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Electrochemical acid-base generators for decoupled carbon management

Mon, 17/03/2025 - 15:39
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05109B, PaperDawei Xi, Zheng Yang, Michael S Emanuel, Panlin Zhao, Michael J. Aziz
Carbon dioxide capture and management are critical technologies for achieving carbon neutrality and mitigating the impacts of global warming. One promising approach for decarbonization involves electrochemical generation of concentrated acid...
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Synchronous Dimension-Crystallization Engineering Enables Highly Efficient 2D/3D Tin Perovskite Solar Cells

Sat, 15/03/2025 - 03:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE06142J, PaperZiyong Kang, Peng Feng, Kun Wang, Lu Zhang, Rui Meng, Yali Chen, Jiandong Wu, Feng Yang, Xuewen Zhang, Tianxiang Li, Jingzhi Shang, Yu Tong, Hongqiang Wang
Tin perovskite films with two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) heterostructures promise high performance lead-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs), while they are challenged by the undesirable carrier transport due to intrinsic multi-quantum wells, and...
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Spontaneous Passivation of Selective Zn (101) Plating via Dangling Bond Saturation and Electrostatic Interaction Regulation for High-Utilization, Fast-Kinetics Zinc Anodes

Fri, 14/03/2025 - 14:45
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05498A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yuxuan Zhang, Minyoung Kim, Dong Hun Lee, Fei Qin, Han Wook Song, Chung Soo Kim, Jeongmin Park, Chohee Kim, Fang Lian, Sunghwan Lee
Although Zn (101) exhibits faster Zn²⁺ plating/stripping kinetics and stronger bonding with Zn2+ compared to Zn (002), the application of Zn (101) in Zn batteries has been limited due to...
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Multifunctional additive with dynamic sacrificial S-S bond for building self-assembled monolayers of Zn-ion battery with improved stability and longevity

Fri, 14/03/2025 - 12:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05922K, PaperShuang Han, Haijun Niu, Wanan Cai, Minghai Li, Qiyu Fan, Zhuoyi Han, Xuewen Ming, Wen Wang
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) possess a tremendous prospect for large-scale energy storage. Nevertheless, the interfacial stability and cyclic reversibility for Zn anode are impeded by the unregulated growth of Zn...
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Ultrathin cellulosic gel electrolyte with gradient hydropenic interface for stable, high-energy and flexible zinc batteries

Fri, 14/03/2025 - 12:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00158G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jichao Zhai, Wang Zhao, Lei Wang, Jianbo Shuai, Ruwei Chen, Wenjiao Ge, Yu Zong, Guanjie He, Xiaohui Wang
The increasing demand for personalized health monitoring has driven the development of wearable electronics. Flexible zinc-ion batteries (FZIBs) are ideal power sources for wearable devices, but their low volumetric energy...
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Suppression of Interfacial Water Layer with Solid Contact by an Ultrathin Water Repellent and Zn2+ Selective Layer for Ah-Level Zinc Metal Battery

Fri, 14/03/2025 - 09:47
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05905K, PaperZiwei Xu, Junpeng Li, Yifan Fu, Junjie Ba, Fengxue Duan, Yingjin Wei, Chunzhong Wang, Kangning Zhao, Yizhan Wang
The failure of zinc metal batteries usually involves the instability of the protection layer of zinc metal anode due to the water penetrating and dissolution during long-term operation, leading to...
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Mg2+ Initiated in-situ Polymerization of Dioxolane Enabling Stable Interfaces in Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

Fri, 14/03/2025 - 04:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05606J, PaperHao Xu, Jinshuo Mi, Jiabin Ma, Zhuo Han, Shun Lv, Likun Chen, Jiameng Zhang, Ke Yang, Boyu Li, Yuhang Li, Xufei An, Yuetao Ma, Shaoke Guo, Hai Su, Peiran Shi, Ming Liu, Feiyu Kang, Yanbing He
In situ polymerized solid-state polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have attracted much attention due to their good machinability and excellent interface contact with electrodes. However, the undesirable stability to lithium metal and...
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Data-driven insights into reaction mechanism of Li-rich cathodes

Fri, 14/03/2025 - 02:44
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05222F, PaperJieun Kim, Injun Choi, Ju Seong Kim, Hyokkee Hwang, Byongyong Yu, Sang Cheol Nam, Inchul Park
Lithium-rich layered oxides (LRLOs) hold great promise as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, but they face challenges due to their complex electrochemical behavior and structural instability. Here, we propose an...
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Dual-Anion Ionic Liquid Electrolytes: A Strategy for Achieving High Stability and Conductivity in Lithium Metal Battery

Thu, 13/03/2025 - 08:44
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00119F, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jemin Lee, Wonwoo Choi, Eunbin Jang, Hyunjin Kim, Jeeyoung Yoo
Ionic liquid electrolytes (ILEs) provide promising thermal and electrochemical stability characteristics for safer lithium metal batteries (LMBs). However, their development faces challenges due to their low ionic conductivity and poor...
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Optimal selection of RuO2 for durable oxygen evolution reactions in acid by continuous regulating of Ru-O covalency

Thu, 13/03/2025 - 04:40
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04861J, PaperXintong Li, guanzhen chen, Yan Liu, Ruihu Lu, Chao Ma, Ziyun Wang, Yunhu Han, Dingsheng Wang
Precisely regulating the electron transfer capacity and Ru-O covalency of RuO2-based catalysts is crucial and challenging for resolving the inadequate performance of RuO2-based acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts in...
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Mitigating the amorphization of perovskite solar cells by using atomic layer deposition alumina

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 11:47
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05703A, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mayank Kedia, Chittaranjan Das, Malgorzata Kot, Yenal Yalcinkaya, Weiwei Zuo, Kenedy Tabah Tanko, Peter Matvija, Mikel Ezquer, Iñaki Cornago, Wolfram Hempel, Florian Kauffmann, Paul Plate, Monica Lira-Cantu, Stefan A.L. Weber, Michael Saliba
Atomic layer deposition of aluminum oxide (ALD-Al2O3) layers has been extensively studied for stabilizing perovskite solar cells (PSCs) against environmental stressors, such as humidity and oxygen. In addition, the ALD-Al2O3...
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Engineering Spin State of Metal Sites toward Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 09:46
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05582A, Review ArticleXiaomin Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xingbo Wang, Guoliang Cui, Hongge Pan, Wenping Sun
Developing efficient catalysts is essential for mitigating the shuttle effect and accelerating the conversion kinetics of polysulfides in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. To date, numerous strategies have been employed to optimize...
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Blade Printing of Low-Melting-Point-Alloys as Back Electrodes for High-Efficiency and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 08:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00269A, PaperBo Jiang, Boyang Yu, Yong Zhang, Weiwei Deng, Baomin Xu, Xinyan Zhao
Printing of electrodes to replace thermal evaporation of metals for back contacts in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is essential for scalable manufacturing. However, PSCs incorporating printed electrodes typically exhibit lower...
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Enhancing Green Mobility through Vehicle-to-Grid: Potential, Technological Barriers, and Policy Implications

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 04:42
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00116A, Review ArticlePengcheng Du, Tianhao Liu, Tuoyu Chen, Meihui Jiang, Hongyu Zhu, Yitong Shang, Hui Hwang Goh, Zhao HaiSen Zhao HaiSen, Chao Huang, Fannie Kong, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Kai Chen Goh, Yu Du, Dongdong Zhang
Vehicle-to-Grid accelerates the transition to renewable, low-carbon power systems by integrating electric vehicles. This study analyzes the 2023 U.S. electric vehicle charging demand, variable renewable energy capacities, and charging infrastructure...
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Aramid dielectric co-polymer: from molecular engineering to roll-to-roll scalability for high-temperature capacitive energy storage

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 03:38
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00368G, PaperRui Yang, Ding Ai, Sidi Fan, Wenqi Zhang, Xiao Yang, Fangcheng Lv, Yonghong Cheng, Xiang Yu
Aromatic polymer films with high glass transition temperatures (Tg) exhibit superior thermal stability, making them ideal for high-temperature dielectric capacitors in advanced electrical and electronic systems. However, the leakage current...
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Dual thermal-stimulated self-adhesive mixed-phase interface to enable ultra-long cycle life of solid-state sodium metal batteries

Tue, 11/03/2025 - 16:42

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05140H, PaperGaofeng Du, Shuhao Wang, Zhaoming Tong, Xinyu Ji, Xinqi Wei, Quanbin Zha, Tianyou Zhai, Huiqiao Li
We used dual thermal stimulation to prepare a uniform and dense mixed interface, achieving strong adhesion between the solid-state electrolyte and Na metal, thereby realizing the ultra-long cycling life of solid-state sodium metal batteries.
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Correction: Sodium cluster-driven safety concerns of sodium-ion batteries

Tue, 11/03/2025 - 12:49
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE90025E, Correction Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jiaping Niu, Junyuan Dong, Xiaohu Zhang, Lang Huang, Guoli Lu, Xiaolei Han, Jinzhi Wang, Tianyu Gong, Zheng Chen, Jingwen Zhao, Guanglei Cui
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Moderate Li⁺-Solvent Binding for Gel Polymer Electrolytes with Stable Cycling toward Lithium Metal Batteries

Tue, 11/03/2025 - 04:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE05866F, PaperShaojie Zhang, Zhongpeng Li, Yixin Zhang Zhang, Xuanpeng Wang, Pei-Yang Dong, Saihai Lei, Weihao Zeng, Juan Wang, Xiaobin Liao, Xingye Chen, Dongqi Li, Shichun Mu
Solvation chemistry is crucial for gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) due to great impact on ionic conductivity and solid electrolyte interface (SEI) properties. However, its rational regulation to balance fast Li⁺...
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Green-Solvent-Processable Polymer Hole Transport Material for Achieving 26.31% Efficiency in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Mon, 10/03/2025 - 23:46
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE00380F, PaperSen Yin, Xuanang Luo, Fushen Tang, Zhihui Xiong, Youran Lin, Wenyu Yang, Yuanyuan Shu, Yang Wang, Lei Ying
Polymer hole transport layer plays a critical role in inverted perovskite solar cells since they can determine stability and photovoltaic performances of devices. However, conventional polymer hole transport materials, such...
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Degradation path prediction of lithium-ion batteries under dynamic operating sequences

Mon, 10/03/2025 - 22:41
Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04787G, Paper Open Access &nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Inwoo Kim, Hyunjae Kim, Seongha An, Jihoon Oh, Minsoo Kim, Jang Wook Choi
Reliable battery management requires the degradation of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) under variable usage patterns to be accurately and continuously monitored and predicted. However, the chemically entangled internal states and the...
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