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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) hold great promise for safe and sustainable energy storage, but their commercialization is impeded by severe Zn dendrite growth and interfacial instability. To address these challenges, we propose a defect engineering strategy employing ultrafine ZnAl2O4 (ZAO) nanoparticles (∼5 nm) with oxygen vacancy defects
Yilun Ren +9 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT The poor Zn chemistry of Zn metal anode and sluggish reaction kinetics of cathodes at high mass loadings are two crucial issues for hindering the application of aqueous Zn‐ion batteries (AZIBs). Herein, the hierarchical porous N‐doped carbon fibers (HPNCFs) were proposed to simultaneously optimize the reversibility of Zn plating/stripping of ...
Song Yang +6 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Photocatalytic molecular oxygen (O2) activation provides a sustainable approach to produce singlet oxygen (1O2) for organic contaminants detoxification. However, the charge carriers‐involved pathway usually suffers from unsatisfactory 1O2 production efficiency owing to energy loss caused by photogenerated hole‐mediated superoxide species (•O2−
Yan‐Biao Shi +8 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT With the rapid development of the energy storage industry, aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted considerable attention in the field of energy storage because of their inherent advantages, thereby emerging as a promising research direction with significant potential.
Lingjiao Fu +8 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT With the continuous advancement of materials science and technology, the rare metal gallium has increasingly emerged as a promising alternative to the toxic metal mercury. Although existing research has predominantly focused on the high electrical conductivity and excellent deformability of liquid metal (LM), its intrinsic fluidic property ...
Feifan Guo +6 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Although lithium metal has been regarded as an ideal anode material for high‐energy‐density batteries, its practical applications remain hindered by many serious challenges. Three‐dimensional (3D) porous Cu current collectors demonstrate potential in ensuring uniform Li deposition.
Meng‐Qi Zhu +7 more
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Porous Mn2O3@C Cathode With High Activity and Long Lifespan for Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries
Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Manganese‐based oxides are widely employed as cathode materials for aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) due to their low toxicity and high theoretical specific capacity. However, their inherent poor electrical conductivity, coupled with the dissolution of manganese into the electrolyte, often leads to structural degradation of the cathode.
Cheng‐Jie Yin +5 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT The monoclinic CuNb2O6 (M‐CNO) with a columbite structure is a potential anode candidate for advanced lithium‐ion capacitors (LICs). However, its practical application is plagued seriously by the irreversible phase transformation and sluggish kinetics.
Xu‐Ting Li +6 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) promise ultrahigh energy density, yet their advancement is impeded by dendritic lithium growth and unstable interfacial behavior. Herein, for the first time, we present novel lithiophilic CoNiB quantum dots embedded in nitrogen‐doped hollow carbon nanorods (CoNiB@NC) as a multifunctional interlayer on a ...
Yu Wu +8 more
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Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Sodium‐ion capacitors (SICs) offer high energy and power density with long cycle life, but developing kinetically compatible electrodes remains challenging. This work developed a simple and sustainable strategy to synthesize homologous carbon electrodes from the inner shells of durian husks (ISDH) for high‐performance SICs.
De‐Bing Yan +7 more
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