The building sector, including building operations and materials, was responsible for the
emission of∼ 11.9 gigatons of global energy-related CO2 in 2020, accounting for 37% of the …

The emergence and development of thick electrodes provide an efficient way for the high-
energy-density supercapacitor design. Wood is a kind of biomass material with porous …

Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, found in trees, waste from agricultural
crops and other biomass. The fibres that comprise cellulose can be broken down into …

The complex structure of wood, one of the most abundant biomaterials on Earth, has been
optimized over 270 million years of tree evolution. This optimization has led to the highly …

How do trees support their upright massive bodies? The support comes from the incredibly
strong and stiff, and highly crystalline nanoscale fibrils of extended cellulose chains, called …

Soft ionic conductors, such as hydrogels and ionogels, have enabled stretchable and
transparent ionotronics, but they suffer from key limitations inherent to the liquid …

This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

Ion exchange membranes are widely used to selectively transport ions in various
electrochemical devices. Hydroxide exchange membranes (HEMs) are promising to couple …

Hydrogels are promising soft materials as tissue engineering scaffolds, stretchable sensors,
and soft robotics. Yet, it remains challenging to develop synthetic hydrogels with mechanical …

Reducing human reliance on energy-inefficient cooling methods such as air conditioning
would have a large impact on the global energy landscape. By a process of complete …