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Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
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Synergistic Regulation of δ-MnO₂ Cathode via Crystal Engineering and pH Buffering for Long-Cycle Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Zhang F, Yu H, Zhang Q, Wang Y, Ren H, Liang H, Li J, Feng Y, Zhao B, Han X.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Electronic Synergy in NiCo‐Embedded Nitrogen‐Doped Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Spheres for Bifunctional Oxygen Catalysis and Zinc–Air Batteries

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This study employs a hard‐templating etching strategy to synthesize N‐doped hollow mesoporous carbon spheres embedded with NiCo nanoparticles (denoted as NiCo@N‐HMCS). The optimized catalyst exhibits exceptional bifunctional catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline media, achieving a ...
Pengyu Tan, Jianwei Lu, Yimin Chen, Kaiwen Yang, Kun Luo, Dan Liu, Weiwei Lei   +6 more
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Water-shielding electric double layer and stable interphase engineering for durable aqueous zinc-ion batteries. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Peng Z, Li S, Tang L, Zheng J, Tan L, Chen Y.   +5 more
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Synergistic Regulation of Hierarchical Anode Interphase and Cathode Electronic Structure by a Fe(III) Complex for High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Manganese Battery

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
The NGB additive can concurrently address anode and cathode issues during Zn‐Mn battery cycling by constructing a hierarchical interfacial layer on the anode surface to alleviate side reactions and modulate zinc deposition and by incorporating Fe3+ ions into the α‐MnO2 cathode to improve its structural stability and electrical conductivity.
Xiaoliang Zhang, Lei Chen, Xiaojie Lu, Aishan He, Weifeng Shen, Chunxia Wang, Yong Liu, Xiangwu Zhang   +7 more
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Screening Anionic Groups Within Zwitterionic Additives for Eliminating Hydrogen Evolution and Dendrites in Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries. [PDF]

Nanomicro Lett
Wang B, Guan C, Zhou Q, Wang Y, Zhu Y, Bian H, Chen Z, Zhang S, Tan X, Luo B, Tang S, Meng X, Zhang C.   +12 more
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Air Stability of Sulfide Solid Electrolytes: From Theoretical Insights to Practical Solutions

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This paper reviews research progress on the air stability of SSEs, covering their instability mechanisms and modification strategies, while outlining core challenges and future directions for practical applications. Sulfide solid electrolytes are pivotal for enabling high‐performance all‐solid‐state batteries due to their high ionic conductivity and ...
Hongbing Ding, Yue Hu, Xin Li, Yang Su, Xinlu Wang, Hongbo Zhang, Guixia Liu, Wensheng Yu, Xiangting Dong, Jinxian Wang, Xin Wang   +10 more
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Correction to "Directionally Modulated Zinc Deposition by a Robust Zincophilic Cu-Phthalocyanine Protective Layer in Dendrite-Free Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries". [PDF]

Adv Mater
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Magnetic Electrocatalysts Enabling a High‐Rate Capability in Lithium‐Oxygen Batteries

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This study introduces zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) nanoparticles with tunable magnetic properties as bifunctional electrocatalysts for lithium‐oxygen batteries. Under an applied magnetic field, these catalysts significantly enhance oxygen reduction and evolution reactions by promoting spin‐aligned charge transfer and ion diffusion. The approach achieves high
Yimin Chen, Yuqing Miao, Min Hong, Xin Hu, Bilal Ahmad, John Bell, Baozhi Yu, Ying Ian Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Directionally Modulated Zinc Deposition by a Robust Zincophilic Cu-Phthalocyanine Protective Layer in Dendrite-Free Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Wang Y, Jiang X, Liang W, Tawiah B, Wang Y, Jia H, Wong WY.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source