Understanding of sodium storage mechanism in hard carbons: ongoing development under debate

N Sun, J Qiu, B Xu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hard carbons are promising anode candidates for sodium‐ion batteries due to their
excellent Na‐storage performance, abundant resources, and low cost. Despite the recent …

Boosting the Development of Hard Carbon for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Strategies to Optimize the Initial Coulombic Efficiency

Y Yang, C Wu, XX He, J Zhao, Z Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the merits of affordable cost, superior low‐temperature performance, and advanced
safe properties, sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) have exhibited great development potential in …

One stone two birds: Pitch assisted microcrystalline regulation and defect engineering in coal-based carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries

H Chen, N Sun, Y Wang, RA Soomro, B Xu - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal-based carbons with abundant resources and low cost are regarded as promising
anode materials for sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs). However, their ordered carbon …

Fast‐Charging Anode Materials for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Y Wan, B Huang, W Liu, D Chao, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) have undergone rapid development as a complementary
technology to lithium‐ion batteries due to abundant sodium resources. However, the …

Design of phosphide anodes harvesting superior sodium storage: progress, challenges, and perspectives

Y Hao, J Shao, Y Yuan, X Li, W Xiao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sodium (Na) ion batteries (SIBs) are promising in stationary energy storage
applications. Research is also afoot to seek suitable electroactive materials for use in SIBs …

Carbon surface chemistry: new insight into the old story

Y Ding, ZA Qiao - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The enormous complexity of the carbon material family has provoked a phenomenological
approach to develop its potential in different applications. Although the electronic, chemical …

Microcrystalline hybridization enhanced coal‐based carbon anode for advanced sodium‐ion batteries

H Chen, N Sun, Q Zhu, RA Soomro, B Xu - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) are regarded as a kind of promising candidate for large‐scale
energy storage technology. The development of advanced carbon anodes with high Na …

Optimizing the Fermi Level of a 3D Current Collector with Ni3S2/Ni3P Heterostructure for Dendrite‐Free Sodium‐Metal Batteries

H Huang, Y Wang, M Li, H Yang, Z Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable sodium‐metal batteries (RSMBs) with high energy density and low cost are
attracting extensive attention as promising energy‐storage technologies. However, the poor …

Recent advances of biomass derived carbon-based materials for efficient electrochemical energy devices

G Zhang, X Liu, L Wang, H Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change is a global problem faced by humans, and there is an energy revolution to
realize a “break-even” of CO2 emissions. It is necessary to construct novel energy devices …

Recent advances on heterojunction‐type anode materials for lithium‐/sodium‐ion batteries

H Fu, Q Wen, PY Li, Z Wang, Z He, C Yan… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rechargeable batteries are key in the field of electrochemical energy storage, and the
development of advanced electrode materials is essential to meet the increasing demand of …