期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (6)
Anode-free batteries offer high-energy prospects but suffer from poor cycling stability due to limited lithium sources. Here, the authors preload lith......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (6)
Molecular design of acceptor and donor molecules has enabled major progress in organic photovoltaics. Li et al. show that branched alkyl chains in non......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (8)
Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors have enabled high efficiencies yet their charge dynamics and its impact on the photovoltaic param......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (5)
The promising performance of low-platinum-loading oxygen reduction reaction catalysts in preliminary electrochemical tests is rarely translated into s......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (5)
Passivating contacts hold promise for silicon solar cells yet the simultaneous optimization of conductivity, defect passivation and optical transparen......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (5)
The development of aqueous redox flow batteries (ARFBs) has been plagued by high material costs and poor operating stability. Here the authors report ......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (6)
The role of intragrain planar defects in halide perovskite solar cell devices remains elusive. Now, Li et al. tune the composition of the perovskite l......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (6)
Atomically dispersed platinum electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction promise minimized platinum usage, but catalytic activity and selectivity are often......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (8)
Light-driven catalytic conversion of CO2 to fuels and chemicals presents a way to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, but new strategies are needed to im......
Inactive lithium (more frequently called dead lithium) in the forms of solid-electrolyte interphase and electrically isolated metallic lithium is prin......
Splitting water using suspensions of particulate carbon nitride-based photocatalysts may be a cheap way to produce hydrogen, but efficiencies have rem......
By increasing the charging voltage, a cell specific energy of >400 W h kg(-1) is achievable with LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 in Li metal batteries. However......
Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are a promising technology for large-scale energy storage. Rapid research developments in RFB chemistries, materials and d......
期刊: NATURE ENERGY, 2021; 6 (3)
Reduction on cobalt reliance is an urgent requirement in the development of sustainable cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. Here the authors analy......