Advancements in electrochemical synthesis: expanding from water electrolysis to dual-value-added products
Available online 16 November 2024
The application of electrochemical technologies for chemical and fuel synthesis offers a significantly more eco-friendly method than traditional industrial practice. However, electrochemical synthesis...
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Bio-inspired and programmable Marangoni motor for highly maneuverable and adaptable S-aquabots
Available online 15 November 2024
Mobility, environmental adaptability, and functionality are essential attributes of robots, but these become challenging for small-scale on-water robots, also referred to as S-aquabots. Herein, we propose...
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Scalable production of high-performance electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting at large current densities
Available online 14 November 2024
Electrochemical water splitting is a pivotal technology in the large-scale production of green hydrogen for sustainable future energy provisions. Highly active, stable electrocatalysts have been extensively...
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Engineering bimetallic cluster architectures: harnessing unique “remote synergy effect” between Mn and Y for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction
Available online 13 November 2024
Integrating single atoms and clusters into a unified catalytic system represents a novel strategy for enhancing catalytic performance. Compared to single-atom catalysts, those incorporating both single...
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Thermodynamic and kinetic insights for manipulating aqueous Zn battery chemistry: towards future grid-scale renewable energy storage systems
Available online 5 November 2024
The invention of aqueous Zn batteries (AZBs) traces back to the eighteenth century. Recently, however, AZBs have been undergoing a renaissance due to the urgent need for renewable energy storage devices...
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Modulating selective interaction of NiOOH with Mg ions for high-performance aqueous batteries
October 2024
Aqueous Mg-ion batteries (AMIBs) featuring advantages of good safety, low cost, and high specific energy have been recognized as a promising energy-storage technology. However, the performance of AMIBs...
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Investigating explainable transfer learning for battery lifetime prediction under state transitions
October 2024
Battery lifetime prediction at early cycles is crucial for researchers and manufacturers to examine product quality and promote technology development. Machine learning has been widely utilized to construct...
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Catalyst-free electrochemical SNAr of electron-rich fluoroarenes using carboxylic acids
October 2024
Herein, an electrochemically driven catalyst-free nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) of electron-rich fluoroarenes with carboxylic acids as weak nucleophiles under mild conditions was reported....
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Characteristics, materials, and performance of Ru-containing oxide cathode materials for rechargeable batteries
October 2024
Li-rich Mn-based cathode materials have attracted extensive attention due to their remarkable energy density contributed by additional anionic redox. However, they always suffer from some undesired...
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Metal−support interaction in single-atom electrocatalysts: A perspective of metal oxide supports
October 2024
The discovery of single-atom catalysts (SACs) represents a groundbreaking advancement in the field of catalysis over the past decades. With the in-depth exploration of relevant structure-activity relationships,...
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Versatile carbon-based materials from biomass for advanced electrochemical energy storage systems
October 2024
The development of new energy storage technology has played a crucial role in advancing the green and low-carbon energy revolution. This has led to significant progress, spanning from fundamental research...
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Textured CsPbI3 nanorods composite fibers for stable high output piezoelectric energy harvester
October 2024
The utilization of piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) based on halide perovskite materials has demonstrated significant promise for energy harvesting applications. However, the challenge of synthesizing...
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Recent advances in flexible self-oscillating actuators
October 2024
Soft actuators are constituted by a type of intelligent materials, and they can generate reversible mechanical motions under external stimuli. They usually achieve continuous actuation by manual turning...
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Anodes for low-temperature rechargeable batteries
October 2024
Rechargeable alkali metal ion (Li+, Na+, K+) batteries have shown great success in room-temperature energy storage. However, their low-temperature (subzero temperature) applications are still severely...
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Understanding synergistic catalysis on Pt–Cu diatomic sites via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy in sulfur redox reactions
October 2024
Sulfur redox reactions render lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries with an energy density of > 500 Wh kg−1 but suffer a low practical capacity and fast capacity fade due to sluggish sulfur redox reaction...
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Fabricating ultralight and ultrathin copper current collectors for high-energy batteries
October 2024
Improving cell-level gravimetric and volumetric energy density is essential to achieve high-performance batteries in the rapidly evolving field of energy storage technology, which requires consideration...
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Re-understanding and mitigating hydrogen release chemistry toward reversible aqueous zinc metal batteries
Available online 22 October 2024
Interfacial H2 release severely limits the reversibility and feasibility of aqueous Zn metal batteries for large-scale energy storage. Different from the conventional perception that H2 release mainly...
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Selective contact self-assembled molecules for high-performance perovskite solar cells
Available online 21 October 2024
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the utilization of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), with a specific focus on their potential as hole transport layers...
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Delithiation-accelerating and self-healing strategies realizes high-capacity and high-rate black phosphorus anode in wide temperature range
Available online 18 October 2024
Black phosphorus (BP) anode with high capacity (2596 mAh g−1) and suitable lithiation potential (0.7 V vs. Li+/Li) is an ideal candidate for high-energy-density and high-safety lithium-ion batteries,...
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Recent advances and modulation tactics in Ru- and Ir-based electrocatalysts for PEMWE anodes at large current densities
Available online 10 October 2024
Proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE) technology is regarded as one of the most promising methods for green hydrogen generation. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the anode is the...
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Unveiling full-dimensional distribution of trap states toward highly efficient perovskite photovoltaics
Available online 9 October 2024
To gain a deep understanding and address key issues in perovskite photovoltaics, such as power conversion efficiency (PCE) and long-term stability, defect passivation and analysis of the device performance...
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Accelerated commercial battery electrode-level degradation diagnosis via only 11-point charging segments
Available online 5 October 2024
Accelerated and accurate degradation diagnosis is imperative for the management and reutilization of commercial lithium-ion batteries in the upcoming TWh era. Different from traditional methods, this...
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Hybrid microstructure-based stretchable biosensors for multi-physiological signal sensing
Available online 5 October 2024
Wearable biosensors provide continuous, real-time physiological monitoring of biochemical markers in biofluids such as sweat, tears, saliva, and interstitial fluid. However, achieving high stretchability...
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A self-damping triboelectric tactile patch for self-powered wearable electronics
Available online 5 October 2024
Wearable tactile sensing systems with bionic designs holds significant promise for environmental interactions and human–machine communication. Triboelectric sensing technology plays a vital role in...
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Cation-inspired polyhedral distortion boosting moisture/electrolyte stability of iron sulfate cathode for durable high-temperature sodium-ion storage
Available online 25 September 2024
Alluaudite-type iron-based sulfates are prospective positive-electrode active materials for sodium-ion batteries given their low-cost and high operation voltage, yet suffer from poor intrinsic ionic...
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