New insights into aliovalent substituted halide solid electrolytes for cobalt-free all-solid state batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01119D, Paper
Changhong Wang, Shuo Wang, Xudong Liu, Yanlong Wu, Ruizhi Yu, Hui Duan, Jung Tae Kim, Huan Huang, Jiantao Wang, Yifei Mo, Xueliang Sun
Achieving a balance between lithium ion and vacant site contents plays a crucial role in obtaining optimal ionic conductivity in halide electrolytes, especially with a hexagonal close packing (hcp) anion framework.
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Advances and challenges in single-site catalysts towards electrochemical CO2 methanation

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02196C, Review Article
Jiexin Zhu, Lei Lv, Shahid Zaman, Xingbao Chen, Yuhang Dai, Shenghua Chen, Guanjie He, Dingsheng Wang, Liqiang Mai
In this review, we systematically summarizes the activity descriptors of CO2 methanation, the recent advances of SSCs for electrocatalytic CO2 methanation, and in situ characterizations used for tracking the structure change of SSCs during CO2RR.
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A constant current triboelectric nanogenerator achieved by hysteretic and ordered charge migration in dielectric polymers

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02808A, Paper
Huiyuan Wu, Jian Wang, Shaoke Fu, Chuncai Shan, Qionghua Zhao, Kaixian Li, Gui Li, Qianjin Mu, Xue Wang, Chenguo Hu
Utilizing the hysteretic and ordered charge migration behavior of dielectric polymers, a new concept of constant current triboelectric nanogenerators is proposed.
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Systematic degradation analysis in renewable energy-powered proton exchange membrane water electrolysis

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01959D, Paper
Anastasiia Voronova, Sol Kim, Dongwon Kim, Hee-Young Park, Jong Hyun Jang, Bora Seo
A high-resolution, realistic solar profile was first simulated and employed to operate the proton exchange membrane water electrolysis. The resulting degradation features were extensively scrutinized and compared to a set of typical stability tests.
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A dual-mediator for a sulfur cathode approaching theoretical capacity with low overpotential in aqueous Zn–S batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16,4326-4333
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01749D, Communication
Wanlong Wu, Sibo Wang, Lu Lin, Hua-Yu Shi, Xiaoqi Sun
A dual mediator is introduced in aqueous Zn–S batteries to regulate the reaction paths of S cathodes and enhance their electrochemical performance.
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Recent Status, Key Strategies and Challenging Perspectives on Fast-Charging Graphite Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02213G, Review Article
Yangyang Liu, Haodong Shi, Zhong-Shuai Wu
With the rapid prosperity of the global electric vehicle market and increasing demand for the higher user experience of portable electronics, the development of high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with fast-charging...
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Manipulating charge-transfer kinetics and flow-domain LiF-rich interphase to enable high-performance microsized silicon-silver-carbon composite anode for solid-state batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE01696J, Paper
Xiang Han, Lanhui Gu, Zhefei Sun, Minfeng Chen, Yinggan Zhang, Linshan Luo, Min Xu, Songyan Chen, Haodong Liu, Jiayu Wan, Yanbing He, Jizhang Chen, Qiaobao Zhang
Silicon (Si) anode with high theoretical specific capacity (3579 mAh g−1) offers great promise for realizing high-energy solid-state batteries (SSBs). However, given Si’s huge volume variations during cycling, sluggish kinetics...
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Multifunctional solid additive enables all-polymer solar cells with improved efficiency, photostability and mechanical durability

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02953K, Paper
Jiali Song, Linglong Ye, Chunhui Liu, Yunhao Cai, Chen Zhang, GuiChu Yue, Yun Li, Min Hun Jee, Yong Zhao, Donghui Wei, Han Young Woo, Yanming Sun
A series of novel non-volatile DTC solid additives with a long flexible alkyl chain were designed and synthesized to improve the efficiency, photostability and mechanical durability of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs).
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In situ SnSe deposition as passivation for scalable and stable quasi-2D lead–tin perovskite solar cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02507A, Paper
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Lijun Chen, Eelco Kinsa Tekelenburg, Kushagra Gahlot, Matteo Pitaro, Jun Xi, Alessia Lasorsa, Giovanna Feraco, Loredana Protesescu, Patrick C. A. van der Wel, Giuseppe Portale, Petra Rudolf, Christoph J. Brabec, Maria Antonietta Loi
A novel in situ SnSe deposition strategy is proposed to reduce non-radiative recombination and enhance surface crystallization for scalable and stable quasi-2D Ruddlesden–Popper (RP) lead–tin perovskite solar cells.
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Solar evaporation with solute replacement towards real-world applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EE02592F, Paper
Zhenyuan Xu, Jie Yu, He Shan, Jiebing Wang, Jintong Gao, Zhanyu Ye, Ruzhu Wang
Solar evaporation with solute replacement enables the evaporation of a variety of source solutions towards real-world applications, via the decoupling of heat and mass transport pathways.
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