Research on next‐generation battery technologies (beyond Li‐ion batteries, or LIBs) has
been accelerating over the past few years. A key challenge for these emerging batteries has …

The polymorphism of phosphorus-based materials has garnered much research interest,
and the variable chemical bonding structures give rise to a variety of micro and …

Rechargeable lithium-sulfur (Li–S) batteries are considered as promising candidates for
next-generation energy storage devices due to their high capacity and high energy density …

As an emerging subclass of 2D materials, Xenes (eg, borophene, silicene, germanene,
stanene, phosphorene, arsenene, antimonene, and bismuthene) consist of one single …

The Na–S and Li–S batteries are in the forefront to supplant ubiquitously used lithium-ion
batteries. The understanding of mechanistic differences between Na–S and Li–S is critical to …

The development of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries is hindered by capacity loss due to lithium
polysulfide (LIPS) dissolution into electrolyte solutions (known as the “shuttle effect”) …

Using first-principles calculations, we investigate selected defects in blue phosphorene
(BlueP). For a single-vacancy (SV) defect, a 5–9 structure is energetically favorable, and for …

The anchoring effect of the cathode plays a significant role in improving the performance of
lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries. MXenes, a new class of two-dimensional materials, have …

Challenges from the insulating S and Li2S2/Li2S (Li2S1–2) discharge products are
restricting the development of the high‐energy‐density Li–S battery system. The deposition …

Multiple unfavorable features, such as poor electronic conductivity of sulfur cathodes, the
dissolution and shuttling of sodium polysulfides (Na2S n) in electrolytes, and the slower …