density of 0.73 mW cm−3 Oe−2.
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Dual-Site additive mediated Crystallization Strategy for Homogenized FA-Cs Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Wed, 06/08/2025 - 15:34
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02577J, PaperQihang Sun, Tianying Miao, Chenyue Wang, Yu Tian, Yusong Ding, Zhenhuang Su, Bingchen He, Meirong Fu, Ziheng Zhang, Liujiang Zhang, Qingli Cao, Zonghao Liu, Ziqiu Ren, Wei Chen, Xingyu Gao, Jianhua He
Although the coordinatively stabilized lattice and the ease of solution processability render mixed A-site perovskites an ideal material for high-efficiency and stable perovskite photovoltaics, the spontaneous cation segregation between formamidinium...
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Electrolysis of ethylene-to-ethylene glycol paired with acidic CO2-to-CO

Wed, 06/08/2025 - 12:36
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02847G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hongjun Chen, Heejong Shin, Jianan Erick Huang, Hengzhou Liu, Rui Kai Miao, Rong Xia, Weiyan Ni, Jiaqi Yu, Yongxiang Liang, Bosi Peng, Yuanjun Chen, Guangcan Su, Ke Xie, Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie, Edward H Sargent
Electrochemical conversion of CO2 into CO, ethylene, and other valuable chemicals is a promising method for carbon capture and utilisation. However, when carried out in an alkaline or neutral media,...
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A Hybrid Plasma-Electro-Membrane Triple Intensified System over PdNPs/Fe-N-C for Ammonium Fertilizer Synthesis

Wed, 06/08/2025 - 06:36
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE01513H, PaperCheng Wang, Chang Yu, Bingzhi Qian, Yongwen Ren, Rulong Ma, Yue Chu, Jieshan Qiu
Upgrading nitrogen to ammonium fertilizer under environmental conditions presents a promising prospect for the application of distributed renewable energy. Herein, a hybrid plasma-electro-membrane triple intensified system is developed to achieve...
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Ultra-high-performance Ag2Se-based flexible thermoelectric generator

Tue, 05/08/2025 - 14:34

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03009A, PaperLin Zhang, Hongjing Shang, Hao Dong, Hongwei Gu, Fazhu Ding
A thermoelectric generator constructed using Ag2Se films demonstrates ultra-high normalized power density.
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Interfacial Phase Regulation of Flexible Single-ion Conducting Block Copolymer Electrolytes Ensuring Ultra-stable Lithium Metal Batteries

Fri, 01/08/2025 - 16:36
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02503F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yating Yu, Sida Chen, Hai-Peng Liang, Ziqi Zhao, Guangze Chu, Ziting Zhi, Xian-Ao Li, Cheng Li, Ruixin Li, Youzhi Xu, Xin Liu, Minghua Chen, Stefano Passerini, Zhen Chen
Single-ion conducting copolymer electrolytes (SIPEs) hold significant potential for next-generation lithium metal batteries (LMBs). However, the unsatisfactory ionic conductivity, limited mechanical strength, and lack of insights into the lithium-ion transport...
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Interfacial hydrogen-bond modulation of dynamic catalysts for nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

Fri, 01/08/2025 - 13:36

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,7460-7469
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00597C, PaperYuchi Wan, Yixiang Tang, Yinze Zuo, Kaian Sun, Zewen Zhuang, Yun Zheng, Wei Yan, Jiujun Zhang, Ruitao Lv
The Cr doping strategy can modulate the dynamic reconstruction process and regulate the interfacial hydrogen-bonded interactions on Co(OH)2 with more free H2O participating in the hydrogenation process of nitrate reduction on Co.
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Design principle for 3D thermoelectric materials in power generators

Fri, 01/08/2025 - 03:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03225C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Seong Eun Yang, Jungsoo Lee, Haiyang Li, Byungki Ryu, Jae Sung Son
Thermoelectric power generation, which converts waste heat into electricity, represents a promising approach toward sustainable energy harvesting. While geometric regulation of thermoelectric materials has shown significant potential for enhancing device...
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Dual-Fibrous PTFE Structure Enabling Uniform and Thick Dry Electrodes for High-Energy-Density and Long-Lasting Batteries

Fri, 01/08/2025 - 03:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE03240G, PaperGyujin Song, Kwon-Hyung Lee, Hyeongseok Shim, Sang Hyun Lee, Hyeong-Jong Kim, Chanhyun Park, Jingyu Choi, Seok-Ju Lee, Young-Kuk Hong, Jihong Lyu, Jin Chul Kim, Sijeong Park, Hyungyeon Cha, Wooyoung Jin, Jinsoo Kim, Sin Ho Choi, Sang-Young Lee, Sung-Kyun Jung, Michael De Volder, Tae-Hee Kim
Dry-processed electrodes based on poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) binder have emerged as a promising technology for sustainable, low-cost and high areal capacity electrode manufacturing. However, understanding its fibrillation behaviour becomes a key...
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Fluorine-free electrolytes in batteries: principles, strategies, and advances

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 18:38

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18,7326-7372
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04820B, Review ArticleBoligarla Vinay, Yosef Nikodimos, Tripti Agnihotri, Shadab Ali Ahmed, Teklay Mezgebe Hagos, Rehbar Hasan, Elango Balaji Tamilarasan, Wei-Nien Su, Bing Joe Hwang
Electrolytes play a pivotal role in battery technologies, influencing performance and safety.
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