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Lithium–disulfur dichloride batteries

Nature Energy, Published online: 10 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02120-8

Rechargeable Li–S batteries offer high energy density but are limited by low voltage, sluggish kinetics and polysulfide shuttling. Here the authors report a chlorine-mediated Li||S2Cl2 chemistry enabling reversible three-electron sulfur redox with increased voltage and capacity.

Quasi-ballistic ion transport in a vertical microrod enabling efficient evaporation-driven power generation

Nature Energy, Published online: 27 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02117-3

Evaporation-driven power generators are often limited by non-directional fluid flow, which reduces their efficiency. Guided by machine learning, Wu et al. developed a vertical microrod generator that improves ion transport, increasing efficiency and power density.

Directly probing the carrier transfer length in 2D-material transistors

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10707-0

Cross-sectional scanning tunnelling microscopy shows a 2 nm carrier transfer length in bismuth-contacted monolayer MoS2 transistors, defining metal-contact scaling limits for sub-10 nm 2D electronic devices.

Universal strategy of capacity compensation via the electrolyte for Li-ion batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,3184-3194
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07058A, Paper
Xiaoyi Wang, Shaojie Zhang, Yu Cao, Haochen Gong, Mengting Zheng, Jun Lu, Jie Sun
Lithium polyphosphides is evaluated as a capacity-compensation reagent that can compensate for the ICL and contribute to the construction of a stable CEI.
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