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Shengyang Zhou, Dehua Huang, Guangpeng Ma, Xuanyi Tong, Yang Liu, Linsen Yang, Tianchi Liu, Xiang-Yu Kong, Liping Wen
Membrane-free osmotic power generators based on polyelectrolyte-based aqueous two-phase systems are proposed to achieve record power densities at a macroscopical scale.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
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Jiale Zhang, Shaofeng Li, Yan Yan, Jiexiang Li, Zeyu Dong, Peng Ge, Yue Yang, Jie Zeng
The recycling of spent LiFePO₄ (LFP) is crucial for the sustainable development of Li-ion batteries.
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Yurong He, Wentao Miao, Jianhua Han, Wenyang Luo, Zhuang Li, Jin Chen, Liangliang Chen, Xunchang Wang, Renqiang Yang
Tannic acid, a natural polyphenol, reduces structural disorder and passivates surface defects in ZnO transport layers, leading to a record efficiency of 20.1% in inverted organic solar cells and extending the device lifetime from 93 to 2808 hours.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
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Yunfan He, Lulu Zhang, Fangfang Li, Jianxin Liu, Rui Li, Jiancheng Wang
A gas–liquid switching reaction system (GLS) enabling metal oxides to drive photo-driven CLAS under ambient conditions, achieving an NH₃ production rate of 1.48 mmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ on TiO₂ via alternating N₂/H₂O coverage for green NH₃ synthesis.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,3791-3803
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Xiongbin Yang, Xinhong Qi, Yihang Li, Shichen Zhang, Yanlin Qin, Gaohong He
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This review identifies the key interfacial challenges in solid-state sodium batteries and highlights materials design, interface engineering, characterization, and modeling strategies to enable stable, high-performance, and commercially viable SSSBs.
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Gang Wu, Airan Li, Harish Subramania, Xinzhi Wu, Longquan Wang, Jiankang Li, Fei Frank Yun, Takao Mori
Strain-mediated grain-boundary spectrum reconstruction coupled with in situ Cu–Ga-rich precipitation provides a distinct route to simultaneously improve near-room-temperature and mid-temperature thermoelectric performance in Mg₃(Sb, Bi)₂.
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The TCM⁻ anion prevents the PS₄³⁻ to P₂S₇⁴⁻ phase transition via weak interactions with LPSC. This maintains the PS₄³⁻-based boundaries in HSE-LiTCM, ensuring rapid Li⁺ transport and high conductivity.
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As the cycle progresses, the Cu₂Sb@SbBi₂ anode forms a metallic glasses (MG) interface at the heterojunction, which enables rapid ion transport. The MG at this interface undergoes dynamic, localized changes as the potential varies.
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Anhai Liang, Chunliang Li, Bosen Zou, Sein Chung, Byeongjin Kim, Yongjoon Cho, Jiancheng Zhong, Jingjing Zhao, Lixing Tan, Guangquan Zhang, Xin Li, Wuning Wei, Kilwon Cho, He Yan, Zhipeng Kan
Incorporating BTP-FCIO extends the acceptor phase nucleation time from 132 ms to 199 ms and enhances the efficiency to 20.46%. This ternary strategy demonstrates consistent effectiveness across multiple representative Y-series acceptors.
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Shaopeng Liao, Guang Li, Mengqi Ren, Ying Peng, Weitao Zhao, Zichao Xu, Hongsen Cui, Chen Tao, Haibing Wang, Chen Wang, Fang Yao, Xiaojuan Cao, Jiwei Liang, Mingming Hu, Yansong Ge, Xuzhi Hu, Jian Wen, Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang
GBAM is used as buried interface modifier at room temperature. Co-annealing GBAM with perovskite layer optimizes bottom interface of wide-bandgap perovskite, achieving 29.07% for 2-terminal perovskite–perovskite tandem cells.
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Wenyu Xu, Zelin Chang, Hongwei Wang, Binfen Wang, Hongbo Ding, Jijian Xu, Xinliang Li
A competitive solvent-occupation strategy reconstructs the hydrogen-bond network to unleash balanced two-step four-electron iodine conversion, delivering ultralong 495 day stability at −20 °C.
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