Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01945E, Paper

Shengyang Zhou, Dehua Huang, Guangpeng Ma, Xuanyi Tong, Yang Liu, Linsen Yang, Tianchi Liu, Xiang-Yu Kong, Liping Wen
Osmotic energy between two solutions with salinity gradients, is sustainable and converted generally into electricity through membrane-based processes. However, high membrane resistance limits extremely output power densities to 10 W...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02323A, Paper

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. However, conventional lithium-replenishment repair merely restores the material to its original state, falling short of...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00362A, Paper

Ying Liu, Min Zhou, Guanhua Ren, Peijun Hu, Haifeng Wang
Decoupling cocatalyst effects in photocatalysis, often intertwined between enhancing photocarrier accumulation and boosting intrinsic catalytic activity (ICA), is essential yet challenging for rational photocatalyst design. Using cocatalyst-IrO2/TiO2 heterojunction as a...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02022D, Paper

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Hongyu Lu, Jisong Hu, Botao Jiang, Kaiqi Zhang, Zhengyu Ju, Gehong Su, Yuanyuan Gao, Zhaodan Fu, Jingxin Zhao, Bingang Xu, Guihua Yu
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries have garnered considerable attention in the field of large-scale energy storage due to their low cost, inherent safety, and environmental friendliness. Nevertheless, the issues of uncontrollable dendrite...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02327D, Paper

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Huanyu Zhang, Faruk Okur, Matthias Klimpel, Julian Felix Baumgärtner, Jaka Šivavec, André Müller, Ihor Neporozhnii, Orhan Kibrisli, Oleksandr Voznyy, Yaroslav E. Romanyuk, Maksym V. Kovalenko, Kostiantyn Kravchyk
Lithium dendrite growth at the lithium | solid-state electrolyte (SSE) interface, driven by void formation, remains a major barrier to the deployment of Li metal solid-state batteries. Here, we reveal...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02221A, Paper

Beibei He, Nan Zhang, Caijin Xiao, Baixi Xia, Xunxun Deng, Ling Zhao, Yida Deng
The electrochemical conversion of CO2 into value-added chemicals via solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) offers a promising pathway for renewable energy storage and carbon-neutral fuel production, yet its advancement is...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02182D, Review Article

Mengqi Li, Xiaolin Feng, menghui qi, Yingjie Zhou, Ziyin Xu, Haiyan Wang, Zhengquan Li, Yong Wang
The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has emerged as a promising strategy for sustainable hydrogen production. Contrary to current reviews that primarily focus on catalyst design, this review offers an...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE04922A, Review Article

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Christian Rischer, Ignacio Saldivia Gonzatti, Daniel A. Friess, Patricia Grasse, David Keller, Johannes R. Krause, Sarah Lück, Carisa MacPherson, Jennifer McHenry, Christine Merk, Tiffany Troxler, Rudi Voss, Wilfried Rickels
BCEs sequester ~270 MtC yr⁻¹ and could deliver substantial additional CDR by 2050 despite cost and feasibility uncertainties. Integrating BCEs into climate policy and accounting is key to unlocking sequestration potential and co-benefits.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01630H, Paper

Hongfang Du, Ke Wang, Song He, Boxin Li, Wei Ai
A molten-salt-mediated quenching strategy is reported for composition-invariant tuning of lattice strain in transition-metal sulfides. RuS₂ catalysts with tunable tensile strain are synthesized to investigate the strain and HER activity relationship.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02588A, Paper

Guo-neng Li, Xiao-Lei Shi, Hong-kun Lv, Hong-yi Tang, Ya Wang, Wen-wen Guo, Shao-jun Liu, Dan Zhao, Zhi-Gang Chen
We report a hydrogen-powered thermoelectric trigeneration system that simultaneously delivers electricity, freshwater, and high-grade heat with record performance: 61.8 W power output, 94.6% CHP efficiency, and efficient flue-gas water recovery.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00528D, Paper

Xinpeng Zhang, Jiaxuan Liu, Xinyuan Qu, Ao Shen, Xin Wang
Synergistic enhancement by sustained moisture gradient, efficient ion transport and continuous ion supply endows the CLP-MEG with excellent electrical outputs, in particular, the voltage output remains at 1.34 V after 90 days.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02318E, Paper

Huachao Yang, Yong Zhao, Hongfei Zheng, Runyi Zhou, Xiaodong Li, Jianhua Yan, Kefa Cen, Jun Lu, Bo Zheng
Engineering interfacial built-in electric fields (BEF) has emerged as a powerful strategy to boost the electrochemical performance of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), yet the controllable amplification of BEF intensity remains a...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02642G, Review Article

Guo Yang, Ying Tan, Yuxuan Fang, Wenhuai Feng, Kaiying Chen, Gengling Liu, Xueqing Chang, Wu-Qiang Wu
Metal halide perovskites have revolutionized the field of optoelectronics with their exceptional optoelectronic properties and low-cost processability, enabling remarkable progress in solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and other optoelectronic technologies. However,...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01017B, Paper

Yurong He, Wentao Miao, Jianhua Han, Wenyang Luo, Zhuang Li, Jin Chen, Liangliang Chen, Xunchang Wang, Renqiang Yang
Inverted organic solar cells (OSCs) utilizing zinc oxide (ZnO) as the electron transport layer are promising candidates for commercial applications, yet their power conversion efficiency (PCE) lags behind conventional architectures...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07833D, Paper

Cheng Shen, Ze Jin, Jiaqiang Zhang, Ran Su, Yongqi Bai, Quan Liu, Ziyi Ge
Low-temperature, all-vacuum-deposited interlayers enable precise thickness and uniformity over large areas, achieving rigid and flexible module efficiencies of 17.6% and 15.2% with high reproducibility, advancing flexible OPV commercialization.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00524A, Paper

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, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01331G, Paper

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Rongrong Xu, Zhenzhong Zeng, Alan D. Ziegler, Lee E. Brown, Joseph Holden, Dominick V Spracklen, Deliang Chen, Yuntian Chen, Tianyun Dong, Yaling Zeng, Peirong Lin, Yuan Yang, Ming Pan, Dongxiao Zhang
Long-duration energy storage is essential for stabilizing electricity systems dominated by wind and solar power, with pumped hydroelectric storage (PHS) as a mature long-duration storage solution. Yet the global potential...
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00784H, Paper

Jiarui Xing, Lan Wang, Yifan Guo, Weihuan Li, Yulin Wang, Wenmiao Zhao, Yuping Wu, Wei Wang, Jiarui He, Yang Zhou
A full-cement energy storage device with cement-induced pseudocapacitive electrodes and magnesia-cement electrolytes is developed for self-energy-storage buildings, enabling energy storage, semi-structural function, and photovoltaic utilization.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01132B, Paper

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Zhiwei Fang, Junwei Zhang, Peng Zhu, Zhou Yu, Ahmad Elgazzar, Juan Wang, Wei Ping Lam, Haotian Wang
Integrated electrochemical CO₂ capture combining absorption and in situ regeneration enables bicarbonate-dominated operation, reduced pH overpotentials, low-energy, and >1000 h stable carbon capture from dilute gas streams.
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Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07525D, Paper

Weina Xu, Zimin Li, Kangjie Li, Huitong Lin, Shaobing Zhang, Ruohan Yu, Haoqing Ma, Liheng Zheng, Zijie Tang, Guobin Zhang, Jialun Guo, Fujia Zuo, Lei Zhang, Kangning Zhao
A self-inhibition mechanism for cathode dissolution in zinc–vanadium oxide batteries is proposed through pre-intercalation of Ca²⁺ to break the cascade dissolution loop.
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