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Small modification, Striking Improvement: Super-Fast Charging Over a Wide Temperature Range by Simply Replacing n-propyl Acetate with Isopropyl Acetate

Mon, 24/03/2025 - 14:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05789A, PaperShengyao Luo, Mengqi Wu, Said Amzil , Tonghui Xu, Qing Ming, Lei Zhang, Jie Gao, Shuang Tian, Yisen Qian, Donghai Wang, Yajun Cheng, Yonggao Xia
The combination of high-nickel cathodes with lithium metal anodes is widely considered a promising solution to alleviate range anxiety. Alternatively, challenges such as limited fast-charging capacity and rapid degradation persist...
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Nucleation driving force-controlled fibril network formation enables polythiophene solar cells with exceeding 18% efficiency from non-halogenated solvent

Mon, 24/03/2025 - 10:44
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE06158F, PaperJianglong Li, Dongsheng Xie, Xiyue Yuan, Youle Li, Wenkui Wei, Yue Zhang, Haozhe Feng, Xiang Luo, Jiayuan Zhu, Zhao Qin, Jianbin Zhong, lifu zhang, Hongxiang Li, Wei Zhang, Yong Zhang, Fei Huang, Yong Cao, Chunhui Duan
Polythiophenes are the most promising electron donors for organic solar cells (OSCs) in large-scale manufacturing due to their simple chemical structures and low production cost. However, the efficiency of polythiophene...
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Incorporating Lithium-Deficient Layer and Interfacial-Confined Catalysis Enables the Reversible Redox of Surface Oxygen Species in Lithium-Rich Manganese-based Oxides

Fri, 21/03/2025 - 07:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00430F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Junpeng Sun, Jialong Shen, Huadong Qi, Mei Sun, Yuhang Lou, Yu Yao, Xianhong Rui, Yu Shao, Xiaojun Wu, Hai Yang, Yan Yu
Lithium-rich manganese-based oxides (LRMO) are a promising next-generation candidate cathode material, offering a high discharge capacity exceeding 300 mAh g−1. This exceptional capacity is attributed to the synergistic redox activity...
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Comprehensive crystallization retardation of inorganic perovskite for high performance inverted solar cells

Fri, 21/03/2025 - 07:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00149H, PaperZezhang Wang, Tianfei Xu, Nan Li, Zhen Chang, Jing Shan, Yong Wang, Minfang Wu, Fengwei Xiao, Shengzhong Frank Liu, Wanchun Xiang
Inverted inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are ideal top cells for tandem configurations due to their ideal bandgap and excellent thermal stability. However, water-induced rapid crystallization during inorganic perovskite film...
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Cobalt Metal Enables Ultrahigh-Efficiency, Long-Life, and Dendrite-Free Aqueous Multivalent Batteries

Thu, 20/03/2025 - 23:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE06091A, PaperSongyang Chang, Wentao Hou, Angelica Del Valle-Perez, Irfan Ullah, Xiaoyu Du, Lisandro Cunci, Gerardo Morell, Xianyong Wu
Aqueous multivalent metal batteries represent an attractive option for energy storage. Currently, various metals have been attempted for aqueous battery operation, ranging from divalent metals (zinc, iron, nickel, manganese) to...
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Developing low-resistance ion migration pathways using perfluorinated chain-decorated COFs for enhanced performance in zinc batteries

Thu, 20/03/2025 - 18:43
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00132C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Kun Zhang, Yijia Yuan, Gang Wang, Fangzheng Chen, Li Ma, Chao Wu, Jia Liu, Bao Zhang, Chenglin Li, Hongtian Liu, Changan Lu, Shibo Xi, Xing Li, Keyu Xie, Junhao Lin, Kian Ping Loh
Rechargeable aqueous zinc metal-based batteries present a promising alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries due to their lower operating potentials, higher capacities, intrinsic safety, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. However, the use...
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A Unitized Encapsulation Architecture with Durable Epitaxial Ion-conductive Scaffolds for Ultrastable Solid-state Sulfur Cathode

Thu, 20/03/2025 - 11:49
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05668J, PaperMinkang Wang, Han Su, Yu Zhong, Chuming Zhou, Guoli Chen, Xiuli Wang, Jiangping Tu
All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs) are emerging as next-generation energy storage systems, offering enhanced energy density, safety, and cost-effectiveness. However, the breakdown of the ion-conducting network within sulfur cathode limits their...
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A carbon cathode for lithium mediated electrochemical ammonia synthesis

Thu, 20/03/2025 - 11:49
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05669H, Communication Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Craig Burdis, Romain Tort, Anna Winiwarter, Johannes Rietbrock, Jesús Barrio, Maria Magdalena Titirici, Ifan E.L. Stephens
To introduce the potential for tuneability of the cathode in lithium mediated ammonia synthesis, we report a carbon cathode which produces ammonia at a Faradaic efficiency of 37 %. This...
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Integrating solid interfaces for catalysis in all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 17:40

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05845C, PaperYun Cao, Chuannan Geng, Chen Bai, Linkai Peng, Jiaqi Lan, Jiarong Liu, Junwei Han, Bilu Liu, Yanbing He, Feiyu Kang, Quan-Hong Yang, Wei Lv
A micropore confinement and fusion strategy is proposed to eliminate the interfacial mismatch and achieve molecular-level integrated catalysis interfaces for long-life all-solid-state Li–S batteries.
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Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Energy Storage and Conversion

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 14:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00494B, Review ArticleLiyu Zhu, Yu Cao, Ting Xu, Hongbin Yang, Luying Wang, Lin Dai, Fusheng Pan, Chaoji Chen, Chuanling Si
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a class of porous crystalline materials based on reticular and dynamic covalent chemistry. Flexible molecular design strategies, tunable porosity, modifiable frameworks, and atomically precise structures...
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One More Step Towards Better Stability of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells: Advances, Challenges, Future Perspective, and Era of Artificial Intelligence

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 10:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE06021K, Review ArticleNafees Ahmad, Jun Yuan, Yingping Zou
Non-fullerene acceptors-based organic solar cells (NF-OSCs) have achieved notable advancement during the past few years. Recently, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) has surpassed 20 % due to the development of...
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Revolutionizing Wearable Sustainable Energy Enabled by Mechano-Electric Conversion Fibers

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 09:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00144G, Review ArticleJizhong Zhao, Xiaoxuan Fan, Hongxiang Xie, Yi Luo, Zhifeng Li, Xiao Peng, Guangming Tao, Zhong Lin Wang, Kai Dong
Mechano-electric conversion fibers (MECFs) represent a groundbreaking innovation in smart textiles, integrating the high-efficiency mechanical energy conversion of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) with superior wearability and comfort inherent in textile materials....
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A Universal Strategy for Defects and Interface Management Enables Highly Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 07:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00073D, PaperWenwu Zhou, Yunhe Cai, Shuo Wan, Yi Li, Xiaoying Xiong, Fangchong Zhang, Huiting Fu, Qingdong Zheng
The surface post-treatment of perovskite films is regarded as one of the most effective methods for enhancing the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and is essential for achieving high-efficiency...
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Direct C-H arylation-derived low crystallinity guest acceptor for high efficiency organic solar cells

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 06:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00542F, PaperPengfei Ding, Xugang Rong, Daobin Yang, Xueliang Yu, Zhenxin Shao, Hongqian Wang, Xiaochun Liao, Xinyue Cao, Jie Wu, Lin Xie, Jintao Zhu, Fei Chen, Guo Chen, Yan Huang, Ziyi Ge
The majority of host/guest materials used in organic solar cells (OSCs) are currently synthesized via Stille reaction, which suffers from poor atom/step economics, low cost-effectiveness, and environmental risks. Therefore, organic...
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Self-Sacrifice of Sulfide Electrolytes Facilitating Stable Solid-State Sodium-Sulfur Batteries

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 04:44
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE06171C, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yi Yuan, yang Hu, Yi Gan, Zhi Liang Dong, Yijia Wang, Enzhong Jin, Mingrui Yang, Frederick Benjamin Holness, Vinicius Martins, Qingsong Tu, Yang Zhao
Sulfide electrolytes have emerged as the preferred choice for solid-state sodium-sulfur (Na-S) batteries due to their excellent compatibility with sulfur cathodes. Despite their advantages, such as high ionic conductivity, mechanical...
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Ultrahigh performance hybrid energy harvester leveraging induced charge excitation strategy

Wed, 19/03/2025 - 04:44
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00126A, PaperDongyang Hu, Qianwang Wang, Haocheng Deng, Changming Ding, Yuxiao Jin, Jing Kang, Xiaolong Huang, Feng Wang, Yi Li, Sixing Xu, She Chen
Hybrid energy harvesters offer promising solutions for powering distributed sensors. However, achieving optimal synergy among multiple energy sources to attain superior performance remains challenging. Herein, we proposed an ultrahigh performance...
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Emerging Strategies for the Large-scale Fabrication of Perovskite Solar Modules: From Design to Process

Tue, 18/03/2025 - 16:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05613B, Review Article Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Bochun KANG, Feng Yan
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs), recognized as a promising third-generation thin-film photovoltaic technology, offer notable advantages including low-cost production, high power conversion efficiency, and tunable bandgap characteristics. Despite these advancements, scaling...
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Breaking the H2O dissociation-OH desorption scaling relationship in alkaline hydrogen evolution by oxophilic single atom M1-Run electrocatalyst

Tue, 18/03/2025 - 12:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00152H, PaperXinhu Liang, Zhihao Zhang, Zhe Wang, mingzhen hu, Dan Cheng, Yue Jiang, Hao Ren, Fengyi Shen, Shitu Yang, Xiaoxin Yang, Wenkun Jiang, Xianghui Shi, Zihao Ma, Kebin Zhou
Alkaline electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has been a hot topic in energy catalysis and engineering. Theoretically, intensifying OH adsorption on electrocatalyst is vital for promoting water dissociation and thus...
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Multifunctional composite magnet realizing record-high transverse thermoelectric generation

Tue, 18/03/2025 - 09:37

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04845H, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Fuyuki Ando, Takamasa Hirai, Abdulkareem Alasli, Hossein Sepehri-Amin, Yutaka Iwasaki, Hosei Nagano, Ken-ichi Uchida
A novel functional material named “multifunctional composite magnet” has been created, which simultaneously exhibits record-high transverse thermoelectric generation performance and permanent magnet features.
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Asymmetric RE-O-Ru unit with bridged oxygen vacancies accelerates deprotonation of acidic water oxidation

Tue, 18/03/2025 - 09:37
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00281H, PaperCaikang Wang, Xiangrui Wu, Hao Sun, Zhe Xu, Chang Xu, Xuan Wang, Meng Li, Yu Wang, Yawen Tang, Jianchun Jiang, Kang Sun, Gengtao Fu
Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is a promising technology for sustainable hydrogen production; however, the slow deprotonation of oxo-intermediates on RuO2 during the acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) limits...
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