Defect engineering of two-dimensional materials for advanced energy conversion and storage

F Liu, Z Fan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the global trend towards carbon neutrality, sustainable energy conversion and storage
technologies are of vital significance to tackle the energy crisis and climate change …

Applying Classical, Ab Initio, and Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Simulations to the Liquid Electrolyte for Rechargeable Batteries

N Yao, X Chen, ZH Fu, Q Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable batteries have become indispensable implements in our daily life and are
considered a promising technology to construct sustainable energy systems in the future …

A tailored electrolyte for safe and durable potassium ion batteries

L Fan, H Xie, Y Hu, Z Caixiang, AM Rao… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrolytes are critical for the safety and long-term cyclability of potassium ion batteries
(PIBs). However, conventional low-concentration electrolytes cannot simultaneously achieve …

Low-solvation electrolytes for high-voltage sodium-ion batteries

Y Jin, PML Le, P Gao, Y Xu, B Xiao, MH Engelhard… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) have attracted worldwide attention for next-generation energy
storage systems. However, the severe instability of the solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) …

Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency

HL Du, M Chatti, RY Hodgetts, PV Cherepanov… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
In addition to its use in the fertilizer and chemical industries, ammonia is currently seen as a
potential replacement for carbon-based fuels and as a carrier for worldwide transportation of …

Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries

R Usiskin, Y Lu, J Popovic, M Law, P Balaya… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Na-based batteries have shown substantial progress in recent years and are promising
candidates for mitigating the supply risks associated with Li-based batteries. In this Review …

Enabling High‐Voltage “Superconcentrated Ionogel‐in‐Ceramic” Hybrid Electrolyte with Ultrahigh Ionic Conductivity and Single Li+‐Ion Transference Number

Y Zhai, W Hou, M Tao, Z Wang, Z Chen… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High room‐temperature ionic conductivities, large Li+‐ion transference numbers, and good
compatibility with both Li‐metal anodes and high‐voltage cathodes of the solid electrolytes …

2021 roadmap for sodium-ion batteries

N Tapia-Ruiz, AR Armstrong, H Alptekin… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Increasing concerns regarding the sustainability of lithium sources, due to their limited
availability and consequent expected price increase, have raised awareness of the …

Wide-temperature-range sodium-metal batteries: from fundamentals and obstacles to optimization

Y Sun, JC Li, H Zhou, S Guo - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium metal with a~ 1166 mA hg− 1 high theoretical specific capacity and a− 2.71 V low
redox potential shows tremendous application prospects in the sodium metal batteries …

Smart deep eutectic electrolyte enabling thermally induced shutdown toward high‐safety lithium metal batteries

J Zhang, H Wu, X Du, H Zhang, L Huang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Severe safety concerns and uncontrollable lithium dendrites are major challenges for
commercializing high‐voltage lithium metal batteries (LMBs) utilizing state‐of‐the‐art …